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not until after his sacred master was no more. It was only to such persons as have just been described that the sacred mysteries were disclosed by the american Cherokee. To make them known to the uninstructed, was considered as provoking either sudden, or not long to be avoided, death, both to the betrayer and the listeners. Hence it is with extreme difficulty that any information upon the subject can be lured from the old men, even of the present day, but most especially if imagined to be sought for any white person, all of whom are supposed to feel a contempt for such forms and faith, which the Indians devotee cannot break. This is the reason why it is impossible to communicate completer details , and to give an account of the deeper mysteries and of the forims? of prayer and incantation taught by the priests to their pupils.