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282 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 99<br />
k'aiiQ-s/'t'a-Nt^' na.'sGWo" nQ-DO*'-yi "VyktQ-'.i u-m'kwaN!^<br />
(iloworing dogwood), and also sun, Loc it comes out (black gum)<br />
(Uab.)<br />
iia/sGWo" ng-Do-'-yi "wuktQ'M i;DO-'lano"'-N!5 I<br />
n9-'DOGwe'"ya-N!0<br />
also sun, Loc it comes out, (service berry), and (sourwood) and<br />
(Uab)<br />
Di* DaGf .1<br />
they sprout<br />
lyi^'stt'a-"'<br />
like eacli<br />
DfGl* GaGf .1<br />
they rod<br />
niGa*'D8 I<br />
all<br />
5 no°"Gi i-yu'^lo*isti'<br />
or D9<br />
of the<br />
flro<br />
four it passed, successive<br />
times<br />
ama''-yi<br />
water, IjOc<br />
na.ski'<br />
this<br />
"WaDZO°"sti<br />
to go there<br />
Golkwo-'oi i;*'naste-'tl5°3i<br />
they roots<br />
this, and<br />
am a* -yi<br />
water, Loc<br />
wa'k'uGt'sto'tr<br />
it dipped out with it<br />
tsiit'a''G8<br />
chicken<br />
aGJ3tlani''t!9''.i<br />
when it (sol) is put<br />
into it<br />
yonder<br />
lyD^sti'a""'<br />
like, every<br />
atsuo'i-Nj^'<br />
flsh and<br />
a'*y9"'sti<br />
it to be carried<br />
a'CtStr<br />
thoy to bo<br />
taken<br />
GQ -Dait<br />
taken<br />
out<br />
Ga' tb.sk-9*'.i<br />
it has l)oiled down,<br />
T L<br />
i;yo''"t-yu'<br />
different, L<br />
This is to Cuke (Them) With, When They let Them Down From<br />
Theik Stomach, (and) They Do Not Recover<br />
FREE TRANSLATION<br />
Now, then! Thou (wlio) hast apportioned (all things) thou hast<br />
given (me) pennission; now I have come to put the white medicine<br />
into (the boiling vessel).<br />
Now, then! Thou (who) hast apportioned (all things), thou hast<br />
given (me) permission; now I have come to take the white medicine<br />
out of (the ])ot on the) fire; now thou hast come to increase (the virtue<br />
of the medicine) for me.<br />
Summer grape trailing low down (on the ground, shooting) out<br />
toward the Sun Land, an ampelopsis (vine) trailing low down (on the<br />
ground, shooting) out toward the Sun Land, flowering dogwood<br />
also (going) away toward the east; and service berry; and seven red<br />
sourwood sprouts. The roots are to be taken in every case and this<br />
(i. e., the first paragraph) is to put it into (the boiling vessel).<br />
It has to be boiled down four times in succession. When it is taken<br />
from the fire it has to be carried down to the stream, (to add more<br />
water to it); and this here (i. e., the second paragraph) is to dip<br />
(the water) out with. Every time it has boiled down, one has to go<br />
down to the stream. Chicken and fish are very bad (for the patient).<br />
explanation<br />
[This formula to cure an obstinate case of diarrhea is a very<br />
interesting one in that it introduces two of the prayers that are still<br />
often used by the medicine man to invoke the blessing of some<br />
mighty spirit, usually une'Hlano'H hmiself, on the medicine and on the<br />
operations of boiling and administering it.<br />
»i W. D. form; C. D.=w'naste-Dzi.
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