The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398

This formula is said by the young husband, who has just married an especially engaging wife, who is liable to be attracted by other men. The same formula may also be used by the...

(Deg[^a][']sisisg[^u]['][n][)i]).--Kan[^a]gi[']ta n[^a]y[^a][']ga hi[)a]['] dilentisg['][^u][n][)i]. T[)a][']l[)i] ig[^u][']nkw'ta`t[)i], [^u]l[)e]['] talin[)e]['] tsutan[^u][']...

In the Cherokee text both _d_ and _g_ have a medial sound, approximating the sounds of _t_ and _k_ respectively. The other letters are pronounced in regular accordance with the...

He+! Hayuya[']haniw[)a]['], hayuya[']haniw[)a]['], hayuya[']haniw[)a]['], hayuya[']haniw[)a][']. Tsistuyi['] nehandu[']yan[^u], Tsistuyi['] nehandu[']yan[^u]--Yoho[']+! He+! Hay...

Hay[)i]! Y[^u]! Listen! Now instantly we have lifted up the red war club. Quickly his soul shall be without motion. There under the earth, where the black war clubs shall be mov...

Listen! You repose on high, O White Spider. Quickly you have brought and laid down the white path. O great ada[']wehi, quickly you have brought down the white threads from above...

The song at the beginning has no meaning and is sung in a low plaintive lullaby tone, ending with a sharp _Yu!_ The prayer possesses a special interest, as it brings out several...

The next book procured was obtained from a woman named Ay[^a]sta, "The Spoiler," and had been written by her husband, Gahuni, who died about 30 years ago. The matter was not dif...

Of late years, especially since the establishment of schools among them, the Cherokees are gradually beginning to lose confidence in the abilities of their own doctors and are b...

When the plants, who were friendly to man, heard what had been done by the animals, they determined to defeat their evil designs. Each tree, shrub, and herb, down, even to the g...

Taking the Dispensatory as the standard, and assuming that this list is a fair epitome of what the Cherokees know concerning the medical properties of plants, we find that five...

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Du[']tal[)e] a`ne[']ts[^a] unats[^a][']n[^u][n]tse[']lah[)i], Y[^a][']na dedu[']natsg[^u][']`law[)i]stani[']ga, ige[']sk[)i] nige[']s[^u][n]na. Da`s[^u][n] du[']nil[^a]tsi[']sat...