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232 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 99
probable, as the Little Men here referred to are spoken of as "going
by under the earth."
[su^'sa and e*'Dzah*'.i are the same names as given to the disease
spirits of No. 45, but as already stated no light can now be thrown
on the meaning of the word, nor on the identity of the spirits meant.
The same refers to the expression n9-'r)Wo*'na S9*'nda'Gt!i'. The
latter part of this might possibly be connected with an expression
which is rather common in the formulas, s9'''niGa'lo'Gt'!i, "where
Broken-Eock Mountain is.
This formula furnishes a good illustration of the difference between
the colloquial language of the people and the archaic language of the
formulas, this difference being so great that [the vocabulary of] the
medicine man is almost unintelligible to the laity.
The "Little Man" addressed in the last part of the formula and
who "has been let down on the sunny side of the mountain slope"
is none other than the ginseng plant. (See p. 17L)
(a) SGe" I
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a'a' ama'^-yi Df'Da'Dz5°'st*oti' u^'noanz/'yuDa"
this water, Loc to take people there with it they have been left
*t'Gay9"li tsune''Go° aOa'^NHi' De"tsckalo"^SQ"'
Now, then! thou old thou While the soul thou hast relinquished
thy grasps, T L
tG9"\vulst'anoyt-Gwo° |
o'y^'
tsu'Dfya''st'ane"'h'Ga' |
ay€"^=
it has become worthless, L Fire it has been left for thee years-passed
Ga^lo'tsti' GeS6-sti' |
5 (b) SGe' I
k'u'
it will be Come on
y^'wi Ga'nO*t'D8 no'^GWo" aDa-'N!ti' De''tsck=
Now, then! Human Being long now the soul thou hast
alo*'s-9"' {etc., as in a.)
relinquished thy
grasps, T L
I
(c) iGQ-yi'
first
Galo-l-?-'
above, Loc
Ge''*ya-Gu*'G8
woman, E (?)
DiGa.''skJ§'
tables
Bitsq'yela
thou hast laid them
a'Gtsti' une"'G8 uHla*€*DO
food (sol) while moved
a'DD'nt'se'sti' I
stGu^lta
it will be said pushed away (?)
10 stane'^lfGa' aye'^Ga^lo^'tsti'
for thee years-passed
(d) t'a'^h-nf' Dt'Gal9-'lDt--y9-' Ge^^ya-Gv''G9 (etc., as in c.)
second above T L woman, E
(e) tso-\-nf ' Dt'Gal9''lDt'y9-' Ge*'\yaGu*'G8 {etc., as in c.)
third
(/) no"^'Gfnf' (etc.).
fourth
(g) *t'skfnf' (etc.)
fifth
15 (h) sv'Dalfnf' (etc.).
sixth
a'Do'nt^se'sti'
it will be said
(i) Golkwo''Gfnf' (etc., with at fhe end:) 'yd*
seventh
Sharply