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  NEURALGIA. 
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  eats. 
  The 
  same 
  prayer 
  is 
  addressed 
  in 
  turn 
  to 
  the 
  Blue 
  Spider 
  in 
  

   the 
  north, 
  the 
  Black 
  Spider 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  the 
  White 
  Spider 
  above 
  

   (galu 
  n 
  'lati). 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  stated 
  here 
  that 
  all 
  these 
  spirits 
  are 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  dwell 
  above, 
  but 
  when 
  no 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  compass 
  is 
  assigned, 
  

   galu"'lati 
  is 
  understood 
  to 
  mean 
  directly 
  overhead, 
  but 
  far 
  above 
  

   everything 
  of 
  earth. 
  The 
  dweller 
  in 
  this 
  overhead 
  galu 
  n 
  'lati 
  may 
  

   be 
  red, 
  white, 
  or 
  brown 
  in 
  color. 
  In 
  this 
  formula 
  it 
  is 
  white, 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  color 
  assigned 
  spirits 
  dwelling 
  in 
  the 
  south. 
  In 
  another 
  

   toothache 
  formula 
  the 
  Squirrel 
  is 
  implored 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  worm 
  and 
  

   put 
  it 
  between 
  the 
  forking 
  limbs 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountain. 
  

  

  Following 
  each 
  supplication 
  to 
  the 
  spider 
  is 
  another 
  addressed 
  to 
  

   the 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  the 
  formulistic 
  name 
  for 
  fire. 
  The 
  name 
  refers 
  

   to 
  its 
  antiquity 
  and 
  light-giving 
  properties 
  and 
  perhaps 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  when 
  dead 
  it 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  coat 
  of 
  white 
  ashes. 
  In 
  

   those 
  formulas 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  hunter 
  draws 
  omens 
  from 
  the 
  live 
  coals 
  

   it 
  is 
  frequently 
  addressed 
  as 
  the 
  Ancient 
  Red. 
  

  

  The 
  directions 
  are 
  not 
  explicit 
  anil 
  must 
  be 
  interpreted 
  from 
  anal- 
  

   ogy. 
  "Laying 
  on 
  the 
  hands" 
  refers 
  to 
  pressing 
  the 
  thumb 
  against 
  

   the 
  jaw 
  over 
  the 
  aching 
  tooth, 
  the 
  hand 
  having 
  been 
  previously 
  

   warmed 
  over 
  the 
  fire, 
  this 
  being 
  a 
  common 
  method 
  of 
  treating 
  tooth- 
  

   ache. 
  The 
  other 
  method 
  suggested 
  is 
  to 
  blow 
  upon 
  the 
  spot 
  (tooth 
  

   or 
  outside 
  of 
  jaw 
  ?) 
  a 
  decoction 
  of 
  an 
  herb 
  described 
  rather 
  vaguely 
  

   as 
  " 
  yellow-rooted 
  grass" 
  either 
  through 
  a 
  tube 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  operator. 
  Igawl'. 
  a 
  toothache 
  specialist, 
  treats 
  this 
  ailment 
  

   either 
  by 
  pressure 
  with 
  the 
  warm 
  thumb, 
  or 
  by 
  blowing 
  tobacco 
  

   smoke 
  from 
  a 
  pipe 
  placed 
  directly 
  against 
  the 
  tooth. 
  Hominy 
  and 
  

   fermented 
  corn 
  gruel 
  (kanahe'na) 
  are 
  prohibited 
  for 
  the 
  regular 
  

   term 
  of 
  four 
  nights, 
  or, 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  say, 
  four 
  days, 
  and 
  

   special 
  emphasis 
  is 
  laid 
  upon 
  the 
  gruel 
  tabu. 
  

  

  The 
  prayer 
  to 
  the 
  Spider 
  is 
  probably 
  repeated 
  while 
  the 
  doctor 
  is 
  

   warming 
  his 
  hands 
  over 
  the 
  fire, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  paragraph 
  to 
  

   the 
  Ancient 
  White 
  (the 
  Fire) 
  while 
  holding 
  the 
  warm 
  thumb 
  upon 
  

   the 
  aching 
  spot. 
  This 
  reverses 
  the 
  usual 
  order, 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  address 
  

   the 
  fire 
  while 
  warming 
  the 
  hands. 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  

   noted 
  that 
  the 
  fire 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  doctor 
  is 
  never 
  the 
  ordinary 
  fire 
  on 
  

   the 
  hearth, 
  but 
  comes 
  from 
  four 
  burning 
  chips 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  hearth 
  

   fire 
  and 
  generally 
  placed 
  in 
  an 
  earthen 
  vessel 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   patient. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  decoction 
  is 
  heated 
  by 
  putting 
  into 
  it 
  

   seven 
  live 
  coals 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  fire 
  on 
  the 
  hearth. 
  

  

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