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170 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 90
mountain flank. Thy trails ^ lead from here to the swamp into
which tliey disappear. They have played with thee/ it seems (and
tossed thee about). So, indeed, it has happened. (And) who cares
what happens to it? ^ Thou ^ hast come and scattered it for him.^
Relief has now been caused, and will not be undone.
Now then! Ha! Now thou hast come to hear, thou Big Whirlwind,
big indeed. Among the stretched out (tree branches) of the big
mountains, over yonder, thou art staying. Thou Big Whirlwind,
ha! quickly thou hast arisen, facing us. Only a minute portion of the
disease has remained. Thou hast come to sweep it away into the
great swamp on the plateau along the mountain flank. Thy ^
trails lead from here to the great swamp over yonder. They will play
with thee ^ and toss thee about continually; who cares what happens to
it,^ now! Relief indeed has been caused at the same time, completely
indeed. Sharp there!
When they are ill with the big chill, cherry is to be used to blow
them with. If old tobacco is available (it is) also very efficient.
NOTES
[This formula has been edited with notes and comments by James
Mooney, SFC, pp. 359-361. The plants used have been identified
as tso-'laGayQ^'li {Nicotiana rustica L., wild tobacco), and t'cuya'
(Prunus mrginiana L., chokecherry; also Prunus serotina Ehrh., wild
black or rum cherry).]
this-und
am sGu ya
they men
alli'loH' I
they just
passed by
vtst^nawa^
beyond it
stretched
this-and
O'^Dali-Gu'Dli
mountain-he climbs
Df'nisko'li'
their heads
ani'lo!i' |
they just
passed by
utst'hiawa^
beyond it
stretched
Q:no''nfGa'
they have come
and said it
J Addressing the disease.
2 "lt" = t,he disease.
9
Di;*'nitl9i39"'.i' ^
whenever they are ill
i;tst'*nQ:vva^ ano'*ni'Ga'
beyond-itstretched
ano nt'Ga
they have come
and said it
Sharp!
]
they liave come
and said it
vtst^'nawa'
beyond it stretched
na.^sGwo"' ^ Dt'nisko'li' Di;^nitlor)6"'.i^
also their heads whenever they are ill
anp'^skotlg'.i
DtDZo'-t^StO.ti'
it (sol.) used to be they to be blown witli it
held m the mouth—
* Addressing the Little Whirlwind.
* "Hiin" = the patient.
6 W. Dial, form; C. Dial.: u-'nits^qg-'i.
a niDa' "we
they (are) wizards
GO^tlta!a"' I
it (has been)
rubbed
u a*
this
m-fsti' I
so far like
8 This is one of the cases alluded to on p. 2, and from which it appears that
a preceding formula or prescription, "also for headache," was not included by
Mooney in his transliteration of the manuscript.