NO. 2 S-MiTIISOMAX I.X l'l,( tl< ATin.N S. 1^24 IK) 



The chief was asked whether his ]:)eople used music in the treatment 

 of the sick, and he responded with a soni^- for the cure of headache, 

 containinj^' the following words: 



I bring sweet-smelling flowers and i)nt tliein in water, 



I dip a cloth in the water and pnt it around yuur liead. 



Then I bring a comb, part your hair smoothly and make it pnttx. 



Everyone comes to see you get l)etter. 



And I tell you that you will never be cold again. 



Cio to sleep and dream of many animals, mountain-lions and sia-lixns. 



You will talk with them and understand what they say. 



When you wake you will be a doctor, like me. 



It was said that a doctor " received his sonos in dreams." and sany 

 when pre])aring his most difficult remedies. He did not shake a rattle, 

 nor make any commotion when treating a sick ]ierson. as is frequentl\ 

 done hy the Indians of North America. The chief ex])ressed tlic 

 o])inion this would increase the illness of the patient. 



Certain songs were simg after the death of a man. and in these 

 songs the man's spirit was directed on its way to a " ha]>py jjlace." 

 Such a song was recorded and may be summarized as follows ; in 

 this portion of the song the sick man speaks to his wife. 



The fever returns. I drink tlic medicine and throw it on my body. 



The fever grows worse. I am going to die. 



My breath grows dithcult, my face is pale, 



The. medicine does not help mc. I am .going to die. 



Talk to my two children about me. after T am .<>onc. 



I leave the cocoanut farm for my children. 



After I die you will go to the cocoanut farm and take tiie cliildren witli you. 



There you will think of me. 



If people go to our cocoanut farm and cut the trees 



^du must track tliem and find wlio did it. 



1 am leaving the plantain farm. 



There will be plenty of property for tlie cliildren. 



I leave the small fruits, the mangoes, tlie l)ananas antl other fruits, 



Think of me when you gather them. 



The song then mentions his skill in hunting and hshing, enumerat- 

 ing the results as he had named the fruits on his farms. He tells his 

 wife to marry again in a short time, then dies, and the remainder 

 of the song concerns the directing of his spirit on its way. 



The principal social event of the Tule is a wedding, to which the 

 people come from all the villages. They dance and sing for several 

 days, according to the wealth of the bride's father who provides the 

 entertainment. The writer first obtained a full and detailed account 

 of the wedding ctistoms. and then asked for a wedding s(Mig. When 

 this had been recorded .she asked for a translation of the words. 



