There is one spiri~ that goes about at night with a light. The Chero-
kee call it Atsil'-dihye' g~, "The Fire-carrier ," and they are all afl'aldof
it, because they think it dangerous, although they do not know much
about it. They do not even know e~actly what it looks like, because
they are afraid to stop when they see it. It may be a witch instead
of a sp.irit. Wafford's mother saw the "Fire-carrier" once when sbe
was a young woman, as she was coming home at night from a trading
post in South Carolina. It seemed to be following her from behind.
and she was frigbtened and whipped up her horse until she got away
~.om it and never saw it ag~~n.