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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  LOVERS. 
  381 
  

  

  Listen! 
  O, 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  O, 
  Ancient 
  One. 
  This 
  man's 
  

   (woman's) 
  soul 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  rest 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  your 
  body. 
  You 
  are 
  never 
  to 
  let 
  go 
  

   your 
  hold 
  upon 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  ordained 
  that 
  you 
  shall 
  do 
  just 
  as 
  you 
  are 
  requested 
  to 
  do. 
  

   Let 
  her 
  never 
  think 
  upon 
  any 
  other 
  place. 
  Her 
  soul 
  has 
  faded 
  within 
  her. 
  She 
  is 
  

   bound 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  threads. 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  young 
  husband, 
  who 
  has 
  just 
  married 
  

   an 
  especially 
  engaging 
  wife, 
  who 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  attracted 
  by 
  other 
  

   men. 
  The 
  same 
  formula 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  woman 
  to 
  fix 
  her 
  

   husband's 
  affections. 
  On 
  the 
  first 
  night 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  together 
  the 
  

   husband 
  watches 
  until 
  his 
  wife 
  is 
  asleep, 
  when, 
  sitting 
  up 
  by 
  her 
  

   side, 
  he 
  recites 
  the 
  first 
  words: 
  Sg6 
  ! 
  Ha-na'gwa 
  hatu' 
  n 
  gani'ga 
  nihi', 
  

   and 
  then 
  sings 
  the 
  next 
  four 
  words: 
  Tsawatsi'lu 
  tsiki' 
  tsikii' 
  ayu', 
  

   "Your 
  spittle, 
  I 
  take 
  it, 
  I 
  eat 
  it," 
  repeating 
  the 
  words 
  four 
  times. 
  

   While 
  singing 
  he 
  moistens 
  his 
  fingers 
  with 
  spittle, 
  which 
  he 
  rubs 
  

   upon 
  the 
  breast 
  of 
  the 
  woman. 
  The 
  next 
  night 
  he 
  repeats 
  the 
  oper- 
  

   ation, 
  this 
  time 
  singing 
  the 
  words, 
  " 
  I 
  take 
  your 
  body." 
  The 
  third 
  

   night, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way, 
  he 
  sings, 
  " 
  I 
  take 
  your 
  flesh," 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   and 
  last 
  night,he 
  sings 
  " 
  I 
  take 
  your 
  heart," 
  after 
  which 
  he 
  repeats 
  

   the 
  prayer 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Ancient 
  One, 
  by 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  

   meant 
  the 
  Fire 
  (the 
  Ancient 
  White). 
  A'yu' 
  n 
  inl 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  final 
  

   sentences 
  should 
  be 
  masculine, 
  i. 
  e., 
  His 
  soul 
  has 
  faded, 
  etc., 
  and 
  

   refer 
  to 
  any 
  would-be 
  seducer. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  gender 
  distinction 
  in 
  the 
  

   third 
  person 
  in 
  Cherokee. 
  He 
  claimed 
  that 
  this 
  ceremony 
  was 
  so 
  

   effective 
  that 
  no 
  husband 
  need 
  have 
  any 
  fears 
  for 
  his 
  wife 
  after 
  per- 
  

   forming 
  it. 
  

  

  ADAYE'LIGA'GTA'TI'. 
  

  

  Yu! 
  Galu' 
  n 
  lati 
  tsiil'da'kisti, 
  Giya'giya' 
  Sa'ka'ni, 
  na'gwa 
  nu 
  n 
  talu 
  n 
  

   i'yu' 
  n 
  ta. 
  Tsa'la 
  Sa'ka'ni 
  tsugista"ti 
  adu 
  D 
  ni'ga. 
  Na'gwa 
  nidatsuT- 
  

   tanu' 
  n 
  ta, 
  nu' 
  n 
  tatagu 
  hisa'hasi'ga. 
  Tani'dagu"' 
  aye"li 
  dehida'siga. 
  

   Unada'nda 
  dehiya'staneli'ga. 
  Nidugale'ntanu"ta 
  niduhu"neli'ga. 
  

  

  Tsisga'ya 
  agine'ga. 
  nu 
  n 
  dagu' 
  D 
  yi 
  ditskla"sti. 
  Gu'ni 
  astu' 
  uhisa"ti 
  

   nige'suma. 
  Age"ya 
  une'ga 
  hi'a 
  iyu'sti 
  gulstu"li, 
  iyu'sti 
  tsuda'ita. 
  

   Uda'nda 
  usinu'li 
  dadatinilu'gu 
  n 
  eli'. 
  Nu 
  n 
  dagu'"yitsu' 
  dadatinilugu- 
  

   staneli. 
  Tsisga'ya 
  agine'ga, 
  ditsidastu' 
  n 
  i 
  nu'nu' 
  kana'tlani'ga. 
  

   Tsunkta' 
  tega'la'watege'sti. 
  Tsiye'lu" 
  gesu' 
  n 
  i 
  uhisa"tl 
  nige'sii"na. 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  FOR 
  SEPARATION 
  (OP 
  LOVERS). 
  

  

  Yu! 
  On 
  high 
  you 
  repose. 
  O 
  Blue 
  Hawk, 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  far 
  distant 
  lake. 
  The 
  blue 
  

   tobacco 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  be 
  your 
  recompense. 
  Now 
  you 
  have 
  arisen 
  at 
  once 
  and 
  come 
  

   down. 
  You 
  have 
  alighted 
  midway 
  between 
  them 
  where 
  they 
  two 
  are 
  standing. 
  

   You 
  have 
  spoiled 
  their 
  souls 
  immediately. 
  They 
  have 
  atonce 
  become 
  separated. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  a 
  white 
  man; 
  I 
  stand 
  at 
  the 
  sunrise. 
  The 
  good 
  sperm 
  shall 
  never 
  allow 
  

   any 
  feeling 
  of 
  loneliness. 
  This 
  white 
  woman 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  Paint 
  (iyusti) 
  clan; 
  she 
  is 
  

  

  