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in all between 500 and 550, contained in several manuscripts, 

 as follows : 



1. Gadigwanasti ("Belt," died 1888). — 186 in a large blank book 

 of foolscap size, and 94 others on separate sheets of the same size, 

 closely written; 280 in all. Obtained from his son. 



2. A'yunini ("Swimmer," died 1899). — Written in an unpaged 

 blank book of 242 pages, 31 by 12 inches, only partially filled; 137 

 in all. Obtained from himself and transliterated and translated 

 with full explanation from his dictation in 1888. 



3. Awanita ("Young Deer," died about 1892). — 24, written on 

 separate sheets and obtained from him in 1888. Transcribed later 

 into No. 4. 



4. Tsiskwa ("Bird," died 1889).— 22, dictated from deathbed and 

 with other formulas ^vritten out in regular fashion, with index, in a 

 blank book of 200 pages, 8 by 10 inches, hj his nephew, W. W. Long 

 (Wiliwesti), in 1889. 



5. DagwatiM ("Catawba Killer," died about 1890). — Written out 

 from his dictation by W. W. Long, in No. 4, in 1889; 11 in all. 



6. Gahuni (died 1866). — 10 in all, together with a Cherokee-English 

 vocabulary in Cherokee characters and other miscellany, contained 

 in an unpaged blank book, 6 by 14 inches. Obtained in 1889 from 

 his widow, Ay^sta, mother of W. W. Long. 



7. Other formulas originally written by Inali ("Black Fox," died 

 about 1880), Yanftgtllegi ("Climbing Bear," died 1904), Ddninaii 

 ("Tracker," still living), Ayasta ("Spoiler," died 1916), Aganstata 

 ("Groundhog Meat," still living), and others; mostly transcribed into 

 No. 4. 



8. A large number of dance songs, ceremonial addresses, Civil War 

 letters from Cherokee in the Confederate service, council records, etc., 

 all in the Cherokee language and characters, contained in various 

 original blank book manuscripts and letter sheets. Some of these 

 have been transcribed into No. 4, and many of them might properly 

 appear with the Sacred Formulas. 



Of all this material, about 150 formulas, including the 

 entire Swimmer book, No. 2, were transliterated, translated, 

 and annotated and glossarized, with Swimmer's assistance, 

 in 1888-89. Of these, 28 specimen formulas were published 

 in 1891 in "Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees," in the Sev- 

 enth Annual Report of the bureau. The manuscript glos- 

 sary for the whole 150 formulas numbers about 2,000 words. 



All the other formulas, together with the more important 

 miscellany noted under No. 8, were transliterated and trans- 



