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268 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 99<br />
Ga<br />
little<br />
(a) SGe''<br />
Now, then!<br />
stt'GaGe"'"<br />
you two red<br />
DfGi GaGe- °<br />
they red<br />
tlt'anfGa'<br />
have made him<br />
get on his (legs)<br />
5 tsta^Da.uGa'<br />
have thrown him<br />
over there<br />
'iGc-'tSutlstO.t'l-GWO"'<br />
who cares what happens<br />
to thee, L<br />
I<br />
-no'Gwo^'<br />
ha, now<br />
(Place name)<br />
Da-'°lt'k'9Wf'to'fGa'<br />
they have become bundled<br />
t't'staDtV.alo'f'Ga<br />
you two have pushed him<br />
away<br />
ntDO"'DaDi;-'k'anO"ti'<br />
he to look back<br />
again<br />
sta't'9r)a''nfGa'<br />
you two have come<br />
to listen<br />
stt'skuya'<br />
you two men<br />
ljq-'dq wtDe'stoy'a'naGr |<br />
yonder you two lead him by<br />
the hands toward<br />
Gp'Dzat'otaof-^ya'<br />
you two handle roughly, E<br />
I tcni()-'li Ge-S-C)-'<br />
yard it is, T L<br />
nf Ge"S9*na<br />
never<br />
(b) OJiange tctn9*'li gcsq-' to ni^IlQ-^Datl-O''' ^^<br />
as far as hill, T L<br />
(c) Change to so.i'<br />
other<br />
(d) Change to a'^m-e'Gwo-li<br />
water, big, L<br />
TlunQ' DaS-9" [.1^<br />
as far as hUI, T L<br />
16<br />
sk'o-'n5°<br />
beyond<br />
tyo' D9<br />
yonder<br />
tyy-'Da<br />
yonder<br />
Dt'ststfyou<br />
two<br />
GaN'sta^<br />
switphes<br />
you two<br />
you two<br />
w6l]€*'tSaDa.uGa'<br />
they have thrown thee<br />
over there<br />
uDZf DZO.e'<br />
yon side<br />
This is the Medicine When They Have it Along Both Sides<br />
FREE TRANSLATION<br />
Now, then! Now thou hast come to Hsten, Black Human Being<br />
thou art staying in the Night Land. The miportant thing has<br />
quickly arisen from there, facing us. From yonder where he stood<br />
the important thing has spoken (i. e., incantated the patient).<br />
(a) Now, then! Ha, now you two have come to listen, you Two<br />
Little lied Men; you two lead him by the hands to faraway sQ"Du"li.<br />
You two (thrash) him roughly uith the bundled red smtches; you<br />
have made him get up; you have thrown him out into the yard, he<br />
never to look back again; over there you have thrown him; who cares<br />
what happens to hun!<br />
(b) Change "out into the yard" to "beyond yonder hill."<br />
(c) Change "out into the yard" to "beyond yonder further hill."<br />
(d) Change "out into the yard" to "beyond yonder great water."<br />
explanation<br />
This is to treat what is described as a very painful ailment, akin to<br />
rlieumatism, in which the pains dart from the base of the spine<br />
around the hips to the front, and up the breast in parallel lines. The<br />
pain is also sometimes accompanied by a swelling of the parts most<br />
affected.<br />
The treatment consists of a simple rubbing with the warm hands.<br />
The medicine man recites the fomiula during the rubbing, and blows<br />
1^ W. D. form; C. D. nung-Dasg (cf. § c). " Emendation by editor.
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