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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  BATHING. 
  379 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  THIS 
  TELLS 
  4.BOUT 
  GOING 
  INTO 
  THE 
  WATER. 
  

  

  Listen 
  ! 
  O. 
  in 
  >w 
  instantly, 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  tc 
  i 
  hearken, 
  O 
  Age 
  -yagu'ga. 
  You 
  

   have 
  come 
  to 
  put 
  your 
  red 
  spittle 
  upon 
  my 
  body. 
  My 
  name 
  is 
  (Gatigwanasti.) 
  

   The 
  blue 
  had 
  affected 
  me. 
  You 
  have 
  come 
  ami 
  clothed 
  me 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  divss. 
  She 
  

   is 
  of 
  the 
  (Deer) 
  clan. 
  She 
  has 
  become 
  blue. 
  You 
  have 
  directed 
  her 
  paths 
  straight 
  

   to 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  my 
  feet, 
  and 
  I 
  shall 
  feel 
  exultant. 
  Listen 
  ! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula, 
  from 
  Gatigwanasti's 
  book, 
  is 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  Yu 
  I, 
  w6'hi 
  

   class, 
  and 
  is 
  repeated 
  by 
  the 
  lover 
  when 
  about 
  to 
  bathe 
  in 
  the 
  stream 
  

   preparatory 
  to 
  painting 
  himself 
  for 
  the 
  dance. 
  The 
  services 
  of 
  a 
  

   shaman 
  are 
  not 
  required, 
  neither 
  is 
  any 
  special 
  ceremony 
  observed. 
  

   The 
  technical 
  word 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  heading, 
  a'tawasti 
  yi, 
  signifies 
  

   plunging 
  or 
  going 
  entirely 
  into 
  a 
  liquid. 
  The 
  expression 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  " 
  going 
  to 
  water," 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  simply 
  dipped 
  up 
  with 
  

   the 
  hand, 
  is 
  ama 
  'yi 
  dita'ti'yl, 
  "taking 
  them 
  to 
  water." 
  

  

  The 
  prayer 
  is 
  addressed 
  to 
  Age'\yaguga, 
  a 
  formulistic 
  name 
  for 
  

   the 
  moon, 
  which 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  exert 
  a 
  great 
  influence 
  in 
  love 
  affairs, 
  

   because 
  the 
  dances, 
  which 
  give 
  such 
  opportunities 
  for 
  love 
  making, 
  

   always 
  take 
  place 
  at 
  night. 
  The 
  shamans 
  can 
  not 
  explain 
  the 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  term, 
  which 
  plainly 
  contains 
  the 
  word 
  age' 
  - 
  ya. 
  '• 
  woman," 
  

   and 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  moon's 
  supposed 
  influence 
  over 
  women. 
  In 
  

   Cherokee 
  mythology 
  the 
  moon 
  is 
  a 
  man. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  name 
  is 
  

   nu' 
  n 
  da, 
  or 
  more 
  fully, 
  nu' 
  n 
  da 
  su 
  n 
  naye'hi, 
  "the 
  sun 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  

   night," 
  while 
  the 
  sun 
  itself 
  is 
  designated 
  as 
  nu'"da 
  ige'lri. 
  " 
  the 
  sun 
  

   living 
  in 
  the 
  day. 
  " 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  red 
  spittle 
  of 
  Agg''yagu'ga 
  and 
  the 
  red 
  dress 
  with 
  which 
  

   the 
  lover 
  is 
  clothed 
  are 
  meant 
  the 
  red 
  paint 
  which 
  he 
  puts 
  upon 
  

   himself. 
  This 
  in 
  former 
  days 
  was 
  procured 
  from 
  a 
  deep 
  red 
  clay 
  

   known 
  as 
  ela-wa'ti, 
  or 
  " 
  reddish 
  brown 
  clay." 
  The 
  word 
  red 
  as 
  used 
  

   in 
  the 
  formula 
  is 
  emblematic 
  of 
  success 
  in 
  attaining 
  his 
  object, 
  be- 
  

   sides 
  being 
  the 
  actual 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  paint. 
  Red, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   dress 
  or 
  ornamentation, 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  a 
  favorite 
  color 
  with 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  throughout 
  America, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  evidence 
  that 
  among 
  

   the 
  Cherokees 
  it 
  was 
  regarded 
  also 
  as 
  having 
  a 
  mysterious 
  protective 
  

   power. 
  In 
  all 
  these 
  formulas 
  the 
  lover 
  renders 
  the 
  woman 
  blue 
  or 
  

   disconsolate 
  and 
  uneasy 
  in 
  mind 
  as 
  a 
  preliminary 
  to 
  fixing 
  her 
  

   thoughts 
  upon 
  himself. 
  (Se< 
  next 
  formula.) 
  

  

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  II.) 
  

  

  YiVwehi. 
  yii 
  '"wehi, 
  yu'"wehi, 
  yu' 
  n 
  wehi. 
  

  

  Galu' 
  n 
  lati. 
  datsila'i— 
  Yu 
  "wohi, 
  yu'"wehi. 
  yu' 
  n 
  wehi. 
  yu' 
  n 
  w6hi. 
  

  

  Nu"dagu' 
  n 
  vi 
  gatla'ahi 
  — 
  Yu' 
  u 
  wehl. 
  

  

  