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284 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 9«
iGQ-yi' DtDzo-'t*tsto.'tr I
no^'oi'
a'skwuDf'sti lyy'sti'a"'
first they to be blown with it four it iinded like, each
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Da'k'aiiQ-ViskQ-'.i-N'j^*^ no^'oi' tsi;so-"tDa ljq-'dq
night while they are being cured and four they nights, been yonder
a"a-N!?*' Go'u'sti tsu'ciDu'tH yi'ki
they to walk
about
never this, and something they feathers if it is
une'-Da.sti' DtGe-^s^-na' |
mGa-'D8 5°'Do-'yi a'ti' Gc's^-.i' GQ'Vanf'GiStQ-'.i fDZf-'la'a-'all
outside it to be put it was, Hab whenever they are eating both, each
down them
V^-Gw5"^ Dik'ariQ-'wo-t'f-yr |
a'^le" kViie'Ga' Go'f'sti ntGa-'D9
L to cure them with, E and skin something all
GanyGo'"wistr I
n9'Vo-t'i' tso'l-aGayg-'li-Gwo'"
it has to come out to cure with tobacco, it old, L
This is for the Purpose of (Curing) Children When They
Constantly Cry
FREE TRANSLATION
Now, then! The seven clans have assembled for a ball game; they
have met. They are the Mountain Dwellers.
Thou (who) art staying in the Sun Land, O Red Man, thou hast
come to hsten ; thou comest from above ; again thou hast come down,
thou hast come to separate the (ball players). Their paths have laid
themselves in the direction of the Night Land. With a noise as of
thunder, he^^ has taken it ^^ to the Night Land to stay, it never to
look back. Relief will be caused constantly.
Where the (directions) have been assembled: The people are scar-
ing them, they say, when the children are constantly crying, the
people living in the mountain (that is). Old tobacco should be
blown on them,"''^ all over their bodies. Their ^^ crown should be
blown first. The (operation) should be repeated (lit., "ended")
four (times), each time at night. While they ^^ are being cured
(that is) four nights, they should not walk about. And this (you
ought to be careful about) : If there are any feathers (inside the house),
put them all outside (just) like when they are being treated for the
(disease that is called) "they are eating them." And any skin that
(might be inside the house) all has to come (outside). The medicine
is just old tobacco,
explanation
This prescription is for a stomach or bowel complaint common
to very young children, and which causes them to cry constantly.
According to Cherokee views, this ailment is sent by the o*'Dali aneli
or Mountain Dwellers, a class of invisible fairies. (See p. 25.)
3» The Red Mam. " The disease, »5 grhe patients.