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  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CIIEROKEES. 
  

  

  nige'siV'na. 
  Kanu' 
  n 
  lagi 
  "wall 
  a 
  'hi 
  stag! 
  ln'skine 
  digahY"latiyu 
  '". 
  

   Tsutsu' 
  Sa'ka'ni 
  sa'gwa 
  damitsgu'laniga, 
  asS'gagl 
  nige'su"na. 
  

  

  Du'talc" 
  a'ne'tsa, 
  utsa'nuHse'lali! 
  Tine'gwa 
  Sa'ka'ni 
  sa'gwa 
  da- 
  

   niitsgu''lani'ga, 
  ige'ski 
  nige'su"na. 
  Da''su 
  n 
  unilatsi'satii. 
  Kanu'"lagi 
  

   "waha'hlstagl 
  sutali'ne 
  digalu' 
  n 
  latiyu' 
  u 
  . 
  A'nigasta'ya 
  sa'gwa 
  danuts- 
  

   gu'lani'ga, 
  asfi'ga'gi 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  Kanii' 
  u 
  lagi 
  "waha'hista'gi 
  kfil'- 
  

   kwagine 
  digalu'"latiyu' 
  n 
  . 
  Watatii'ga 
  Sa'ka'ni 
  sa'gwa 
  daimtsgu'la- 
  

   ni'ga, 
  ase'ga'gi 
  mge'sii 
  n 
  na. 
  

  

  Du'talfi 
  a'ne'tsa 
  unatsa'nu 
  n 
  tse'lalii, 
  Ya'na 
  dedu'natsgu'lawlst- 
  

   ani'ga, 
  ige'ski 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  Da'su 
  n 
  du'nilatsi'satu. 
  Kanu' 
  n 
  lagi 
  

   de'tagaskala'u 
  n 
  tanu' 
  u 
  , 
  igu 
  n 
  'wulstaiiuhi-gwudi'na 
  tsuye'listi 
  gesu' 
  n 
  i. 
  

   Akta'ti 
  adii 
  n 
  ni'ga. 
  

  

  Sge 
  ! 
  Na'gwa 
  t'ski'nane'li 
  ta'ladu' 
  iyiVta 
  a'gwatseli'ga, 
  Wata- 
  

   tu'ga 
  Tsune'ga. 
  Tsuye'listi 
  gesu'"I 
  ski'nahu 
  D 
  si' 
  a'gwatseli'ga 
  — 
  kanti' 
  n 
  - 
  

   lagi 
  a'gwatseli'ga. 
  Na"na 
  utada'ta 
  kanu' 
  n 
  lagi 
  dedu'skalii'asi'ga. 
  

  

  Dedu'ndagu' 
  n 
  yastani'ga, 
  gu 
  u 
  wa'liisa'nulii. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  THIS 
  CONCERNS 
  THE 
  BALL 
  PLAY 
  — 
  TO 
  TAKE 
  THEM 
  TO 
  WATER 
  WITH 
  IT. 
  

  

  Listen 
  I 
  Ha! 
  Now 
  where 
  the 
  white 
  thread 
  has 
  been 
  let 
  down, 
  quickly 
  we 
  are 
  

   about 
  to 
  examine 
  into 
  (the 
  fate 
  of) 
  the 
  admirers 
  of 
  the 
  ball 
  play. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  of 
  — 
  such 
  a 
  (iyu'stf) 
  descent. 
  They 
  are 
  called 
  — 
  so 
  and 
  so 
  (iyu 
  sti). 
  They 
  

   are 
  shaking 
  the 
  road 
  which 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  joyful. 
  The 
  miserable 
  Terrapin 
  has 
  

   come 
  and 
  fastened 
  himself 
  upon 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  go 
  about. 
  They 
  have 
  lost 
  all 
  strength. 
  

   They 
  have 
  become 
  entirely 
  blue. 
  

  

  But 
  now 
  my 
  admirers 
  of 
  the 
  ball 
  play 
  have 
  their 
  roads 
  lying 
  along 
  in 
  this 
  direc- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  Red 
  Bat 
  has 
  come 
  and 
  made 
  himself 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  There 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  

   heaven 
  are 
  the 
  pleasing 
  stakes. 
  There 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  heaven 
  are 
  the 
  pleasing 
  stakes. 
  

   The 
  Pewee 
  has 
  come 
  and 
  joined 
  them. 
  The 
  immortal 
  ball 
  stick 
  shall 
  place 
  itself 
  

   upon 
  the 
  whoop, 
  never 
  to 
  be 
  defeated. 
  

  

  As 
  for 
  the 
  lovers 
  of 
  the 
  ball 
  play 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  the 
  common 
  Turtle 
  has 
  come 
  

   and 
  fastened 
  himself 
  upon 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  go 
  about. 
  Under 
  the 
  earth 
  they 
  have 
  lost 
  

   all 
  strength. 
  

  

  The 
  pleasing 
  stakes 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  heaven. 
  The 
  Red 
  Tlaniwa 
  has 
  come 
  and 
  

   made 
  himself 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  "never 
  be 
  defeated. 
  The 
  pleasing 
  stakes 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  fourth 
  heaven. 
  The 
  Blue 
  Fly-catcher 
  has 
  made 
  himself 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  

   that 
  they 
  may 
  never 
  be 
  defeated. 
  The 
  pleasing 
  stakes 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  fifth 
  heaven. 
  The 
  

   Blue 
  Martin 
  has 
  made 
  himself 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  never 
  be 
  defeated. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  lovers 
  of 
  the 
  ball 
  play, 
  the 
  Blue 
  Mole 
  has 
  come 
  and 
  fastened 
  upon 
  them, 
  

   that 
  they 
  may 
  never 
  be 
  joyous. 
  They 
  have 
  lost 
  all 
  strength. 
  

  

  The 
  pleasing 
  stakes 
  are 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  sixth 
  heaven. 
  The 
  Chimney 
  Swift 
  has 
  made 
  

   himself 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  never 
  be 
  defeated. 
  The 
  pleasing 
  stakes 
  are 
  in 
  

   the 
  seventh 
  heaven. 
  The 
  Blue 
  Dragon-fly 
  has 
  made 
  himself 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  that 
  they 
  

   may 
  never 
  be 
  defeated. 
  

  

  As 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  admirers 
  of 
  the 
  ball 
  play, 
  the 
  Bear 
  has 
  just 
  come 
  and 
  fastened 
  

   him 
  upon 
  them, 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  never 
  be 
  happy. 
  They 
  have 
  lost 
  all 
  strength. 
  He 
  

   has 
  let 
  the 
  stakes 
  slip 
  from 
  his 
  grasp 
  and 
  there 
  shall 
  be 
  nothing 
  left 
  for 
  their 
  share. 
  

  

  The 
  examination 
  is 
  ended. 
  

  

  Listen! 
  Now 
  let 
  me 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  twelve 
  are 
  mine, 
  O 
  White 
  Dragon-fly. 
  Tell 
  

   me 
  that 
  the 
  share 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  mine 
  — 
  that 
  the 
  stakes 
  are 
  mine. 
  As 
  for 
  the 
  player 
  there 
  

   on 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  forced 
  to 
  let 
  go 
  his 
  hold 
  upon 
  the 
  stakes. 
  

  

  Now 
  they 
  are 
  become 
  exultant 
  and 
  happy. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  