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Olbbechts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 283
The medicine is a decoction of the following plants :1
t'e"l9''ldi, Vitis aestivalis Michx., summer grape, pigeon grape.
u^'nasu/oa, Ampelopsis cordata Michx.
k*a'n9st"t'a, Cornus jlorida L., flowering dogwood.
vnt^kwa, Nyssa multifiora Wang., black gum.
i;DO"'lano°\ Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic, shadbush; service-
berry.
nQ-'DO'cwe'^'ya, Oxydendune arhoreum (L.) DC, sorrel-tree, sourwood.
The roots are taken from the east side in the case of the trees;
from the vines, runners that grow out toward the east are chosen.
The roots are put into a vessel of water [which has been dipped out
of the stream], and the whole is boiled down until the liquid is nearly
evaporated, when the vessel is taken from the fire and taken down
to the stream to be filled again. The roots are then boiled down once
more, and so on for four consecutive times, after which the medicine
is administered to the patient. Chicken and fish are rigorously
tabooed in [all diarrhea cases, as these animals, judging from their
loose feces, seem to be chronically suffering from this very ailment].
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a'natb*yt'!i u'nAstf'oa uog-'wutli' a'a'
thoy cry, (Uab) tht-y little it for the purpose tliis
tGolsta^'laoi' a^'ne-Dzo-'ci tso'tlost*lo*'i |
Golkwo-'ci
Now then seven they clans ball-gamo it has assembled
tsu'lawitso'U I
o"'Dali
ane'!i Ge-'sf.i' |
n^-'DO'-GQ'-yi
('i^^)c=
it has mot mountain they are it is, App sun, Loc thou
living
kiiya' Gi'GaGf' tso'tlt'o't'sti *a't'9*r)a*'nfGa |
Gal^^'ldi
Man red thou art staying thou hast come to listen above
Do'i'loH' *0°'a'nesi;'nfGa' De'*aDaGale*'N!t'ani*Ga' | y'sonu''- 5
I
thou comest
from
again, thou hast come
down
thou hast come to separate them quickly,
If-yu^ i;s5^*t*-yi' ng-no'-!! wt-Da''Dano''"9r)a' siyay^'^DaGwa
E night Loc trail (s), Loc thither, they have laid a noise as of thunthemselves
'^lo-'ski i;so'*r-yi' "wa'Dzit*o^'st*anfGa' ng-'Dayy'kt'a^Q-sti' ntGe-"der
night Loc he has come to put it to stay It to look back never
there
SQ"na' I
ytsi^'nawa'
ntGQ*'DtSGe'sti' |
beyond it, it will be said
stretched continuously
De-'Go-st'stsG-Q-'.i yQ"wi' Gg-'wantska-'sta'ne'Q-'.i andtsko°'.i
they have been assembled
repeatedly T L
I
human being they are scaring them (Hab) they say (Hab)
ts-a^natlo'yt!a'
when it is, they are
u^'nAstf'Ga
they little
o'^Dali
mountain
ane!'i
they are
y9*'wi
human
| tso*'l-aGatobacco,
it
crying living being
y9''li-Gwo'' DiDzo't*tsto.'ti' mca-'DO a'mye'l-Q-'.i |
10
a'niGe-n-g-'.i
old, L. they to be blown with it all their body, T L their crown of the
head, T L
»* Interpolated by J. M.