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  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  FORMULAS. 
  347 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  As 
  this 
  formula 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  manuscript 
  of 
  Galium, 
  who 
  died 
  

   nearly 
  thirty 
  years 
  ago, 
  no 
  definite 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  theory 
  of 
  the 
  

   disease, 
  or 
  its 
  treatment, 
  can 
  be 
  given, 
  beyond 
  what 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  

   the 
  formula 
  itself, 
  which, 
  fortunately, 
  is 
  particularly 
  explicit; 
  most 
  

   doctors 
  contenting 
  themselves 
  with 
  giving 
  only 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  

   prayer, 
  without 
  noting 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  or 
  even 
  the 
  medicine 
  used. 
  

   There, 
  are 
  various 
  theories 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  each 
  disease, 
  the 
  most 
  

   common 
  idea 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  rheumatism 
  being 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  

   spirits 
  of 
  the 
  slain 
  animals, 
  generally 
  the 
  deer, 
  thirsting 
  for 
  ven- 
  

   geance 
  on 
  the 
  hunter, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  explained 
  in 
  the 
  myth 
  of 
  

   the 
  origin 
  of 
  disease 
  and 
  medicine. 
  

  

  The 
  measuring-worm 
  (Catharis) 
  is 
  also 
  held 
  to 
  cause 
  rheuma- 
  

   tism, 
  from 
  the 
  resemblance 
  of 
  its 
  motions 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  rheumatic 
  

   patient, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  worm 
  wahill'is 
  frequently 
  applied 
  also 
  

   to 
  the 
  disease. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  formulas 
  to 
  propitiate 
  the 
  slain 
  animals, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  

   a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  hunting 
  code 
  and 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  noticed 
  here, 
  although 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  in 
  passing 
  that 
  the 
  hunter, 
  when 
  about 
  to 
  

   return 
  to 
  the 
  settlement, 
  builds 
  a 
  fire 
  in 
  the 
  path 
  behind 
  him, 
  in 
  

   order 
  that 
  the 
  deer 
  chief 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  f< 
  illow 
  him 
  to 
  his 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  disease, 
  figuratively 
  called 
  the 
  intruder 
  (ulsgeta), 
  is 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  a 
  living 
  being, 
  and 
  the 
  verbs 
  used 
  in 
  speaking 
  of 
  it 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  long, 
  like 
  a 
  snake 
  or 
  fish. 
  It 
  is 
  brought 
  by 
  

   the 
  deer 
  chief 
  and 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  body, 
  generally 
  the 
  limbs, 
  of 
  the 
  

   hunter, 
  who 
  at 
  once 
  begins 
  to 
  suffer 
  intense 
  pain. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  driven 
  

   out 
  only 
  by 
  some 
  more 
  powerful 
  animal 
  spirit 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  natural 
  

   enemy 
  of 
  the 
  deer, 
  usually 
  the 
  dog 
  or 
  the 
  wolf. 
  These 
  animal 
  gods 
  

   live 
  up 
  above 
  beyond 
  the 
  seventhheaven 
  and 
  are 
  the 
  great 
  prototypes 
  

   of 
  which 
  the 
  earthly 
  animals 
  are 
  only 
  diminutive 
  copies. 
  They 
  are 
  

   commonly 
  located 
  at 
  the 
  four 
  cardinal 
  points, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  

   peculiar 
  formulistic 
  name 
  and 
  a 
  special 
  color 
  which 
  applies 
  to 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  connection. 
  Thus 
  the 
  east, 
  north, 
  west, 
  and 
  south 
  

   are 
  respectively 
  the 
  Sun 
  Land, 
  the 
  Frigid 
  Land, 
  the 
  Darkening 
  Land, 
  

   and 
  Wa'hala', 
  while 
  their 
  respective 
  mythologic 
  colors 
  are 
  Red, 
  

   Blue, 
  Black, 
  and 
  White. 
  Wahala 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  mountain 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  

   south. 
  The 
  white 
  or 
  red 
  spirits 
  are 
  generally 
  invoked 
  for 
  peace, 
  

   health, 
  and 
  other 
  blessings, 
  the 
  red 
  alone 
  for 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  an 
  under- 
  

   taking, 
  the 
  blue 
  spirits 
  to 
  defeat 
  the 
  schemes 
  of 
  an 
  enemy 
  or 
  bring 
  

   down 
  troubles 
  upon 
  him, 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  to 
  coiupass 
  his 
  death. 
  The 
  

   white 
  and 
  red 
  spirits 
  are 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  powerful, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  

   these 
  two 
  is 
  generally 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  accomplish 
  the 
  final 
  result. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  case 
  the 
  doctor 
  first 
  invokes 
  the 
  Red 
  Dog 
  in 
  the 
  Sun 
  Land, 
  

   calling 
  him 
  a 
  great 
  adawehi, 
  to 
  whom 
  nothing 
  is 
  impossible 
  and 
  

   who 
  never 
  fails 
  to 
  accomplish 
  his 
  purpose. 
  He 
  is 
  addressed 
  as 
  if 
  

  

  