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OlbrechtsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 253
concocted and administered by members of the patient's household.
Tlie formula is recited by the medicine man, while rubbing the
abdomen of the sick person. The rubbing is repeated four times
before noon and for four days if required.
a a
this
n9*'wo't'^i
to cure with
t'e-l9-ldi'
it hangs down
o''l-akt'a'
eye-ball
e*'GWo"
it big
a'Gu'alQ-'DO I
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Dab''ni-G€''° ts-a''ndt*k*o'!a
yellow-ish it which, they urinate
e-'ldi
low if has been cut oil
i;"^na'ste''Dzi
they (are) roots
kwa^lu-'si
blisters
Gf'G9
it has been cut ofl blood
D8 ^
Ge*S?.i'
boiled it has been, Hab
a'^k'ah-'.i yr'ki
it is full if it is
tsa''ndfk'5'o'.i |
it which they urinate (Hab)
W-a' .tS-0'"
thither, it goes
T L
k'ane-'lska
(Calycanthus)
aGi* D9
it has been
taken
e*'ldi aGv^a[Q'''DQ
low it has been cut off
tsu''ya''.i I
tGQ*'yi
it has them in it first
i;nAdt*'t*asti^
they must drink it
I
D''tlan5''i I
'ya-no'Gwo"'
successively, now
sul=
it has been in it squirrel,
I
tSu"VaDi;*'n8
they have sinews,
arteries
V na Sv .Ga
toes in the nqizid(?)
Ga'yo*'tli
a little
Ga-kt'9''D9
it restricted
e-'ldi
low
u-^irti9-'=
it has been
Go'lkwo-'oi
seven
This is to Cure (Them) With, if What They Urinate is Yellowish
FREE TRANSLATION
(A piece of) summer grape, cut off low down; a calycanthus tuber;
dewberry roots, where it goes away (i. e., a runner); strawberry bush;
(a piece of) northern foxgrape, cut off low down ;
(a piece of) ampelop-
sis, cut off low down; loosestrife. It (all) should first be boiled a
little, (then) they must drink it. There are restrictions, if the seven
be complete.
explanation
The symptoms of this disease are at first frequent and excessive
urination, gradually decreasing in quantity, until it goes to the
other extreme. According to the medicine man's statement, if the
flow should stop, the patient dies. The remedy is to drink a decoction
of the barks of the following plants
:
t'c'lg-'ldi, Vitis aestivalis Michx., summer grape, pigeon grape;
k'ane*'lska, Calycanthus Jertilis Walt., calycanthus, bubby root;
sulo'Makt'a', Rubus nigrobaccus Bailey (also Rubus villosus Ait.),
dewberry; tsi;*VaDu''n9 e''Gwo^, Evonymus americanus L., strawberry
bush; kwa°L"'si, Vitis labrusca L., northern fox grape; if'na'sy.'Ga,
2W. D. form; C. D.=i;-U'ts9-D8.