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OlbeechtsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 201
*tG€'*yaGi' is a vocative form, the nominative, third person single
being aGe^yaoi', or perhaps aGe''yaGi;''Go. The medicine man was not
certain as to the meaning of the word, but was of the opinion that it
referred to aGe'^jaGv'oQ, a formuhstic name of the Sun, which in
Cherokee mythology is a woman. This is probably the true explana-
tion as the spirit is declared to dwell in the Sun Land, the East.
The name *iGe''yaGi;"'G8 occurs in several formulas and is probably
changed here to *tGe'*yaGi' to conform to the meter. [See p. 161.]
In another fonnula for heat blisters it is explicitly declared that
(a)Ge^''yaGi;'*G9 has sent the disease.
Og., who knows a different formula to cure this ailment, only uses
the chinquapin infusion after a simpler treatment, in which merely
water is blown on the patient, has failed.
V SO U
right, Loc
Dunu"'yt'anile-4'
he (E) has put it
under
SGe
now then
n9'°Do--yt- DZO'
sun, Loc, direction
askii'ya o' ' na
*a^-no'Gwo''
ha! now
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!i'a' a'nme"'Dzi a'Da'n9"'wo*tT
this their breast to cure anyone with
Ge
blacl£
Du'Da-N^t'e-^'l-i^H
he (E) has thought it
sta^t*9r)a"^nfGa'
you (2) have come to listen
Dt'stotlt'o^'tsti'
you (2) are staying
t^^staDtGo'tlt'anfGa' vtst^nawa^ aDo'^'niGa'
you (2) have come to push it beyond it it has been said
away as you (2) come by stretched
SGe" 'a'-no-Gwo°'
now then ha! now
cold Loc, direction
le'f'Ga vlsGe-'no"
to push it it important
away
utst^'nawa-GW'i'^' aoo^'nfGa'
beyond it stretched-L it has been said
Geseit
is, App
stt'skuya'
you (2) men
DtGe'"Sttlo'S€!i'
you two have penetrated
them
sta't^Qija'^ufGa' sti^skuya'
you (2) have come to listen you (2) men
Dt'stotlt'o^'tsti' stt'Da'"We"
you (2) are staying you (2) wizards
u*'s5ny'li De''ttstt'sk8b"\D°'ta'
quiclvly cause him to let go his
gripping (hands), you (2)
This (is) the Treatment for Their Breast
FREE TRANSLATION
i;"lsGe*'DO°
it important
stt'GaGe-'"
you (2) red
i;lsGe''D5°
it important
sa^'k'o-ni'
blue
t'\staDt'Ga°=
you (2) have come
nt'Du-'Dc'le'SsinS^'
he has not noticed it
The Black Man in the Night Land has caused it. He has put the
important thing under him.
Now then! Ha, now you two have come to Hsten, you two Red
Men, you two are stajdng in the direction of the Sun Land. You
two have penetrated them, it seems. You two have come to push the
important thing away as you two go by. Relief has been caused.
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