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CONTENTS
The formulas—Continued.
Kinds—Continued.
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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
How the formulas are considered by the laity and by the medicine
155
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"
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
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
VII
178
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