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of all Power, or, literally, Great beyond expression: second, A, ta, no, ti, i.e: United, ore, literally, The Place of Uniting; allusive to the spot where vows of perpetual friendship are made, as explained elsewhere in these pages, and which is called A, to, no, ti: and, third, Usgo, hu, la, signifying, as nearly as can be ascertained, the bowels, just below the breast; as supposed to be here employed synonimously with the same word in our own language, when applied to affection, or the mind. These Beings, say the Cherokee, will ever continue unchanged. They created all things, know all things, are present every where, and govern all things. Whomsoever they call dies and in whatever way they see fit. They are enthroned in purity, or, as the natives express it, on Three White Seats above. To them all prayers are to be addressed. They will judge, and reward or punish. They send messengers to this world upon human affairs. The Beings thus described are understood to be the same with One Mysterious Being, of whom the ancients among the Cherokee say that He was a God and yet a King, appearing sometimes as a man; in short, that he was both spiritual and material: He had a name which must never be