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Olbrechts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 165
The tribal word for "disease" v^ju'gsl is not used in the ritual
" that which is important,"
language, where it is always referred to as :
"the important thing," ulsGe*'Do°.
"Death" is referred to in the ritual language as y^so'^Do"^ a word
which in the tribal language always has the meaning of "night-
passed."
tstyg'^nista'^neJa' which in the tribal language means: "I hit him,"
in the ritual language conveys the professional idea of performing
passes, of massaging.
Although many more examples could be adduced, it is considered
that those given have amply proved the point; those that are held
over will be worked out and incorporated in the sketch of the Cherokee
grammar on which work is well advanced.