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MOONEY 1
OlbrechtsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 251
The medicine used is a warm infusion of the bark of kwa°lo-'G9,
Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw. (also Rhus glabra L., smooth sumac) ;
Dalo*'m,
Rhus copallina L., dwarf sumac, which the medicine man pours over
the affected part, after reciting the formula, the whole ceremony-
being similar to that described in No. 48. V^enever the w^ater
ceases to run from the blisters the cure is considered as effected, one
application being sometimes sufficient for this purpose. There is a
taboo of salt, beans, potatoes, eggs, pmnpkins, and cymlings for
reasons already explained. (See No. 30, p. 210.)
The sickness is ascribed to Ge^'^yaGu-'ca, the Sun (see p. 20), which
sends the disease spirit. Heat, into the body of the patient. It is
said to counterfeit aye-'liGo-'ci, a disease brought about by evil
conjurers, because the blisters resemble the swellings caused in
aye-'ltGo-'ci diseases by the cinders or sticks put under the skin of the
victim by the conjurer's arts. The name of the relief spirit was
inadvertently omitted in the manuscript, but he is brought from the
North, or the Cold Land, and is probably the Blue Man as in Formula
No. 48, page 241. He cools the Heat, and compels it to rise "lil?:e
the fog when it arises."
'I'a' a'ntn€*'Dzi a'Da*nQ"'wo'tT
this their breast to cure anyone
with
sor'
Now
then
n^'no
trail (s)
*a'-no'Gwo°
ha, now
DtG9*Vana*'"wuD€*Ga'
they are lying
(stretched) about
aye'li' D€G9-Vat9*'tc'tle'°.i
in the middle they have come to hang on, App
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o*'Dali'
mountain (s)
no''Gwo" 'a"'Gw5' *i'Gayo"'li tsune-'Ga
Now however thou old thou White
r)wo" tsuDf'^usti' I
tuksi'
L (=E) thou surroundest him terrapin it is, App
t'anilfi' I
tuksi' niGQ*Van9'^N!aDe'^G0°'.i'
terrapin it does it to them as
they go about
Ge-se[.i' ^^]
oesfi' |
asGf'na-Gwo"'
put it under, App ghost, L it is, App
De''t'ask8lo-'!o°'tVnfGa' |
u-1sG€-'do°
thou hast come to make him it important
relinquish his grasps
tlaVo't*a'°laGi' ^^ G9VaDani;*'y*ttDe-'Ge"Sti'
marsh ever (muddy) they will place him under as he
moves about
i; so lDQ
night-been
nv D8 n9 no
it has not been
said
9' W. D. form; C. D.^u'so'tDi-Dza.
^^ Emendation by editor.
»» W. D. form; C. D.^sawo't-.
tsu'stiGo!-i'
where they
are little, Loc
tu'Jksi Du-'Da-N^t'e'^^loH'
terrapin he (E.) has thought it
t*ASGf'n8-GW0'
ghost (E), L
t't'ye-1-9-'
thy body—T L
i;*lsGe"'D9
it important
'i'Gay9-'°li
thou Old
i;*s5''i*-yi'
night, Loc
u'so^'i-Df'tb ^^
right, direction
toward
Ge-Sf.i
it is, App
Ge*Se'".l
it is, App
DaSt'9"'-
edge, limit
he has
tSUn€*'G9
thou White
fyp-'HD9
yonder
Do'^so^'lo'tso'i
he has been made
weak
vtsi"-nawa' ntG9-'DO*no'"'o°'sGe*sti'
beyong it, stretched it will be said again and
continuously
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