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oIbeechts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 37
Dreams about
Many visitors at a house (not necessarily the dream- Illness,
er's house).
"Invisible people" Do.
To lose small personal belonging (coat, ax, kerchief, Do.
etc.).
Drowning Do.
Eagle
Do.
Do.
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Cause
"tcGo-'ya" (see p. 28)
To walk with a deceased person Do.
A deceased person is calling us or beckoning Do.
A cabin of the settlement is on fire (but does not burn One of the inmates will fall
completely). ill; if we dream that the
fire is extinguished by
somebody, this person is
the one who will be able
to cure the case.
"Little Men" (Thunder Boys) aye-'ltGo-'ci
Thunder Do.
A dog approaching from distance Witchcraft.
A mad bull rushing wildly all over the settlement— An epidemic.
A windstorm rushing wildly all over the settlement.. Do.
3.
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Dreams Without Relation to Medicine
Dreams Cause
About white people It is going to snow.
About Indians It is going to rain.
About negroes We will kiU game.
Omens 2*
If the family dog howls all the time and acts *'as if he were homesick"
somebody of the famUy is going to fall ill. The dog should
be killed "so as to make an exchange." Ayo., W.'s mother, told him
many years ago that the dog should be addressed and commanded
to die itself, instead of the member of the household whose death
the dog's bowling announced. (See p. 62.)
A hen that crows Uke a rooster should be killed forthwith; else
disease will befall the household. If the hen is killed the misfortune
is averted. (See p. 78.)
When the "thunder" strikes a tree near the cabin, there is some
trouble in store for the inmates.
If a fox (tsy'la) howls near a cabin one of the household is going to
be ill; the same result follows the hooting of the night owl. The cry
of the whippoorwiU is believed to forebode not only disease but even
death.
If we see a shooting star we are going to be ill.
2* All the following "omens" are in a stage where it is not possible to class them
definitely as disease causes or as signs of future illness.