Witchcraft 



[Told by Moody] 



When a sorcerer wants to kill a t'cllow-nian. he takes some of the 

 man's poi'spiration. or an old shirt, and takes it to the place where he 

 keeps his witch-box. Then he opens his box. takes a string, and fastens 

 a piece of the old shirt to it. He ties it across the box. When he 

 wants the man to die (luickly. he takes a piece of the old shirt, and 

 cuts the string in the box so that the piece of shirt falls on the corpse 

 that is in the box. As soon as this is done, and the string lireaks. he 

 pretends to cry for his victim: then the man from whom he has taken 

 the piece of shirt must die. When he knows that the person is dead, he 



Witchcraft 

 TsEda hasa'qL halda'ug'it dEmt dzak"L SEl-g'a'tt, k"'et goL 1 



When wants a j^orcerer to kill a fellow person. then he 



takes 



ts'a'Edz'iqst; lig"i-q'am-k's-la'wisk"L g'at go'dEt. NLk'"e hwil 2 



dirt (of man); or old shirt of a lie takes il. At once 



man 



k""et doga'odEt ahiL hwil sg'iL qaklEm-halda'ug'it, w6'aLk''et 3 



he takes it to ^\■here lies box nf witeh, and then 



q'Ji'^aL qaldEm-halda'ug'it. K''et go'uL woha'st. k'"et tq"al-ts"e'l>Ei. 4 



he opens box of witeh. Then he takes string. then against he fastens 



it 



Lgo-q'am-k's-la'wisk" la'ot. K''et t.saga-ho'k.saant aL ts'Em-qaldEm- 5 



little old shirt to it. Then across he fastens it at in box of 



halda'ug-it. WoaLk''e La nak"L diit hwila'gut. hwil k''e tsEda 6 



witch. After (perf.i along when did this, then when 



time he 



hasa'qt tsE dEmt t'el no'odEnL g'aL, t hwilt go'oL q"am-k's-la'wisk". 7 



he wants when (fut.) quickly to kill a he then takes old shirt. 



man 



W6aLk''et lo-d'Ep-t'Ekla'aLsaanL woha'st aL ts'Em-qa'ldEm- 8 



Then in down he breaks it the string in in box of 



halda'ug'itg"e spagai't-lo^a 15'lEq. Hwil k""e Lesk"t Id-d'Ep- 9 



witch among rotten corpse. Then it is in down 



finished 



t'Eklfi'aLsaanL wohil'st. K-'e hwil k''e his-wiye'tk"st at il'wuL 10 



he breaks the string. At once he pretends to for this 



ery 



g'aL La an-hwi'ntg'e. NLk-'e La n-'sk^L hwi'ltg'e, k-"e hwil H 



man (pert.) he did. Then iperf.i he doing this, at once 



finishes 



k""e felL no'oL g"at La an-hwi'ntg-e. K-'e da Lat hwila'x'L 12 



qnick dies the (perf.i wlien he did it Then when (perf.i he knows 



man (took it from i. 



217 



