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incomplete. The first part of it is addressed to unc'tlano'Ji, the 

 Sun, one of the greatest divinities of the Cherokee pantheon. 



The two spirits called upon in the second paragraph are not named, 

 evidently through forgetfulness in writing out the formula, but they 

 are probably the Two Thunder Boys, or Little Men. 



The medicine used is a decoction of the roots of u'yo*'Dali^ vstf'aa 

 GaDv'seli, Iris verna L., dwarf iris; i;'yo*'Dali usti^'aa a^mayu''lt'e!i, 

 Acorus calamus L., sweet flag, calamus; u*Da''.i ustf'ca. Clematis 

 virginiana L., virgin's bower, together with chips of the stalk of 

 i;*Da"'.i y't'ano'", Aristolochia macrophylla Lam., pipe vine, Dutch- 

 man's pipe. 



The decoction is drunk by the patient after the formula has been 

 recited by the medicine man. The ceremonial [administration] takes 

 place two or four times, but the patient drinks the medicine at intervals 

 as often as desired, abstaining from other food or drink in the mean- 

 time. There is no bathing or blowing of the medicine. 



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 JtV a'nisko*'li a'Da'n9''wo'tT | 



this their head to cure anyone with 



*lV Dt'k'anO'Gt*'D8 I 



this they have been sung 



*a:yi' | a'ntskii'ya a^niDa''"w€ am'loU' | 



they men they wizards they have 



gone by 



utst"-nawa' ano''''nfGa' | 



beyond it, stretched they have said it 



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