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 301-398Mooney, James
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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
Mooney, James
Cherokee Indians -- Religion; Cherokee language -- Texts; Indians of North America -- Medicine
Mooney, James, paper on sacred formulas of the Cherokees, by
301-397
Names, importance attached to, in Cherokee sacred formulas 343
Plants used by Cherokees for medical purposes 322-331
ceremonies for gathering 339
Religion of the Cherokees, character of 319
Religion of the Cherokees, gods of 340-342
Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees, paper by James Mooney on 301-397
Sanitary regulations among the Cherokee Indians, neglect of 332,
333
Shamans, decline of power of among Cherokees 336
mode of payment of among Cherokees 337-339
Sweat bath, use of, among Cherokees 333-334
Swimmer manuscript of Cherokee formulas 310, 312
Tabu among Cherokees, illustrations of 331-332
Takwatihi, or Catawba-Killer, Cherokee formulas furnished by 316
Will West, collection of Cherokee formulas and songs prepared by
317
Young Deer, Cherokee formulas furnished by 316
Errors:
Missing or superfluous quotation marks have been silently corrected.
... while closely watching the motions ...
[original has “the / the” at line break]
formulas obtained from Tsiskwa, A´wanita, and / Takwtihi
[error for Takwati´hĭ ?]
Sgĕ! Ha-nâ´gwa hû[n]hatû´[n]gani´ga
[all parentheses in this paragraph shown as printed]
(hetsatsa´û[n]tani´ga
[mismatched parenthesis in original]
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James Mooney
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