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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  INFANT 
  DISEASES. 
  355 
  

  

  first 
  upon 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  then 
  upon 
  the 
  left 
  shoulder, 
  next 
  

   upon 
  the 
  right 
  shoulder, 
  and 
  finally 
  upon 
  the 
  breast, 
  the 
  patient 
  

   being 
  generally 
  sitting, 
  or 
  propped 
  up 
  in 
  bed, 
  facing 
  the 
  east. 
  The 
  

   child 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  taken 
  out 
  of 
  doors 
  during 
  the 
  four 
  days, 
  because 
  

   should 
  a 
  bird 
  chance 
  to 
  fly 
  overhead 
  so 
  that 
  its 
  shadow 
  would 
  fall 
  

   upon 
  the 
  infant, 
  it 
  would 
  fan 
  tin 
  diseast 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  

   little 
  one. 
  

  

  GOWANIGISTU'"! 
  DITANU»WATI'Yl. 
  

  

  Yu! 
  Sg? 
  ! 
  Usinu'li 
  hatu' 
  n 
  gani'ga, 
  Giya'giya' 
  Sa^ka'ni, 
  ew'sata'gl 
  

   tsul'da'histi. 
  Usinu'li 
  hatlasi'ga. 
  Tsis'kwa-gwii' 
  ulsge'ta 
  uwu'tla- 
  

   ni'lel'. 
  Usinuli'yu 
  atsahilu'gisi'ga. 
  Utsina'wa 
  nu'tatanu'"ta. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Yu! 
  SgS! 
  Usinu'li 
  hatu 
  D 
  gani'ga, 
  Diga'tiski 
  Watige'i, 
  galu' 
  n 
  latl 
  

   iyu' 
  n 
  taditsul'da'histi. 
  Ha-na'gwa 
  usinu'li 
  hatlasi'ga. 
  Tsi'skwa-gwu 
  

   ditu'nila'w'itsu'ki 
  higese'i. 
  Usiniili 
  ke'tati'gu'lahi'ga. 
  Utsina'wa 
  

   adu 
  n 
  ni'ga. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  TO 
  TREAT 
  GU 
  n 
  WANI 
  G1STU 
  "I 
  — 
  (SECOND). 
  

  

  Yu! 
  Listen! 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  O 
  Blue 
  Sparrow-Hawk; 
  

   in 
  the 
  spreading 
  tree 
  tops 
  you 
  are 
  at 
  rest. 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  come 
  down. 
  The 
  

   intruder 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  bird 
  which 
  has, 
  overshadowed 
  him. 
  Swiftly 
  you 
  have 
  swooped 
  

   down 
  upon 
  it. 
  Relief 
  is 
  accomplished. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Yu 
  ! 
  Listen! 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  O 
  Brown 
  Rabbit-Hawk; 
  

   you 
  are 
  at 
  rest 
  there 
  above. 
  Ha! 
  Swiftly 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  come 
  down. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  

   the 
  birds 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  together 
  for 
  a 
  council. 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  come 
  and 
  

   scattered 
  them. 
  Relief 
  is 
  accomplished. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula, 
  also 
  for 
  Gu 
  n 
  wani'gistu' 
  n 
  I 
  or 
  Atawine'hi, 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  A'wan'ita 
  (Young 
  Deer), 
  who 
  wrote 
  down 
  only 
  the 
  prayer 
  and 
  

   explained 
  the 
  treatment 
  orally. 
  He 
  coincides 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  

   this 
  disease 
  in 
  children 
  is 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  birds, 
  but 
  says 
  that 
  it 
  orig- 
  

   inates 
  from 
  the 
  shadow 
  of 
  a 
  bird 
  flying 
  overhead 
  having 
  fallen 
  

   upon 
  the 
  pregnant 
  mother. 
  He 
  says 
  further 
  that 
  the 
  disease 
  is 
  

   easily 
  recognized 
  in 
  children, 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  sometimes 
  does 
  not 
  develop 
  

   until 
  the 
  child 
  has 
  attained 
  maturity, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   discern 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  trouble, 
  although 
  in 
  the*latter 
  case 
  dark 
  

   circles 
  around 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  unfailing 
  symptoms. 
  

  

  The 
  prayer 
  — 
  like 
  several 
  others 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  — 
  seems 
  in- 
  

   complete, 
  and 
  judging 
  from 
  analogy 
  is 
  evidently 
  incorrect 
  in 
  some 
  

   respects, 
  but 
  yet 
  exemplifies 
  the 
  disease 
  theory 
  in 
  a 
  striking 
  manner. 
  

   The 
  disease 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  birds, 
  it 
  being 
  

   asserted 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  paragraph 
  that 
  a 
  bird 
  has 
  cast 
  its 
  shadow 
  upon 
  

   the 
  sufferer, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  it 
  is 
  declared 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  gath- 
  

   ered 
  in 
  council 
  (in 
  his 
  body). 
  This 
  latter 
  is 
  a 
  favorite 
  expression 
  in 
  

   these 
  formulas 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  animals. 
  

  

  