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262 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 99
The medicine is a wami decoction of k'o'stu"'D9 vne-'co
ii'tlGO'Do°'ski, Gnaphalium obiusifoliwm L., common everlasting, the
liquid being blown down the throat of the patient b}^ means of a tube
made from the stalk of ccmaDt'^to.ti' yt'9no°\ Eupatorium purpureum
L., Joe-pyc-weed , trumpet weed.
The medicine man recites the first paragraph, and then blows the
liquid in this manner, after which he blows his breath through the
tube in the same way. The operation is repeated at the end of
the second paragraph, and the whole ceremony is repeated twice, so
as to make up four applications of the medicine. [As usual,] the treatment
is repeated four times before noon, and for four consecutive
mornings.
The taboo includes apples and peaches, [because, some medicine
men say their watery and juicy nature shows that they are of the same
nature as boils and watery blisters, and would therefore only aggravate
the complaint; others hold that they are forbidden, as well as the
dumplings (see below), because their shape is like that of the malignant
swellings that are to be cured. Tlie reason for the prohibition
of beans and potatoes is evident from the explanation given in No. 56,
page 254, which deals with a similar illness in the mouth.
"The bread which has been made visibly " is the name the Cherokee
give to a peculiar kind of dumplings they make ; unlike their common
corn bread, which is baked under the ashes of the hearth, and is
therefore not ''visible" while it is being done, these dumplings,
made out of corn meal and beans, are cooked in an uncovered vessel,
i. e., "visibly."]
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!i'a' Di;ni'''yDGwiVtisG9"'[.i' ^] a'na^n^'wo'tT
this whenever their teeth ache to cure anyone with
no-'Gwo" 'a't'or)a*'nfGa' su'lo-'"li tsirne-'cQ ng-DO-'-yi
Now, then! now thou hast come to listen Squirrel thou white sun, Loc.
DtHsottt'o't'sti I
I'lsGe-'oo e^'isti'
thou art staying quickly thou hast arisen, facing us it important pain
Di;wa-'"wsuni;*'y*t*am'l6*°i' I
i;'soni;*'li DO-'t'a^le'X^qa' |
tsotlsta*'y'tt-GWo"'
'iG€*'s€*°.i' |
he has come to put it inside, from the it is what thou oatest, L it which is, App.
bottom up
5 asGf'na ii''Do'no'ci |
aGt'sti
i;"yu'kt*ano'*t-Gwo''' Ge"'sf.i' |
ghost it has been said food (solid) it has been changed, L it is, App.
't"y5""st'ant"Ga' u'son^'li Dlst''Gtne"'i'-DZ8' De*o'''lu'G-9*' i'y9''D8
thou hiist come to take it quickly dark direction they moss T L yonder
away as thou goest by
'I'skwantGO'H'ant'Ga' |
iG9"Volsto.'tt-Gwu'-Dfn9'
|
'ya"
gu*'
thou hast gone to store it up who cares what happens to it L. (=E), E Sharply (Onom.)
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' Emendation by editor.