CONTENTS VII 



The formulas — Continued. 



Kinds — Continued. Page 



Incantations 153 



"To change" _ 153 



To kill 154 



For love attraction 154 



For making unattractive 155 



For separating 155 



How the formulas are recited or sung 155 



How the formulas are considered by the laity and by the medicine 



men 156 



Technique of writing the formulas 157 



Structure of the formulas 159 



The ritual language 160 



Cherokee Texts 



1. (For) the big chill this is the medicine 167 



2. And this is (for) when their heads are ill 170 



3. This is the medicine when they are sick with sharp pains 171 



4. This is to cure with, when they have them itching 173 



5. If snakes have bitten them, this is the medicine 175 



6. This is to cure with, to give it to them to drink when they are sick 



with "eaters" 178 



7. This is when they are sick Avith the "yellow" 180 



8. This is the medicine for their navel ^ 182 



9. This (is for) when they have them drooping 184 



10. When they have them drooping, this is the medicine 185 



11. (For) their navel, this is the medicine 186 



12. This is the medicine (if) simulators have made it resemble it (i. e., a 



real sickness) 187 



This (is for) when they have their heads aching 188 



Their navel, this is the medicine (for) 189 



This is the medicine for their navel 190 



This is to treat (them) with if the raccoon causes them to be ill 192 



And another one if the little ones have diarrhea 193 



This is to take people to the water with 193 



This is to treat (them) with (when) he habitually breaks them (i. e., 



rheumatism) 196 



This (is) to treat (them) with when they have dreamed of snakes; 



(what) to give them to drink, and (how) it is to be said 196 



This (is) to cure (them) with whenever they have lost their voice 198 



And this (is) for the purpose (of treating them) when they urinate 



(like) milk 199 



This (is) to blow their heads with; the medicine (which is) to be used 



with it is told below 200 



This (is) the treatment for their breast 201 



This (is) for using the snake tooth at the scratching of them 202 



This is the treatment whenever they are ill with the "yellow" 204 



This (is) for when they become iU suddenly 205 



This is to scratch them; a brier should be used with it 205 



This is the medicine (for) when their breast swells 208 



This is to treat them with when they have blisters 210 



(This is) for the purpose of scratching people, using the snake tooth 



with it 212 



