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m^BREcuTs] THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 183
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t^tt'y't'st'anfGa'
thou hast come to put
it staying there
it important it all surrounded tralKs), L
i;-lsGe''D8 G9'V*Aty"wtDo' ny-'no'i'
D€''Ganani;G0*'tstD3''€-sti' i;tst"nawa' ruo^-'DisGcsti' |
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they will appear continuously
in ail directions
beyond it, stretched out he will be saying it
i;tsi*'nawa' aDo"nfGa'
it has been said
SGe" I
'o'-no'GW'P' 'a't'Qr)a*'nfGa' tsfya' ts'A'ska'Se'Mt'-yu'
Now then ha, Now thou hast come to listen otter hou fearful—
Galg-'ldi ajV'li' g-'nale-'Gwo^ Dt'tsotit'o't'sti *a'-no-Gwo"'
above middle la Ice, big thou art staying ha. Now
i)0-'t'a"le"9-r)a' 't'Da-"weH' Go'f'sti a GWADe-lt"'tc'€*'ti
thou liast arisen thou wizard
facing us
nt'Ge'syna' tsuDD*'noH' *t'kAt"6-noyi nQnoH'
thou keen-eyed one
DO"'DatSana*'"wuiJr i;'lsGf'D8 Di;'na"'DutlQ*' (etc.) (with,
added at the end, :) 'ya'
This is the Medicine for Their Navel
FREE TRANSLATION
Now then! Ha, now tliou hast come to listen. Red Otter, thou
wizard; thou art staying at the great lake; ha, now thou hast arisen
facing us. "Nothing ever escapes my (sight)" thou hast said.
The trails are lying stretched for thee (to allow) thee to come hither.
Where he ^^ has put the important thing against him,^" thou
hast come to pusli it with the crown (of thy head) hack to where
it ought to he What had become an important thing thou hast
come to push away as thou goest by.
Where the foam is (piled up) high thou hast gone to put the
important thing to stay. The trails will suiTound the important
thing from all directions. Relief will be caused continuously;
relief has been caused.
Now then! Pla, now thou hast come to listen, thou fearful Otter
in the great lake in midheaven, thou art staying. But now thou
liast arisen from there, facing us. Thou wizard! "Nothing ever
escapes from my (sight)," thou hast said. Thou art most keen-eyed.
The trails are lying stretched for thee (to enable) thee to come
liither.
Where he ^^ has put the important thing against him 2° (etc.).
explanation
This is another formula for the cure of navel-Dalo'ni, and the
cure is the same as the one described in No. 7, page 180.
The medicine man was of the opinion that there was another
paragraph, addressed to the Fire, and which was probably recited
29 The disease-spirit.
^o Xhe patient.