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oIbeechts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 261
n9*'wo*t't-N!§^ k'o'sti;"'D9 une-'og u'tloo'Do^'skr tsi'ki Go°"t'=
to cure with, and (everlasting) white it scatters (Hab.) it which is it to be
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used
with
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it must be blown on them, L
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much
Gakt'Q''DO
it restricted
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apple(s)
kwano"' nu'no"' t'u-'ya-N^^' Ga-Di;' na.'sGWO^ k*9-'Na Ge-SO"'
peach(es) potato(es) bean(s), and bread also noticeable it is, T. L
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*i'°lo°' t'Go'f'Da i;-'nulsta*'y'ti' nt-Ge'^sQ-na'
it is done possible somewhere as long as for them to eat never
This is the Medicine for the Insects Living in the Water
FREE TRANSLATION
Now then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, Purple Blue-
Catfish, in the middle of the water thoa art staying.
Ha, it is the purple insects that have put the important thing
under him.^ But now thou hast quickly come and hast caused them
to scatter, (and) not for one night (only, but forever). Relief has
been caused. Sharply!
Now then! Ha, now thou hast quickly come to hear, Brown
Red -Horse, thou wizard, in the middle of the water thou art staying,
moving about.
Ha, it is the brown insects that have put the important thing under
him.^ But now thou hast quickly come {etc.).
This is the medicine for insects, when their throat swells and if
(pus) oozes out from the (swellings). This now is all, namely, the
medicine is the common everlasting (from which) white dust scatters
itself; they are merely to be blown \^dth it. There are considerable
restrictions: apples, peaches, potatoes, beans besides (all this); also
bread that has been cooked in plain (sight). They should not eat
any of these as long as (they can) possibly (abstain from them).
EXPLANATION
This is a formula for the cure of a disease which is described as a
clogging up of the throat passages so as to seriously interfere with
breathing and utterance, and which seems to be diphtheria or some
similar ailment.
The formula was carelessly written in the original and hence the
two paragraphs do not correspond as closely as they should.
The disease is ascribed to the tcsko''ya ghosts, which "form a
settlement" under the membrane of the throat as explained in No.
56. In this particular case they are stated to be water insects, and
the large fish which prey upon these animals are called from the
great water to come and disperse them. The fish named are locally
known as the blue catfish and the red horse.
^ The patient.