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202 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [nvu,. 99
Now then! Ha, now yon two luive come to listen, yon two Bine
Men, in tlie cUroction of the Cold Land yon two are stayino-. Yon
two wizards, yon two have come to push the important thing away
as yon two go by. Quickly cause him to relinquish his grasp, you
two, witliont his (even) noticing it. Reliel" has been caused.
EXPLANATION
This is a fonnnla for curing sharp pains in the breast.
The patient drinks an infusion of bruised i;'naste"tstf'Ga, Virginia
snakeroot [Aristolochia serpenitiria L.), to which a few scrapings of
o'^DaliGa'^li, ginseng root {Panax trifolium L.), are sometimes added,
the liqidd being slightly warmed by dropping foiu' or seven live coals
into it. There is no taboo.
The medicine man first recites the formula, then blows four times
upon tlie breast of the i)ationt, and finally gives him the medicine to
drink. This is repeated four times at each treatment. The whole
ceremony is repeated four times before noon, and if necessary for foin-
consecutive days.
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(Onoiii.)
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llieiii
the body, TL it is, TL
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k'o-'la
bone (s)
tsime"'Go°
tliey while
De'S'st'a'nfGa'
thou last como to stick
thom (1.) ill it
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De'*ak"
thou
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