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274 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [nuix. 09
SGe" I
Now
thou
'tG6'"ya
thou woinsm
ts'AsU-'cH
thou littlo
'a'-no-cwo"'
ha, Now
Do-'t'a^le'^ija
arise, facing us
(etc., but change a'cavylt-'iiasi' to tsuDy'Du-iiasi')-
Mio old OIK', K (?) thy (iiiiitcriml)
Kniudfiitlicr, K (?)
This is to Make (tiiio) Tjittle Ones Jump Down from Them,
FOR Their (Mothers)
KKKK TRANSLATION
Now then! Thou little man, ha, now! got up right away. Yonder
the old grannie is coining. She is approaching, behaving frightfully
as she comes. Now then! Let us both run off forthwith. Take
thy mattress over yonder. Sharp now!
Now then! Thou little woman, ha! now, get up right away.
Yonder thy (old) nuiternal grandfather is coming (etc.).
EXPLANATION
This formula for childbirth has been edited and commented by
Mr. Mooney in his SFC, pages 363-304.
Tlie decoction is made of the root of nado-'ni Dnaste-'nzi (also called
Dab-'ni a'inayic'ite''i), Xanthorrhlza apiiJoUa L'ller., shrub yellow
root. (See p. 123.)
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ICa-^l^' i;-'iuskwo-idtsG(r' i;"yo"'ska(r'DO lyu'sti yi'ki
this, ami whciiovor they (let) down it iiuuio to slimo Uko it if it is
from stomach
n^-'wo-t'i' k'a'ndji-stiVca laif'tH tsi'ki ca'tlaD^*' tVi
to cure with (Agriiuouy) tuber it which is hillsitle, T L it is
living
Gi;"'lstan;)'!iGwo"' icndt^' fasti'
it has boon stooped, L they must drink it
And This (is for) When They Discharge Slimy (Matter) from
Their Bowels
FUEK TRANSLATION
The medicine is the agrimony (which) has a tuber (and which is)
growing along the hillside; it should merely be steeped and they
should drink it.
explanation
The medicine used is a cold infusion of k^aVudjistiVca laii-'tli
Ga tlaDt^-' e\\, AgHmonia parmfora Ait., agrimony.
[It is drunk by the patient at regular intervals; there is no cere-
monial administration nor any taboo.]