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  THE 
  ORIGIN 
  OF 
  DISEASE 
  AND 
  MEDICINE. 
  321 
  

  

  he 
  is 
  rendered 
  on 
  the 
  instant 
  a 
  helpless 
  cripple. 
  No 
  hunter 
  who 
  has 
  

   regard 
  for 
  his 
  health 
  ever 
  fails 
  to 
  ask 
  pardon 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  for 
  killing 
  

   it, 
  although 
  some 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  learned 
  the 
  proper 
  formula 
  may 
  at- 
  

   tempt 
  to 
  turn 
  aside 
  the 
  Little 
  Deer 
  from 
  his 
  pursuit 
  by 
  building 
  a 
  

   fire 
  behind 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  trail. 
  

  

  Next 
  came 
  the 
  fishes 
  and 
  reptiles, 
  who 
  had 
  their 
  own 
  grievances 
  

   against 
  humanity. 
  They 
  held 
  a 
  joint 
  council 
  and 
  determined 
  to 
  

   make 
  their 
  victims 
  dream 
  of 
  snakes 
  twining 
  about 
  them 
  in 
  slimy 
  

   folds 
  and 
  blowing 
  their 
  fetid 
  breath 
  in 
  their 
  faces, 
  or 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  

   dream 
  n( 
  eating 
  raw 
  or 
  decaying 
  fish, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  lose 
  appe- 
  

   tite, 
  sicken, 
  and 
  die. 
  Thus 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  snake 
  and 
  fish 
  dreams 
  are 
  ac- 
  

   counted 
  for. 
  

  

  Finally 
  the 
  birds, 
  insects, 
  and 
  smaller 
  animals 
  came 
  together 
  for 
  

   a 
  like 
  purpose, 
  and 
  the 
  Grubworm 
  presided 
  over 
  the 
  deliberations. 
  

   It 
  was 
  decided 
  that 
  each 
  in 
  turn 
  should 
  express 
  an 
  opinion 
  and 
  then 
  

   vote 
  on 
  the 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  man 
  should 
  be 
  deemed 
  

   guilty. 
  Seven 
  votes 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  condemn 
  him. 
  One 
  

   after* 
  another 
  denounced 
  man's 
  cruelty 
  and 
  injustice 
  toward 
  the 
  

   other 
  animals 
  and 
  voted 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  his 
  death. 
  The 
  Frog 
  (wala'si) 
  

   spoke 
  first 
  and 
  said: 
  " 
  We 
  must 
  do 
  something 
  to 
  check 
  the 
  increase 
  

   of 
  the 
  race 
  or 
  people 
  will 
  become 
  so 
  numerous 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  be 
  

   crowded 
  from 
  off 
  the 
  earth. 
  See 
  how 
  man 
  has 
  kicked 
  me 
  about 
  

   because 
  I'm 
  ugly, 
  as 
  he 
  says, 
  until 
  my 
  back 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  sores;" 
  

   and 
  here 
  he 
  showed 
  the 
  spots 
  on 
  his 
  skin. 
  Next 
  came 
  the 
  Bird 
  

   (tsi'skwa; 
  no 
  particular 
  species 
  is 
  indicated), 
  who 
  condemned 
  man 
  

   because 
  " 
  he 
  burns 
  my 
  feet 
  off," 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   hunter 
  barbecues 
  birds 
  by 
  impaling 
  them 
  on 
  a 
  stick 
  set 
  over 
  the 
  

   fire, 
  so 
  that 
  their 
  feathers 
  and 
  tender 
  feet 
  are 
  singed 
  and 
  burned. 
  

   Others 
  followed 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  strain. 
  The 
  Ground 
  Squirrel 
  alone 
  

   ventured 
  to 
  say 
  a 
  word 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  man, 
  who 
  seldom 
  hurt 
  him 
  

   because 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  small; 
  but 
  this 
  so 
  enraged 
  the 
  others 
  that 
  they 
  

   fell 
  upon 
  the 
  Ground 
  Squirrel 
  and 
  tore 
  him 
  with 
  their 
  teeth 
  and 
  

   claws, 
  and 
  the 
  stripes 
  remain 
  on 
  his 
  back 
  to 
  this 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  assembly 
  then 
  began 
  to 
  devise 
  and 
  name 
  various 
  diseases, 
  one 
  

   after 
  another, 
  and 
  had 
  not 
  their 
  invention 
  finally 
  failed 
  them 
  not 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  survive. 
  The 
  Grub- 
  

   worm 
  in 
  his 
  place 
  of 
  honor 
  hailed 
  each 
  new 
  malady 
  with 
  delight, 
  

   until 
  at 
  last 
  they 
  had 
  reached 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  list, 
  when 
  some 
  one 
  

   suggested 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  arranged 
  so 
  that 
  menstruation 
  should 
  sometimes 
  

   prove 
  fatal 
  to 
  woman. 
  On 
  this 
  he 
  rose 
  up 
  in 
  his 
  place 
  and 
  cried: 
  

   •• 
  Wata' 
  n 
  ! 
  Thanks! 
  I'm 
  glad 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  die. 
  for 
  they 
  are 
  

   getting 
  so 
  thick 
  that 
  they 
  tread 
  on 
  me." 
  He 
  fairly 
  shook 
  with 
  joy 
  at 
  

   the 
  thought, 
  so 
  that 
  he 
  fell 
  over 
  backward 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  on 
  his 
  

   feet 
  again, 
  but 
  had 
  to 
  wriggle 
  off 
  on 
  his 
  back, 
  as 
  the 
  Grubworm 
  

   has 
  done 
  ever 
  since. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  plants, 
  who 
  were 
  friendly 
  to 
  man, 
  heard 
  what 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  7 
  ETH 
  21 
  

  

  