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84 + He got the root of a weed called Ku na so,la, soaked it in water, and with this water, sprinkled the inside of the vase, and then smoked it with cedar boughs.

 {{citation:]]  Yu wi yoka.

• He then boiled some crab apple, plum, locusts and thorn together, and washed the mourners with the liquor, and gave them some of it to drink which puked them, &

cleansed their insides. citation: Yu wi yoka

The Creeks after burying shot off a gun, & before they had guns, by means of a cane, they made a loud noise. They then sent for a priest, who cleansed the house & purified the mourners, much as among the Cherokees, only the water of purification was made both for cleansing the house & the people, by taking the root of a certain willow, mashing & soaking it in water. This root is red, and the willow never grows large. The Cherokees call it Ti la ka li ski. Their uncleanness continued seven days. citation: Yu wi yo ka.

+ On some occasions the unclean persons put their clothes, blankets &c. under water, (seven days, enquire) bathed & put on clean clothes. Sometimes also the water of purification was made by boiling shoemake root, pine and cedar boughs, and two kinds of weeds one called Ki ka ka wa ti, and another growing on mountains, bearing a white blossom. citation: Mrs. Chism.

++ When the priest was thus cleansing a family, it was said o stu ni ke ku ne hu u nu tu ni yo hi He is purifying them, or o stu ni te ka ki ne hu tu nu ta nu tu i. He is cleansing or purifying their minds.

 When the house & the mourners were purified they went into the house put ashes on their heads, wrapped themselves in old (torn clothes) and sat down near the fire &

thus continued seven days. citation: Nutsawi. Deer in the water.