﻿390 
  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CIIEROKEES. 
  

  

  war 
  club, 
  white 
  being 
  the 
  color 
  emblematic 
  of 
  peace, 
  which 
  is 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  an 
  incongruity. 
  The 
  war 
  whoop 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  posi- 
  

   tive 
  magic 
  power 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  warrior, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  

   terrifying 
  the 
  foe. 
  

  

  The 
  mythologic 
  significance 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  colors 
  is 
  well 
  shown 
  

   in 
  this 
  formula. 
  Red, 
  symbolic 
  of 
  success, 
  is 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  

   el 
  ul) 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  warrior 
  is 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  enemy 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  one 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  to 
  shield 
  or 
  "cover" 
  himself. 
  There 
  

   is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  war 
  whoop 
  also 
  should 
  be 
  represented 
  as 
  red. 
  

   In 
  conjuring 
  with 
  the 
  beads 
  for 
  long 
  life, 
  for 
  recovery 
  from 
  sickness, 
  

   or 
  for 
  success 
  in 
  love, 
  the 
  ball 
  play, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  undertaking, 
  the 
  red 
  

   beads 
  represent 
  the 
  party 
  for 
  whose 
  benefit 
  the 
  magic 
  spell 
  is 
  

   wrought, 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  figuratively 
  clothed 
  in 
  red 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  stand 
  

   upon 
  a 
  red 
  cloth 
  or 
  placed 
  upon 
  a 
  red 
  seat. 
  The 
  red 
  spirits 
  invoked 
  

   always 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  everything 
  pertaining 
  to 
  them 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  

   .same 
  color. 
  

  

  Black 
  is 
  always 
  typical 
  of 
  death, 
  anil 
  in 
  this 
  formula 
  the 
  soul 
  of 
  

   the 
  enemy 
  is 
  continually 
  beaten 
  about 
  by 
  black 
  war 
  clubs 
  and 
  en- 
  

   veloped 
  in 
  a 
  black 
  fog. 
  In 
  conjuring 
  to 
  destroy 
  an 
  enemy 
  the 
  sha- 
  

   man 
  uses 
  black 
  beads 
  and 
  invokes 
  the 
  black 
  spirits— 
  which 
  always 
  

   live 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  — 
  bidding 
  them 
  tear 
  out 
  the 
  man's 
  soul, 
  carry 
  it 
  to 
  

   the 
  west, 
  and 
  put 
  it 
  into 
  the 
  black 
  coffin 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  black 
  mud. 
  

   with 
  a 
  black 
  serpent 
  coiled 
  above 
  it. 
  

  

  Blue 
  is 
  emblematic 
  of 
  failure, 
  disappointment, 
  or 
  unsatisfied 
  desire. 
  

   " 
  They 
  shall 
  never 
  become 
  blue" 
  means 
  that 
  they 
  shall 
  never 
  fail 
  

   in 
  anything 
  they 
  undertake. 
  In 
  love 
  charms 
  the 
  lover 
  figuratively 
  

   covers 
  himself 
  with 
  red 
  and 
  prays 
  that 
  his 
  rival 
  shall 
  become 
  entirely 
  

   blue 
  and 
  walk 
  in 
  a 
  blue 
  path. 
  The 
  formulistic 
  expression, 
  ''He 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  blue," 
  closely 
  approximates 
  in 
  meaning 
  the 
  common 
  English 
  

   phrase, 
  " 
  He 
  feels 
  blue." 
  The 
  blue 
  spirits 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  

  

  White— 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  this 
  formula 
  only 
  by 
  an 
  evident 
  error 
  — 
  

   denotes 
  peace 
  and 
  happiness. 
  In 
  ceremonial 
  addresses, 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  

   green 
  corn 
  dance 
  and 
  ball 
  play, 
  the 
  people 
  figuratively 
  partake 
  of 
  

   white 
  food 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  dance 
  or 
  the 
  game 
  return 
  aloug 
  the 
  white 
  

   trail 
  to 
  their 
  white 
  houses. 
  In 
  love 
  charms 
  the 
  man, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   induce 
  the 
  woman 
  to 
  cast 
  her 
  lot 
  with 
  his, 
  boasts 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  white 
  

   man," 
  implying 
  that 
  all 
  is 
  happiness 
  where 
  he 
  is. 
  White 
  beads 
  have 
  

   the 
  same 
  meaning 
  in 
  the 
  bead 
  conjuring 
  and 
  white 
  was 
  the 
  color 
  

   of 
  the 
  stone 
  pipe 
  anciently 
  used 
  in 
  ratifying 
  peace 
  treaties. 
  The 
  

   white 
  spirits 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  (Wa'hala). 
  

  

  Two 
  other 
  colors, 
  brown 
  and 
  yellow, 
  are 
  also 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  

   formulas. 
  Watige'T, 
  "brown," 
  is 
  the 
  term 
  used 
  to 
  include 
  brown, 
  

   bay. 
  dun. 
  and 
  similar 
  colors, 
  especially 
  as 
  applied 
  to 
  animals. 
  It 
  

   seldom 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  formulas 
  and 
  its 
  mythologic 
  significance 
  is 
  as 
  

   yet 
  undetermined. 
  Yellow 
  is 
  of 
  more 
  frequent 
  occurrence 
  and 
  is 
  

   typical 
  of 
  trouble 
  and 
  all 
  manner 
  of 
  vexation, 
  the 
  yellow 
  spirits 
  

  

  