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216 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bulx,. 90
u^sonv'li Do*'t'a^le''Qr)a' |
'tDa*'"W€!i' Go^usti tsuny'lti m'^
quickly thou hast arisen,
facing us
thou wizard something thou failest never
G€*S9*na' I
ylsr.e-'Do°
i;'Dam;''yH'ant'le'°.i' I
asGf'na
u'do*-
it important he has put it under, ghost it has
App.
n5'"!t-GW0°' Ge'S€-".i' aPW y'y-tGawe-'ski Di;'Da*N't*e'*'loU yt'ki |
been said, L it is, App and different he speaks, H he has thought if it is
sGe" I
no-"Gwo'^' t*i'nase's5'fGa' | vsb'-li n^no-^'i wt'-De'now
now thou and I come night, trail. Loo yonder
then I to pull it out Loc
5Dy'tan9"o°'si' |
vsoYi ty^-^'Do o'Dali e'cwo!-! wo""-t't't'D't'st'a=
they lay themselves night, yonder lake big, Loc yonder thou hast
for him Loc
m.Ga' I
|
utst*'na\vu-Gwo'^'
come to
iGgVulsto/ti-Gwii'-Di-no'
what its worth, L (=E) E beyond it stretched
put it
mG()'DtSG(:*'sti
it will be said continuously
This (is) the Medicine, if They Have (Pains) Appearing About
IN Different Places
FREE TRANSLATION
Now then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, Brown Otter; in the
direction of the Cold Land thou art staying. Thou and I have
become united as one, quickly thou hast arisen. Thou wizard, thou
never failest in anything. It is merely what has become a ghost that
has put the important thing under him,^^ or maybe a speaker of evil
(words) has caused it.
Now then! Now thou hast come to pull it out. The paths lay
themselves out toward the Night Land. Thou and I have come to
put it at rest in the Great Lake, away in the Night Land. Who
cares what happens to it! Relief will be caused continuously!
Sharply
!
EXPLANATION
This is another formula for the cure of aye*'liGO''Gi or simulator-
diseases, and the general ceremony is the same as already described.
(See p. 73.)
The medicine used is a v/arm infusion of the roots of tso''liyi;'sti
u'ntkw*t*e*'no°, Verbascum thapsus L., common mullein; Gf'GaGf'
a'DZt'lo°'sld, Lobelia cardinalis L., cardinal flower; and of the bark of
itseH, Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng., smooth alder.^^
The cup containing the infusion is placed on the floor upon a piece
of cloth, about one or two yards in length, together with four beads
red, blue, black, and white. The cloth [and the beads] are kept by
the medicine man as his pay after the ceremony.
^8 The patient.