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As the medical formulas are first in number and importance it may be well,
for the better understanding of the theory involved, to give the
Cherokee account of

THE ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE.

In the old days quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects
could all talk, and they and the human race lived together in peace and
friendship. But as time went on the people increased so rapidly that their
settlements spread over the whole earth and the poor animals found
themselves beginning to be cramped for room. This was bad enough, but to
add to their misfortunes man invented bows, knives, blowguns, spears, and
hooks, and began to slaughter the larger animals, birds and fishes for the
sake of their flesh or their skins, while the smaller creatures, such as the
frogs and worms, were crushed and trodden upon without mercy, out of pure
carelessness or contempt. In. this state of affairs the animals resolved to
consult upon measures for their common safety....


find out what happened, the Tsalagi way ...


Ref: Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee- James Mooney [1891]
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/cher/motc/motc004.htm