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  TO 
  PREVENT 
  A 
  STORM. 
  3S7 
  

  

  generally 
  very 
  shrewd 
  guessers 
  well 
  versed 
  in 
  the 
  doctrine 
  of 
  prob- 
  

   abilities. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  many 
  formulas 
  for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  

   long 
  and 
  elaborate. 
  When 
  there- 
  is 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  miss- 
  

   ing 
  article 
  has 
  been 
  stolen, 
  the 
  specialist 
  first 
  determins 
  the 
  clan 
  or 
  

   settlement 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  thief 
  belongs 
  and 
  afterward 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   individual. 
  Straws, 
  bread 
  balls, 
  and 
  stones 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  are 
  

   used 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  formulas, 
  the 
  ceremony 
  differing 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  medium 
  employed. 
  The 
  stones 
  are 
  generally 
  pointed 
  crystals 
  

   or 
  antique 
  arrowheads, 
  and 
  are 
  suspended 
  as 
  already 
  described, 
  the 
  

   point 
  being 
  supposed 
  to 
  turn 
  finally 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  missing 
  

   object. 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  stones 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  reserva- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  It 
  need 
  excite 
  

   no 
  surprise 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  hog 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  formula, 
  as 
  this 
  animal 
  

   has 
  been 
  domesticated 
  among 
  the 
  Cherokeesfor 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  century, 
  

   although 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  strongly 
  prejudiced 
  against 
  it. 
  

  

  HIA' 
  UNALE 
  (ATESTI'Yl). 
  

  

  Yuhahi', 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi 
  , 
  yuhahi', 
  

   Yuhahi', 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi' 
  — 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Sge 
  ! 
  Ha-na'gwa 
  hinahu 
  n 
  'ski 
  tayi'. 
  Ha-ta'sti-gwu 
  gu 
  n 
  ska'ihu. 
  

   Tsutali'i-gwati'na 
  halu"nl. 
  Ku'nigwati'na 
  dula'ska 
  galu'"lati-gwu 
  

   witu'kti. 
  Wigu 
  n 
  yase'hisL 
  A'tali 
  tsugu' 
  n 
  yi 
  wite'tsatanu' 
  n 
  u 
  n 
  sl' 
  nu 
  D 
  - 
  

   nahi 
  tsane'lagi 
  de'gatsana'wadise'stl. 
  Kunstu 
  dutsasu' 
  n 
  I 
  atu' 
  n 
  wa- 
  

   sute'hahi' 
  tsutuneli'sestl. 
  Sge! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  THIS 
  IS 
  TO 
  FRIGHTEN 
  A 
  STORM. 
  

  

  Yuhahi 
  , 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi 
  , 
  yuhahi 
  , 
  yuhahi', 
  

   Yuhahi 
  , 
  yuhahi 
  , 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi', 
  yuhahi— 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Listen! 
  O 
  now 
  you 
  are 
  coming 
  in 
  rut. 
  Ha! 
  I 
  am 
  exceedingly 
  afraid 
  of 
  you. 
  

   But 
  yet 
  you 
  are 
  only 
  tracking 
  your 
  wife. 
  Her 
  footprints 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  there 
  directed 
  

   upward 
  toward 
  the 
  heavens. 
  I 
  have 
  pointed 
  them 
  out 
  for 
  you. 
  Let 
  your 
  paths 
  

   stretch 
  out 
  along 
  the 
  tree 
  tops 
  (?) 
  on 
  the 
  lofty 
  mountains 
  (and) 
  you 
  shall 
  have 
  them 
  

   (the 
  paths) 
  lying 
  down 
  without 
  being 
  disturbed, 
  Let 
  (your 
  path) 
  as 
  you 
  go 
  along 
  

   be 
  where 
  the 
  waving 
  branches 
  meet. 
  Listen! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula, 
  from 
  A'yu' 
  n 
  inl's 
  book, 
  is 
  for 
  driving 
  away, 
  or 
  

   " 
  frightening" 
  a 
  storm, 
  which 
  threatens 
  to 
  injure 
  the 
  growing 
  corn. 
  

   The 
  first 
  part 
  is 
  a 
  meaningless 
  song, 
  which 
  is 
  sung 
  in 
  a 
  low 
  tone 
  in 
  

   the 
  peculiar 
  style 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  songs. 
  The 
  storm, 
  which 
  is 
  

   not 
  directly 
  named, 
  is 
  then 
  addressed 
  and 
  declared 
  to 
  be 
  coming 
  on 
  

   in 
  a 
  fearful 
  manner 
  on 
  the 
  track 
  of 
  his 
  wife, 
  like 
  an 
  animal 
  in 
  the 
  

   rutting 
  season. 
  The 
  shaman 
  points 
  out 
  her 
  tracks 
  directed 
  toward 
  

  

  