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The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual...

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Listen! O, now you have drawn near to hearken—
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—Your spittle, I take it, I eat it.
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—Your body, I take it, I eat it,
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—Your flesh, I take it, I eat it,
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—Your heart, I take it, I eat it.
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Listen! O, now you have drawn near to hearken, O, Ancient One. This man’s (woman’s) soul has come to rest at the edge of your body. You are never to let go your hold upon it. It is ordained that you shall do just as you are requested to do. Let her never think upon any other place. Her soul has faded within her. She is bound by the black threads.

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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, Project Gutenberg eBook #24788

ADALANI´STA‘TI´YĬ. Ĭ. Explanation.