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  FORMULA 
  USED 
  BEFORE 
  WAR. 
  389 
  

  

  out. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  tabu 
  enjoined 
  and 
  no 
  beads 
  are 
  used, 
  but 
  the 
  war- 
  

   riors 
  " 
  go 
  to 
  water 
  *' 
  in 
  the 
  regular 
  way, 
  that 
  is, 
  they 
  stand 
  at 
  the 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  facing 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  looking 
  di 
  »wn 
  up< 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  

   while 
  the 
  shaman, 
  standing 
  behind 
  them, 
  repeats 
  the 
  formula. 
  On 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  night 
  the 
  shaman 
  gives 
  to 
  each 
  man 
  a 
  small 
  charmed 
  root 
  

   which 
  lias 
  the 
  power 
  to 
  confer 
  invulnerability. 
  On 
  the 
  eve 
  of 
  bat- 
  

   tle 
  the 
  warrior 
  after 
  bathing 
  in 
  the 
  running 
  stream 
  chews 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  this 
  and 
  spits 
  the 
  juice 
  upon 
  his 
  body 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  bullets 
  of 
  

   the 
  enemy 
  may 
  pass 
  him 
  by 
  or 
  slide 
  off 
  from 
  his 
  skin 
  like 
  drops 
  of 
  

   water. 
  Almost 
  every 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  hundred 
  East 
  Cherokees 
  

   who 
  served 
  in 
  the 
  rebellion 
  had 
  this 
  or 
  a 
  similar 
  ceremony 
  performed 
  

   before 
  setting 
  out 
  — 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  also 
  consulting 
  the 
  oracular 
  ulu 
  n 
  - 
  

   su'tl 
  stone 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  fair 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  not 
  

   more 
  than 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  number 
  were 
  wounded 
  in 
  actual 
  

   battle. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  formula 
  the 
  shaman 
  identifies 
  himself 
  with 
  the 
  warriors, 
  

   asserting 
  that 
  " 
  we 
  " 
  have 
  lifted 
  up 
  the 
  red 
  war 
  club, 
  red 
  being 
  the 
  

   color 
  symbolic 
  of 
  success 
  and 
  having 
  no 
  reference 
  to 
  blood, 
  as 
  might 
  

   be 
  supposed 
  from 
  the 
  connection. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  paragraph 
  he 
  invokes 
  

   curses 
  upon 
  the 
  enemy, 
  the 
  future 
  tense 
  verb 
  It 
  shall 
  be, 
  etc., 
  having 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  let 
  it 
  be. 
  He 
  puts 
  the 
  souls 
  of 
  the 
  doomed 
  

   enemy 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  regions, 
  where 
  the 
  black 
  war 
  clubs 
  are 
  constantly 
  

   waving 
  about, 
  and 
  envelops 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  black 
  fog, 
  which 
  shall 
  never 
  

   be 
  lifted 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  shall 
  never 
  reappear. 
  From 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   pression 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  paragraph, 
  "their 
  souls 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  

   knocked 
  about," 
  the 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  black 
  war 
  clubs 
  moving 
  about 
  

   like 
  ball 
  sticks 
  in 
  the 
  game 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  imply 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  con- 
  

   tinually 
  buffeting 
  the 
  doomed 
  souls 
  under 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  spirit. 
  

   land 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  west, 
  but 
  in 
  these 
  formulas 
  of 
  male- 
  

   dictii 
  in 
  or 
  blessing 
  the 
  soul 
  of 
  the 
  doomed 
  man 
  is 
  generally 
  consigned 
  

   to 
  the 
  underground 
  region, 
  while 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  victor 
  is 
  raised 
  by 
  

   antithesis 
  to 
  the 
  seventh 
  heaven. 
  

  

  Having 
  disposed 
  of 
  the 
  enemy, 
  the 
  shaman 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  para- 
  

   graph 
  turns 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  his 
  friends 
  and 
  at 
  once 
  raises 
  their 
  souls 
  

   t< 
  i 
  the 
  seventh 
  heaven, 
  where 
  they 
  shall 
  go 
  about 
  in 
  peace, 
  shielded 
  

   by 
  (literally, 
  " 
  covered 
  with 
  ") 
  the 
  red 
  war 
  club 
  of 
  success, 
  and 
  never 
  

   to 
  be 
  knocked 
  about 
  by 
  the 
  blows 
  of 
  the 
  enemy. 
  " 
  Breaking 
  the 
  

   soul 
  in 
  two 
  " 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  snapping 
  the 
  thread 
  of 
  life, 
  the 
  soul 
  

   being 
  regarded 
  as 
  an 
  intangible 
  something 
  having 
  length, 
  like 
  a 
  rod 
  

   or 
  a 
  string. 
  This 
  formula, 
  like 
  others 
  written 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  sha- 
  

   man, 
  contains 
  several 
  evident 
  inconsistencies 
  both 
  as 
  to 
  grammar 
  

   and 
  mythology, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  A'wanita 
  is 
  extremely 
  careless 
  

   with 
  regard 
  to 
  details 
  and 
  that 
  this 
  particular 
  formula 
  has 
  probably 
  

   not 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  century. 
  The 
  warriors 
  are 
  

   also 
  made 
  to 
  shield 
  themselves 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  war 
  whoop, 
  which 
  

   should 
  undoubtedly 
  be 
  the 
  red 
  war 
  whoop, 
  consistent 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  

  

  