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  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHEROKEES. 
  

  

  called 
  (iyusti) 
  Way!'. 
  We 
  shall 
  instantly 
  turn 
  her 
  soul 
  over. 
  We 
  shall 
  turn 
  it 
  over 
  

   as 
  we 
  go 
  toward 
  the 
  Sun 
  Land. 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  white 
  man. 
  Here 
  where 
  I 
  stand 
  it 
  (her 
  

   soul) 
  has 
  attached 
  itself 
  to 
  (literally, 
  "come 
  against") 
  mine. 
  Let 
  her 
  eyes 
  in 
  then- 
  

   sockets 
  be 
  forever 
  watching 
  (for 
  me). 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  loneliness 
  where 
  my 
  body 
  is. 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula, 
  from 
  A'yu 
  n 
  ini's 
  book, 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  separate 
  two 
  lovers 
  

   or 
  even 
  a 
  husband 
  and 
  wife, 
  if 
  the 
  jealous 
  rival 
  so 
  desires. 
  In 
  the 
  

   latter 
  case 
  the 
  preceding 
  formula, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source, 
  would 
  be 
  

   used 
  to 
  forestall 
  this 
  spell. 
  No 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  is 
  

   given, 
  but 
  the 
  reference 
  to 
  tobacco 
  may 
  indicate 
  that 
  tobacco 
  is 
  

   smoked 
  or 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  fire 
  during 
  the 
  recitation. 
  The 
  particu- 
  

   lar 
  hawk 
  invoked 
  (giya'giya') 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  species 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  coast 
  

   region 
  but 
  seldom 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  mountains. 
  Blue 
  indicates 
  that 
  

   it 
  brings 
  trouble 
  with 
  it, 
  while 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  paragraph 
  indi- 
  

   cates 
  that 
  the 
  man 
  is 
  happy 
  and 
  attractive 
  in 
  manner. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  formula 
  the 
  speaker 
  calls 
  upon 
  the 
  Blue 
  

   Hawk 
  to 
  separate 
  the 
  lovers 
  and 
  spoil 
  their 
  souls, 
  i. 
  e. 
  , 
  change 
  their 
  

   feeling 
  toward 
  each 
  other. 
  In 
  the 
  second 
  paragraph 
  he 
  endeavors 
  

   to 
  attract 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  woman 
  by 
  eulogizing 
  himself. 
  The 
  

   expression, 
  "we 
  shall 
  turn 
  her 
  soul 
  over," 
  seems 
  here 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  

   turning 
  her 
  affections, 
  but 
  as 
  generally 
  used, 
  to 
  turn 
  one's 
  soul 
  is 
  

   equivalent 
  to 
  killing 
  him. 
  

  

  lADALANI'STATI'Yt 
  II.) 
  

  

  Yu! 
  Ha-na'gwa 
  ada'nti 
  datsasi'ga, 
  * 
  * 
  hllu(stu 
  dl), 
  ( 
  * 
  * 
  ) 
  ditsa- 
  

   (da'ita). 
  A'yu 
  tsila(stu"li). 
  Hiye'la 
  tsiki' 
  tsiku'. 
  (Yu 
  !) 
  

  

  Yu! 
  Ha-nagwa 
  ada'nti 
  datsasi'ga. 
  * 
  * 
  hilu(stu'*ll), 
  * 
  * 
  ditsa- 
  

   (da'ita). 
  A'yu 
  tsuwi'ya 
  tsiki' 
  tsiku'. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Yu! 
  Ha-na'gwa 
  ada'nti 
  datsasi'ga. 
  * 
  * 
  hllu(stu''li) 
  * 
  * 
  ditsa- 
  

  

  (da'ita). 
  A'yu 
  tsuwatsi'la 
  tsiki' 
  tsiku' 
  a'yu. 
  Yu! 
  

   Yu! 
  Ha-na'gwa 
  ada'nti 
  datsasi'ga. 
  * 
  * 
  hilii(stu'li), 
  * 
  * 
  ditsada'- 
  

  

  (ita). 
  A'yu 
  tsunahu' 
  tsiki' 
  tsiku'. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Sg6! 
  "Ha-na'gwa 
  ada'nti 
  dutsase', 
  tsugale'nti 
  nige'sii"na," 
  tsudu- 
  

   nei, 
  H!kayu' 
  n 
  lige 
  galu' 
  n 
  latl. 
  Kanane'ski 
  U' 
  u 
  nage 
  galu'"lati 
  (h)et- 
  

   satsa'u"tanile'i. 
  Tsanilta'gi 
  tsuksa'u"tanile'I. 
  * 
  * 
  gula(stu"ll), 
  

   * 
  * 
  ditsada'(ita). 
  Dudanta'gl 
  uhani'lata 
  tikwenu' 
  n 
  tani'ga. 
  Kfil- 
  

   kwa'gi 
  igidsta'lagi 
  iyu'"ta 
  yii'"wi 
  adayu'"latawa' 
  dudune'lida'lu" 
  

   uhisa''ti 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  

  

  Sge! 
  Ha-nagwati 
  uhisa"ti 
  dutlu' 
  n 
  tani'ga. 
  Tsu'nkta 
  daska'lu 
  11 
  - 
  

   tsi'ga. 
  Sa'gwahl 
  di'kta 
  de'gayelu"tsi'ga. 
  Ga'tsa 
  igunu'nuga'istu 
  

   uda'nta? 
  Usu'hita 
  nudanu'"na 
  iiltu"ge'ta 
  gii 
  n 
  waduneli'dege'sti. 
  

   Igu"wiilsta'ti-gwu 
  duwalu'wa'tu 
  n 
  ti 
  nige'siV'na. 
  Kanane'ski 
  U"nage'i 
  

   tsanildew'se'sti 
  ada'nta 
  uktu'desi'dasti 
  nige'suna. 
  Gadayu'sti 
  tstl- 
  

   da'ita 
  ada'nti 
  tside'atsasi'ga. 
  A'ya 
  a'kwatseli'ga. 
  

  

  