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196 BTJKEATJ OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull, 99
tst-Du''ntyuwe"'Ga
it they (E) feel tired
which
Gwo"' Dt'k'anuGo'.st'otr
L they are to be scratched with
ng'lt'ye'tr
must be
rubbed
5 nuGo/sti
are to be
scratched
19
JtV ng^'wo'tT Di'D9'le"'sGi
this to cure he breaks them, H
t'QDe-'ca G9't°' n^Vo-t'i'
eel oil to cure with
n5°"ki
four they nights - past
Du'nu'tlawa'DtSQ*'
they (E) joints successively
i; SO -a
night, L
ntGa'
all
Ga'^lt-WO'^Dthe
climbs, brown
D8
tyy'stu-a"'
like each
Dt^k'a=
they
Dt^k'a=
they
This is to Treat (Them) With (When) He Habitually Beeaks
Them (i. e., Rheumatism)
FREE TRANSLATION
When they are tired, eel oil is to treat (them) with, (and) just saw
brier to scratch them with. It must be rubbed on them all over their
joints. Four days they must be scratched, every time at night.
EXPLANATION
[Rheumatism is referred to by different names. (See p. 292.)]
[Scratching is almost invariably a part of the curing procedure, the
instrument usually being a flint arrowhead; in this case a small
portion, about 12 to 15 centimeters long, of a branch of Ga^Dltwo''Di,
saw brier {Smilax glauca Walt.), is used.]
The nighttime is chosen for the operation, in order that the patient
may be the better able to rest afterwards. The same treatment is
sometimes used for abdominal swelling. When the medicine man
can not decide from the ordinary symptoms as to the cause of the
disease, he diagnoses from the dreams of the patient, which in rheumatism
are said to relate to sexual excesses, or to the commission of
unnatural acts [as incest], etc.
aV fna'Do" Da'nskt"tsGQ-'[i*^] ngwo-t'i'
this snake(s) whenever they dream to cure with
of them
SGe
now then I *a'-no-"Gwo"'
bat
sttDa'^^WeH'
you (2) wizards
Xo't-G€-^S€-°(.i*8)'
it which is, App
U SO U
night, Loc
20
E
tGawe-'stf(-3d*^)
to say it—
sta't'9r)a"'niGa'
you (2) have come to
listen
Dtsto'tlt'o^sti'
you (2) are staying
stt'skuya'
you (2) men
Dt'vDt*[yi^T
to give them to
di-ink
L
Dt^ststi'Ga'
you (2) little
stu'tsan^'qt-Gwo""
for your (2) adornment—
i;-1sG€-'do° ^'-Dunu-'y^t^ant'le'^.i' ma'D9-GW0'''
it important it which, he (E) put it under, App snake—
" Correction by editor. *8 Interpolation by editor.
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