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The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual...

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Yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ.
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I am come from above—Yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ.
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I am come down from the Sun Land—Yû´nwĕhĭ.
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O Red Agĕ‘yagu´ga, you have come and put your red spittle upon my body—Yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ, yû´nwĕhĭ.
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And this above is to recite while one is painting himself.

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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

(YÛ´nWĔ´HĬ UGÛ´nWA‘LĬ II.) Explanation.