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  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHEROKEES. 
  

  

  the 
  upper 
  regions 
  and 
  begs 
  the 
  storm 
  spirit 
  to 
  follow 
  her 
  along 
  the 
  

   waving 
  tree 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  lofty 
  mountains, 
  where 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  undis- 
  

   turbed. 
  

  

  The 
  shaman 
  stands 
  facing 
  the 
  approaching 
  storm 
  with 
  one 
  hand 
  

   stretched 
  out 
  toward 
  it. 
  After 
  repeating 
  the 
  song 
  and 
  prayer 
  he 
  

   gently 
  blows 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  toward 
  which 
  he 
  wishes 
  it 
  to 
  go, 
  wav- 
  

   ing 
  his 
  hand 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction 
  as 
  though 
  pushing 
  away 
  the 
  

   storm. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  storm 
  is 
  usually 
  sent 
  into 
  the 
  upper 
  regions 
  of 
  

   the 
  atmosphere. 
  If 
  standing 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  he 
  holds 
  a 
  

   blade 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  one 
  hand 
  while 
  repeating 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  DANAWU' 
  TSUNEDALU'HI 
  NUNATU'NELI'TALOHI 
  U'NALSTELTA"TAN0'HI. 
  

  

  Hayl' 
  ! 
  Yu 
  ! 
  Sg6 
  ! 
  Na'gwa 
  uslnuli'yu 
  A'tasu 
  Gi'gage'I 
  hinisa'lata- 
  

   ni'ga. 
  Usinu'li 
  duda'nta 
  u'nanuga'tsidasti' 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  Duda'nta 
  

   e'lawi'm 
  iyu'"ta 
  a'tasu 
  digu"nage'I 
  degu 
  n 
  lskwl'tahise'stl, 
  anetsage'ta 
  

   unanuga'istl 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na, 
  nitinu' 
  n 
  neli'ga. 
  A'tasu 
  dusa'ladanu' 
  n 
  stl 
  

   nige'su 
  n 
  na, 
  nitinu'"neli'ga. 
  Edawi'ni 
  iyu'"ta 
  a'tasu 
  u 
  n 
  nage' 
  ugu 
  n 
  'hatu 
  

   u 
  n 
  nage' 
  sa'gwa 
  da'liyg'kudani'ga 
  unaduUd'gl. 
  Unanuga'tsida'sti 
  

   nige'su"na. 
  nu"neli'ga. 
  

  

  Uslnuli'yu 
  tsunada'nta 
  kiil'kwa'gine 
  tigalu'"ltiyu' 
  n 
  i 
  iyu'Ha 
  ada'nta 
  

   tega'yg'ti'tege'stt. 
  Tsunada'nta 
  tsuligall'sti 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na 
  dudimi'tege'sti. 
  

   Usinu'li 
  deniu'"eli'ga 
  galu' 
  n 
  latl 
  iyu'"ta 
  widul'tahisti'tege'stl. 
  A'tasu 
  

   gigage'I 
  dehatagu' 
  n 
  yastani'ga. 
  Tsunada'nta 
  tsudastu'nilida'stl 
  nige'- 
  

   su"na 
  nu"neli'ga. 
  Tsunada'nta 
  galu' 
  n 
  lati 
  iyu' 
  n 
  ta 
  wite"titege'stl. 
  

   Tsunada'nta 
  anigwalu'gi 
  une'ga 
  gu"wa'nadagu' 
  n 
  yastitege'stl. 
  Sa'ka'- 
  

   ni 
  udunu'h! 
  nige'su 
  ,l 
  ua 
  uslnuli'yu. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  WHAT 
  THOSE 
  WHO 
  HAVE 
  BEEN 
  TO 
  WAR 
  DID 
  TO 
  HELP 
  THEMSELVES. 
  

  

  Hayf 
  ! 
  Yu 
  ! 
  Listen 
  ! 
  Now 
  instantly 
  we 
  have 
  lifted 
  up 
  the 
  red 
  war 
  club. 
  Quickly 
  

   his 
  soul 
  shall 
  be 
  without 
  motion. 
  There 
  under 
  the 
  earth, 
  where 
  the 
  black 
  war 
  

   clubs 
  shall 
  be 
  moving 
  about 
  like 
  ball 
  sticks 
  in 
  the 
  game, 
  there 
  his 
  soul 
  shall 
  be, 
  

   never 
  to 
  reappear. 
  We 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  so. 
  He 
  shall 
  never 
  go 
  and 
  lift 
  up 
  the 
  war 
  

   club. 
  We 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  so. 
  There 
  under 
  the 
  earth 
  the 
  black 
  war 
  club 
  (and) 
  the 
  

   black 
  ton 
  have 
  come 
  together 
  as 
  one 
  for 
  their 
  covering. 
  It 
  shall 
  never 
  move 
  about 
  

   (('. 
  c, 
  the 
  black 
  fog 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  lifted 
  from 
  them). 
  We 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  so. 
  

  

  Instantly 
  shall 
  their 
  souls 
  be 
  moving 
  about 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  seventh 
  heaven. 
  Their 
  

   souls 
  shall 
  never 
  break 
  in 
  two. 
  So 
  shall 
  it 
  be. 
  Quickly 
  we 
  have 
  moved 
  them 
  (their 
  

   soulsi 
  on 
  high 
  for 
  them, 
  where 
  they 
  shall 
  be 
  going 
  about 
  in 
  peace. 
  You 
  (?) 
  have 
  

   shielded 
  yourselves 
  (?) 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  war 
  club. 
  Their 
  souls 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  knocked 
  

   about. 
  Cause 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  so. 
  There 
  on 
  high 
  their 
  souls 
  shall 
  be 
  going 
  about. 
  Let 
  

   them 
  shield 
  themselves 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  war 
  whoop. 
  Instantly 
  (grant 
  that) 
  they 
  

   shall 
  never 
  become 
  blue. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula, 
  obtained 
  from 
  A'wani'ta, 
  maybe 
  repeated 
  by 
  the 
  

   doctor 
  tin 
  1 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  eight 
  men 
  at 
  unci' 
  when 
  about 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  war. 
  

   It 
  is 
  recited 
  for 
  four 
  consecutive 
  nights, 
  immediately 
  before 
  setting 
  

  

  