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O^RECHTsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 197
't-Ge-'se-°i' I
wneD^'no^'i' 'i-Ge-'s€-°i' |
a'nisGf'no°
it which is, App they ghosts they have said it it which is, App
sGe" I
'a'no'^Gwo^' sta't*or)a*''nt*Ga' stt'skuya' Dt'ststi'Ga'
now then ha! now you (2) have come to you (2) men you (2) little
listen
stt'Da-"we" i;'so'-!i Dtsto'tlt'o'tsti' t''Ga aye'^li' flsGe-'DO"
you (2) wizards night, Loc you (2) are staying day middle it important
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Di;*nt'kso'o°"te'°(.i ^^)'
| sti'^xyQst'a'nfGa' stu'tsanQ'rjt-Gwo'''
they have let it down, App you (2) have come to take for your (2) adornment—
it (sol) away
'tGe-'se-4' u'so-'^t Ga'ne'sa' DtGO^naGe*"' Do-'DttVtst-^'
it which is, App
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night, L box(es) they black they are kept, facing
us, T L
wo'^^-'sttskwamGo-'t'aiit'Ga' I
you (2) have come to put in store as what is its worth! L
you (2) go by
tGQVulsto.'tt-GWO^'
This (is) to Treat (Them) With When They Have Dreamed of
Snakes; (What) to Give Them to Drink, and (How) it is to
be Said
FREE TRANSLATION
Now then! Ha, now you two have come to Usten, you Two Little
Men, you two wizards, away from here in the Night Land you two
are staying.
It is the very thing you two adorn yourselves with. It is merely a
snake that has come to put the unportant thing under him. They
are but ghosts that have caused it.
Now then! Ha, now you two have come to hsten, you Two Little
Men, you two wizards, away from here in the Night Land you two
are staying.
In the middle of the day they have let the important things down.
You two have come to take it away as you two come by. It is the
very thing you two adorn yourselves with. You two have put it
away over there in the black boxes that are kept in the Night Land.
Who cares what happens to it!
explanation
This is another formula for the same purpose as No. 5, page 175.
[The reference to the Two Little Men adorning themselves with
snakes, and the very reason for their being invoked in snake diseases
real or dreamed—is accounted for by a Cherokee myth. (Cf . Mooney,
Myths, p. 31L)] According to this myth, the natural son of the
Thunder, on arriving at boyhood, sets out toward the southwest in
search of his father, who had abandoned him in infancy. After many
adventures, he finally presents himself before his father, who first
cures him of a loathsome sldn disease, by throwing him into a pot of
boiling water, and then leading him to a covered box, bids him put in
his hand and take out the necklaces and other ornaments with which
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