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186 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 99
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their navel the medicine this
sGe" *a-'-wo-yi' Dalo'ni 'tDa''"W€*i' wa-'"DaGu'
now thenl
I
hal pigeon yellow thou (art a) wizard goldfinch
so-"GWO^' De-'stutsGo'tlAw'ist'anfGa' |
€*'gwo'
it big
ni-GWo"
—
ti-Gwu^-Dt'no°'
food—L (=E) E
ni'Ga' I u'k'uwe'DaGwo"^
you two have become as one
Dt^sti)tlt'o'tsti'
you two are staying
GeSf'
i;-lsGe-'DO°
it is, App it important
VG€-Se-°(.F)'
that which is, App
u^sonu''li
quickly
stiDa-'"we!i' |
you two (are) wizards
DO''tsta°le'o*i]a'
you two have arisen,
facing us
Di;ni;->'lt'antne-°(.i23)'
he (e.) has come to put it under
t'isti'skwo*'li
yoiu (2) stomachs
*iGe-'staD9'ne-°.i' |
n^-Qotlst^am'Ga'
Dalo*'ni
yellow
su'li;*y=
swampy laurelthiclcet
I
Dalo''=
it yellow
st5tlsta"'y'"
it is for your (2)
D€" Ge'^stan tso' ' t' a=
you 2 have come to bury it
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in them filled-up, L they have done it for it has happened so
you (2), App
| u'so'^iDo" nu'Do'nQ'na
night-been it has been said beyond it stretched it has been said at the
utsi^navva' ni;''D0.t'an9-'''D0
(For) Their Navel, This is the Medicine
FREE TRANSLATION
Now then! Ha, Yellow Pigeon, thon ^^^za^d, (and thou) Yellow
Goldfinch, you two have become united. You two mzards, you are
staying where the great swampy thicket is.
Quickly you two have arisen; the important thing is merely bile;
he^^ has put it under him.^^ But that is the very thing 3^ou two eat.
You two have buried them in your stomachs. They have made you
two filled as you go by, it has become so, and not for one night (but
forever). Relief has been caused at the same time.
explanation
Tliis formula is for the same purpose as Nos. 7 and S, and the
treatment is the same—simple rubbing with the warmed hand.
The Goldfinch invoked is the American goldfinch {Chrysomitus
tristis), known in the southern Alleghanies as the flaxbird. [The
expression regarding "the food being buried in the stomach" is the
formulistic equivalent for the common expression "to take food"
(Ga^hsta-'ya*5°ska', I take food).]
^ Emendation by W., editor's informant.
^ The disease-spirit.
3* The patient.