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242 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 99 i-'G-aye"'li I i;-'Dtle"Gi De.y'iiatso't'st'aiit'lf.i' | *a-'-na'na' (luy, iiiiddle Heat they caused llierri to coine ha, tliere together, App i;'s;)"-tDo' i'"ndQ*'ne'tlt'If.i' | y^'Vi a'Daycr'lt'awa' fnd(r'ne"- night, been tliey have come to do it, huiimii being gliinpsy view they have App come th'lf.i' iiDzo-'ii^Dze-'Do-Gwo"' vnd^v'ne-tli'lf.i' | v'Dj€"Gi to do it, ho full of admiration, L. tlioy have conio to do it, App lleat App u-nDzo-'5"'t*aiu'lf.i' tsuye-'thlo^i-GWo"' 'iGe-'s^.i' they have let it down, App he has been overcome, L it which is, App 5 sGe" I i)''9-Dzo-'-yi Dtts'j'tlt'o'is'ti *i'skuya' sa'k'o*''!!! Now then cold, I^oc thou art staying thou man blue *e-'Gwo'f' I Ge-'sf' y'Dile^Gi Di;-kso"5°'tfM [ thou big a'tsiitt-GW-)«' llsh, L it is, App lleat he has let it down, App *a'-no''Gwii-Df''n9 De'H*askolo'"o"t'a'nfGa' | uso''t-yi-'-DZ9 ha, now, E thou hast come to make liim night, Loc, relinquish his grasps direction traiUs) they lie stretched out toward somewhere yonder glimpsy the distance t'awa' Dg*'D9"N'€''e'sti' | lO'e-sti' I na"na-G\vo"' y*so-"tD8^ wt^-D9*D(r'N!c= view he will do it for him there, L (=E) night, been tiiere he will do it woHlt'o't'st'ant-Ga' | ue't'askeb-"!)"for him *a'-no-Gwo"' ha, now it has gone there to stay thou hast made him reliiuiuish his grasps t'an-()''.i utst^nawu-Gwo"' ntG(r'DtsG€"sti' | i;so"-ido' ni;''Do*= I T L beyond it, stretched, L It will be said continuously night, been it has not n^-'no I aD!)''m'Ga' | uts(,"-nawa' 'yjt" been said beyond it, stretched it has been said sharply This is the Medicine Wpien They Have it Hot FREE TRANSLATION Now, then! Ha, in the Night Land thou art staying, White Fish. He has arisen, facing us, in the middle of the day, and at night he has done it. In the Sun Land thou art staying. White Fish. He has arisen, facing us, in the middle of the day. Quite near this other one he was resting, it seems, (as) he rose up, facing us, in the middle of tlie day. They have caused the Heats to come together. There at night they liave come to do it. Where human beings (live) and move about flittingly, they have come to do it, it seems. They have come and done it, full of envy. He has been overcome by the Heat which they caused to come down. Now, then! In the Cold Land thou art stajdng, thou great Blue Man. It is a mere fish that has caused Heat to come down. Ha, but now thou hast come to force hmi to let go his hold. His paths lie stretched out toward the Night Land. Somewhere in the distance he will be (seen) flittingly carrjdng on (his activity), but there it will be doing it for a night (only). Ha, now, (in the Night Land) it has gone to stay; thou hast come to force hmi to let go his hold. Relief 89 W. D. form; C. D.: Mo'*iDzo"'. ^ Abbreviation for tyg-oa.
