The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

The marrow, the strong original: ᎤᏩᏓᎸ ᏍᏓᏱᎯ (uwadalv sdayihi) It was strong, it was strong original: ᎨᏎ ᏍᏓᏱ ᎨᏎ ᏍᏓᏱ Making it strong, it was strong Making it strong, it was strong The little child referring to a spirit or the cause of the disease, it becomes many, it is painful.

Listen! It was strong, the little healer. It was strong.
You have come to strengthen me. You have come to make me well.
It will be strong, your spirit, my spirit.
You have come to make me well. Look, I am powerful, my spirit.
Yes, the strong one, you have come to make me well.
Making it strong, it was strong.

original: ᎠᎵᏨᏍᏗ (alitsvsdi), a ritual marker indicating the end of a section

All who are many and strong. You have come to the marrow. You make it strong.
Little by little it is strong. My spirit, my spirit, strong.
It will be strong. Now it is said.
It will be strong. The little spirit, the child, all.
We are strong, the little one, the child, it is done.
The little spirit, I have recovered, it is little.
It is strong.

You have come, the little spirit, you are our relative.
You have come to make me well. Strong, strong.
Strong, my spirit, you will be placed there.
Strong, your marrow, the spirit of power, it is strong.
It is strong. Strong. Conclusion.

As it is being made strong.
The little spirit, it will be, it will come to be said.
You have come to make me well. Strong, strong. You have come to strengthen me.
As it is being made strong, it will be.
My spirit, it is being made strong. My spirit, it is being made strong.
Conclusion. As it is being done.
You have spoken, it was strong as it is.

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original: "Didūñlěskĭ"

Cherokee Syllabary: A writing system invented by Sequoyah in the early 1800s where each symbol represents a syllable.
Gahuni: A Cherokee man from whom Mooney obtained several sacred manuscripts.
Didūñlěskĭ: A Cherokee term for rheumatism, literally meaning "those who draw them up," referring to the cramping or contraction of the limbs.