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OlbrechtsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 235
Should, on the contrary, an unfavorable omen be perceived in the
course of, let us say, the paragraph relating to tlie fifth upper world,
the priest knows that some great danger, possibly death itself,
threatens tlie man in five days, five njonths, or live years to come.
This necessitates the immediate perfonnance of another ceremony,
accompanied by fasting and going to water, to turn aside the impending
peril. The final result is usually successful, as the priest seldom
ceases from his labors until the omens are propitious. If, however,
all his efforts prove to be without avail, he frankly infoi*ms his client
of this, who is often [impressed to such an extent by the medicine
man's suggestive prophesies and by his own autosuggestion that he
not infrequently loses all courage, becomes despondent and listless],
believing himself doomed by an inexorable fate, finally sickens and
actually dies, thus fulfilling the prediction.
(a) SGe"
Now then
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i;ne"ista''ne'9"' Ga'na'nu"GO*"'tstD!?''.i
whenever they have it is appearing about (Ilab.)
pain
a -nO'GWJ^
ha, now
nQ"DD' -yi vdzl -DZ9.e'''-yi
sun, Loc beyond, direction, Loc
DO''t*a'^l€""Qr)a' aSGt*'no
I
thou hast arisen, ghost
facing us
Ge-'sf.i' I
't'"y(>-'st'anfGa'
'a't\rr)a""'nfGa' tst*ya'
thou hast come to listen Otter
a'm-e'Gv/o'!-i Dt'tsotlt^o'i'sti
v/ater, big, Loc thou art staying
i;' DO no :t-Gwo"
it has been said, L
Ge* Sf .1
it is, A pp.
Gf GaGe*
red
i; som;- Ji
quickly
tsu'tse"'li
it is thine
Ditsa^los^'-qwo"
Ditsa''los9--r)wo"
where thou hast passed, L
w-o"-'(.''yy-'st'anfGa'
it is, App. thou hast come to talio where thou hast passed, L thither, again, thou hast
it away gone to talce it away
(r'Dal-e''Gwo"!i' w-o^'-'t'skwantGo-'tViifGa' tGo-'wulsto/Dt-Gwo"^^
lalce, big, Loc. thither, again, thou hast gone to store it up who cares what happens to iti L
y SO t-DQ
night, been
e'^lfGa' I
come to do
it for him
(b) SGe"
now, theni
nv DQ luy na
it has not been said
'ya^'
sharply
tsu"
(ouom.)
no-^'Gwo^
now
DO"-yf -DZ8 e" skt' -dzo
Loc, direction this side, direct
t-yQ- 'd8 Ditso'tlt'o't'sti
yonder thou art staying
i;"'Do*no'!i
it has been said
1-e' Gwo.-i
big, Loc
tsu'' I
(Onom.)
SGe
i;'Da"N!t'e'"lo!i'
he has thought it
uVo'Gt'tli
foam
tcu"^' I
I
tcu^'
no'Gwo'
(dy SGe IIO'GWO ;o
I i;tst"nawa'
nu"'d9t'an9*'D0
beyond it, stretched it has been said simultaneously
tsu^' I
tsu''
I
tsu''
no "t 911thou
hast
*aH'9r)a*'nfGa' tst'ya' wo'^DtCf'' n9"'=
thou hast come to listen Otter brown sun,
I Go'u'sti
9''Dal-e''GW0!-i' u'wO'Gt'tfi ntViat'9"' 10
lake, big, Loc foam as high as
tsunv'lti lUGe'^S^Ila' aSGt-'no
something thou failest never ghost
Ge''se'.i'
I 'o°-'iy9''stant*Ga'
g^'oa-
it is, App. again, thou hast come to lake,
take it away
nt'Gat'9*'.i' t'l't'o't'st'anfGa' I
'yiV
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as high as thou hast gone to put it to stay sharply
I
tsu"
'at'^'ija'nfGa
'at'9"qa'nfGa
tsfya
otter blue
tsfya
Otter
^2 Added bv J. M.. based on information given by Ay.
sa'k'o'ni (etc.). 15
0" naGf
black
(etc.).