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more apparent by the fact that the Cherokee regarded those diseases which required phys- -ic as generally sent from the above to punish some offence among the people.To their belief we may trace the almost exclusive employment in mere recent times of what are now called conjurers, a medicine men, in curing diseases. The Indian Doctors in our day univerfally probefs to effect their object by the aid of in- -cantations; and those who have lost all other traces of the dignity of the ancient ceremonials, and retain no idea of their original significa- -tion, -no knowledge of the early priesthood, nor of the dignity of the primeral Ah, tawh, hungh, nah, adhere, neverthelefs, adhere, through ignoranity and by mere traditional preseription, to the peculiarly mystical part it involved in the riter referring to eppiation.

    But- to return from this dignefrion, to 

the meparatory arrangements for the Ah, tawh, hungh, nah.

    After a special and solemn addrefs from

one of the seven prime counsellors to the rest, they despatched the mefsenger of the from the National Steptagon, to notify all the tours, and to direct the people to meet on the evening of the sixth day. Seven women were summoned to lead the dance and mu- -sicians to aid them. Seven women (probably wives