oSmECHTsl OlbreciitsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 243 indeed will be caused constantly, (and) not for one night (only, but forever). Relief has been caused . Sharply! EXPLANATION The medicine used with this formula to cure fever attacks is a decoction of Dale-'oa tsw^'nt'ono"", Linum usitatissimum L., common flax, with which the patient is washed, the medicine man pouring the liquid upon the head and allowing it to nm down over the body of the sick man. The medicine man first recites the whole formula, then applies the liquid, and finally blows his breath four times upon the head and shoulders of the patient. This is repeated four times at each appli- cation, and the ceremony is repeated four tunes before noon, and for four days, if necessary. The Cherokee medicine men are said to be skillful in treating fevers, and the patient commonly experiences speedy relief. This formula is again a beautiful exemplification of the Cherokee disease theories: the fever is caused by the fish, i. e., the fish- ghosts, not by the living fish, which are harmless. The Black Fish lises up from the great lake in the west, or "Night Land," and is joined by the White Fish from the east, or "Sun Land." The two go along side by side until they come to the abodes of men, or in the words of the formula ["where human beings (live) and move flittingly about"]. Here they pause overhead and look down, filled with envious admiration. From the east and from the west they bring two s]Dirits of Heat, and send them down upon the people to parch and wither them as with a hot blast. But now the medicine man calls upon the spirit of Cold, the Blue Man of the Cold Land or north, to drive out the Heat. Pie comes at once and breaks the hold of the disease spirit upon the sick man, and drives him on toward the great lake of the west, where all disease is banished. This result is not attained by one effort, for the disease spirit is seen ["'flittingly, carrying on his activity in other places"]. But finally it is pushed into the great lake by its pursuer, where it must forever remain. 49 Da-'"waDZi,-'b I Va Dawt•'ne'a»^ u-'mtlQ-rjg-'.i^^ ( this they living in whenever they are ill the wood k'y'Wtyv^sti \ fne'Ja | Df'tlast9Gf'sti I (Slippery Elm) (Sycamore) (limetree) (foxglove) sy.i"' so-"Gwo"' f'^'ye^n^-'^Do wo-'ttGe*"' no.tsf'-'i tav'^^ye'Gq-' other one it has grown up brown pine, Loc they stand up (II) "' Contracted out of a'tS,-a'wfiu-an€!i wood, underneath, they are living. »2 W. Dial, form; W. Dial. -tl->C. Dial. -ts-.
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oSmECHTsl OlbreciitsJ<br />
THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 243<br />
indeed will be caused constantly, (and) not for one night (only, but<br />
forever). Relief has been caused . Sharply!<br />
EXPLANATION<br />
The medicine used with this formula to cure fever attacks is a<br />
decoction of Dale-'oa tsw^'nt'ono"", Linum usitatissimum L., common<br />
flax, with which the patient is washed, the medicine man pouring the<br />
liquid upon the head and allowing it to nm down over the body of<br />
the sick man.<br />
The medicine man first recites the whole formula, then applies the<br />
liquid, and finally blows his breath four times upon the head and<br />
shoulders of the patient. This is repeated four times at each appli-<br />
cation, and the ceremony is repeated four tunes before noon, and for<br />
four days, if necessary. The Cherokee medicine men are said to be<br />
skillful in treating fevers, and the patient commonly experiences<br />
speedy relief.<br />
This formula is again a beautiful exemplification of the Cherokee<br />
disease theories: the fever is caused by the fish, i. e., the fish-<br />
ghosts, not by the living fish, which are harmless. The Black Fish<br />
lises up from the great lake in the west, or "Night Land," and is<br />
joined by the White Fish from the east, or "Sun Land." The two<br />
go along side by side until they come to the abodes of men, or in the<br />
words of the formula ["where human beings (live) and move flittingly<br />
about"]. Here they pause overhead and look down, filled with<br />
envious admiration. From the east and from the west they bring<br />
two s]Dirits of Heat, and send them down upon the people to parch<br />
and wither them as with a hot blast.<br />
But now the medicine man calls upon the spirit of Cold, the Blue<br />
Man of the Cold Land or north, to drive out the Heat. Pie comes at<br />
once and breaks the hold of the disease spirit upon the sick man, and<br />
drives him on toward the great lake of the west, where all disease is<br />
banished. This result is not attained by one effort, for the disease<br />
spirit is seen ["'flittingly, carrying on his activity in other places"].<br />
But finally it is pushed into the great lake by its pursuer, where it<br />
must forever remain.<br />
49<br />
Da-'"waDZi,-'b I<br />
Va Dawt•'ne'a»^ u-'mtlQ-rjg-'.i^^ (<br />
this they living in whenever they are ill<br />
the wood<br />
k'y'Wtyv^sti<br />
\<br />
fne'Ja<br />
|<br />
Df'tlast9Gf'sti<br />
I<br />
(Slippery Elm) (Sycamore) (limetree) (foxglove)<br />
sy.i"' so-"Gwo"' f'^'ye^n^-'^Do wo-'ttGe*"' no.tsf'-'i tav'^^ye'Gq-'<br />
other one it has grown up brown pine, Loc they stand<br />
up (II)<br />
"' Contracted out of a'tS,-a'wfiu-an€!i wood, underneath, they are living.<br />
»2 W. Dial, form; W. Dial. -tl->C. Dial. -ts-.
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