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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  SNAKE 
  BITE. 
  351 
  

  

  mediately 
  afterward 
  it 
  is 
  declared 
  that 
  relief 
  is 
  accomplished. 
  The 
  

   expression 
  "usu'hita 
  nutanu'na" 
  occurs 
  frequently 
  in 
  these 
  formu- 
  

   las, 
  and 
  may 
  mean 
  either 
  " 
  let 
  it 
  not 
  he 
  for 
  one 
  night 
  alone," 
  or 
  " 
  let 
  

   it 
  not 
  stay 
  a 
  single 
  night," 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  context. 
  

  

  The 
  directions 
  specify 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  medicine 
  and 
  the 
  treatment, 
  

   hut 
  also 
  the 
  doctor's 
  fee. 
  From 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  verb 
  the 
  tabu, 
  ex- 
  

   cept 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  seat 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  sick 
  person, 
  seems 
  to 
  apply 
  

   to 
  both 
  doctor 
  and 
  patient. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  evident 
  why 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   trout 
  is 
  prohibited, 
  but 
  the 
  dog. 
  squirrel, 
  and 
  cat 
  are 
  tabued, 
  as 
  

   already 
  explained, 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  these 
  animals 
  frequently 
  as- 
  

   sume 
  positions 
  resembling 
  the 
  cramped 
  attitude 
  common 
  to 
  persons 
  

   afflicted 
  by 
  rheumatism. 
  The 
  cat 
  is 
  considered 
  especially 
  uncanny, 
  

   as 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  whites. 
  Seven, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  four, 
  is 
  a 
  sacred 
  

   number 
  with 
  the 
  tribe, 
  being 
  also 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  their 
  gentes. 
  It 
  

   will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  time 
  is 
  counted 
  by 
  nights 
  instead 
  of 
  by 
  days. 
  

  

  HIA' 
  I'NATU 
  YUiVISKU'LTSA 
  ADAM' 
  NWATi 
  

  

  1. 
  Dunu'wa, 
  dunu'wa, 
  dunu 
  'wa, 
  dunu'wa. 
  dunu'wa. 
  dunu'wa 
  (song). 
  

  

  Sg6 
  ! 
  Ha-Wala'si-gwii 
  tsu"lu'"tani'ga. 
  

  

  2. 
  Dayuha, 
  dayuha, 
  dayuha, 
  dayuha 
  dayuha 
  (song). 
  

  

  Sg6 
  ! 
  H.a,-Usugi-gwtL 
  tsu 
  n 
  -lu°'-tani'ga. 
  

  

  (Dega'sisisgu'"I). 
  — 
  Kanagi'ta 
  naya'ga 
  hia' 
  dilentisg'u"!. 
  Ta'li 
  igu'n- 
  

   kw'ta'tt, 
  ule' 
  taline' 
  tsutanu'"na 
  nasgwu' 
  ta'll 
  igu'nkw'ta'ti'. 
  Tsa'la 
  

   aganu' 
  n 
  lieskai' 
  tsa'la 
  yikani'gu 
  n 
  gu'al' 
  watsi 
  la-gwu 
  ganu 
  n 
  li'yetl 
  unis- 
  

   kiil'tsu'"!. 
  Nu'"ki 
  nagade'stisgai' 
  aganu 
  n 
  li'esgu"i. 
  Aksku'm 
  gades- 
  

   t'a'ti, 
  nuu'ki 
  nagade' 
  sta 
  hu 
  n 
  tsatasga'i. 
  Hia-'nu' 
  i'natu 
  akti'si 
  udes- 
  

   ta'i 
  yigii'n'ka, 
  naski-'nu 
  tsagadulagisga'I 
  iyu'stl 
  gatgu"!. 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  THIS 
  IS 
  TO 
  TREAT 
  THEM 
  IF 
  THEY 
  ARE 
  BITTEN 
  BY 
  A 
  SNAKE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Dfinu'wa. 
  dunu 
  wa. 
  dunu'wa, 
  dunu'wa, 
  dunu'wa, 
  dunu'wa. 
  

  

  Listen! 
  Ha! 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  common 
  frog 
  which 
  has 
  passed 
  by 
  and' 
  put 
  it 
  (the 
  in- 
  

   truder) 
  into 
  you. 
  

  

  2. 
  Dayuha 
  , 
  dayuha, 
  dayuha, 
  dayuha, 
  dayuha. 
  

  

  Listen! 
  Ha! 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  an 
  Usu'gl 
  which 
  has 
  passed 
  by 
  and 
  put 
  it 
  into 
  you. 
  

   (Prescription.) 
  — 
  Now 
  this 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  is 
  a 
  song. 
  One 
  should 
  say 
  it 
  twice 
  and 
  

   also 
  say 
  the 
  second 
  line 
  twice. 
  Rub 
  tobacco 
  (juice) 
  on 
  the 
  bite 
  for 
  some 
  time, 
  or 
  if 
  

   there 
  be 
  no 
  tobacco 
  just 
  rub 
  on 
  saliva 
  once. 
  In 
  rubbing 
  it 
  on. 
  one 
  must 
  go 
  around 
  

   four 
  times. 
  Go 
  around 
  toward 
  the 
  left 
  and 
  blow 
  four 
  times 
  in 
  a 
  circle. 
  This 
  is 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  in 
  lying 
  down 
  the 
  snake 
  alwayscoils 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  just 
  the 
  same 
  

   {lit. 
  " 
  means 
  like" 
  ) 
  as 
  uncoiling 
  it. 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  manuscript 
  book 
  of 
  Gahuni, 
  deceased, 
  so 
  that 
  

   no 
  explanation 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  writer. 
  The 
  formula 
  

   consists 
  of 
  a 
  song 
  of 
  two 
  verses, 
  each 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  recitation. 
  

  

  