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oSicHTs] THE SWIMMER MANUSCRTPT 301
but the spreading adder, commonly called t'ak'ksta, "the vomiter,"
is spoken of here as kwa'ndayo'^a, which literally means "he has
just shot the plums (or peaches)." The meaning is plain but the
Cherokee are unable to give any reason for the name, which may have
a mythic origin. The medicine man had obtained the formula in an
accidental manner from another man, which accounts for its incom-
pleteness.
The medicine prescribed was tobacco juice rubbed on the boil by
the medicine man while reciting the formula, when the swelling first
made its appearance. The swelling was said to go down before dark.
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!i'a' Di;n9''lest9*'[.il T'andt'sk^'.i'
this it causes them to it which they call (Hab)
be broken
sGe" no-'Gwo' 'a't'gija-'nfGa' *t'skuya' (sa*'k*o'ni
I ")
Now, then! now thou hast come thou man blue
*tDa''"W€!t'-Di-n5°' I
to listen
DiGe*\lo'se!i' |
k*o-'la
yW€*\stosoJ'i-Gwo'^
thou wizard, L thou penetratest them, bone it has been made L (=E)
App painful
Ge-'se-^.i' I
v'Dat'anoJ'i Ge'se'^.i' | no'^GWii-
it is, App
u'Dde*'Gt-GWo"'
heat, L it has been said it is, App now
-Df'na De*'t'ask8lo-"o°'ta'nfGa' k'o-'la Ge'SQ*' |
E thou hast come to make him
relinquish his grasps
bone it is, T L
DeGQ-'le*isa'he
will get on his
^
nt.'se'sti' I utst'-naW8-Gwo'^
nu*'D8t^anQ-'D8 I
|
(legs) as he goes beyond it, stretched, L (=E) it has been said at
no^'^'t^gne'^lt-Ga'
thou hast come to do
on the same time it for him
SGe" no-'GWo' a°le*' 'o°^'stat'Q''r)a-nt-Ga' sti'skiiya' sti^GaGe*"'
Now, then,
I
now also you 2 have again come you 2 men you two red
u^sony'li De'sttDo*^SfGa' |
u'lsGe^'na
to listen
t't^sta'se^so'fGa' ko*'la
quickly you two have come and it important you two have come and bone
halted pulled it out
G€*SQ"' I
tsu'le't'sat^'' a^Do'm^se'sti' uwo'\so'no!'i aDa*N!to' I
it is, T L he has been lifted up it will be said it has been made the soul
all along pleasing
i;tSi"-naW9-GW0"' aDO^'nfGa' ^^
beyond it, stretched, it has been said
L (=E),
This Is (For) What They Call "It Causes Them To Be Broken"
FBEE EXPLANATION
Now, then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, thou Blue Man, thou
powerful wizard, thou penetrator. The fact is that the bone has
been made painful. It is merely Heat that has caused it, it seems.
But now thou hast come to force him ^^ to give up his hold from the
bone. He^^ will get on his feet (and will not stop walking). Relief
has been caused forthwith; thou hast come to do it for him.^^
" Interpolated by J. M. ^^ xhe disease. " The patient.