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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  CHILD-BIRTH. 
  363 
  

  

  Great 
  Whirlwind, 
  blowing 
  four 
  times 
  at 
  its 
  conclusion. 
  The 
  medi- 
  

   cine 
  must 
  be 
  prepared 
  anew 
  by 
  the 
  doctor 
  at 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  patient 
  

   at 
  each 
  application 
  morning 
  or 
  evening. 
  Only 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  

   needed 
  is 
  made 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  and 
  the 
  patient 
  always 
  drinks 
  what 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  after 
  the 
  blowing. 
  Connected 
  with 
  the 
  preparation 
  and 
  care 
  

   of 
  the 
  medicine 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  ceremonies 
  which 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  de- 
  

   tailed 
  here. 
  The 
  wild 
  cherry 
  bark 
  must 
  always 
  be 
  procured 
  fresh; 
  

   but 
  the 
  Tsal-agayu 
  "II 
  (" 
  Old 
  Tobacco") 
  leaves 
  may 
  be 
  dry. 
  When 
  

   the 
  latter 
  plant 
  is 
  used 
  four 
  leaves 
  are 
  taken 
  ami 
  steeped 
  in 
  warm 
  

   water 
  with 
  the 
  fire 
  coals, 
  as 
  above 
  described. 
  

  

  HIA' 
  TSUNSDI'GA 
  DIL'TADl'NATANTrYi. 
  I. 
  

  

  - 
  Sg6! 
  Hisga'ya 
  Ts'sdi'ga 
  ha-na'gwa 
  da'tulehiVgu 
  kilu-gwu'. 
  Iyu' 
  n 
  ta 
  

  

  agayu 
  n 
  linasi' 
  taya'i. 
  Eska'niyu 
  unaye-'histi' 
  nu 
  n 
  ta-yu'tanati'. 
  Sge'! 
  

   tinulitgi'! 
  Tleki'yu 
  tsutsesta'gi 
  hwinagi'. 
  Yii! 
  

  

  Sge! 
  Hige'cya 
  ts'sdi'ga 
  ha-na'gwa 
  da'tulehu 
  n 
  gu' 
  kilu-gwu. 
  Iyu 
  n 
  ^- 
  

   ta 
  tsutu'tunasT' 
  taya'i. 
  Eska'niyu 
  unayg'histT 
  nu 
  n 
  tayu'tanati'. 
  

   Sge! 
  tinulitgi'! 
  Tleki'yu 
  tstitsesta' 
  hwinagi'. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

   5 
  

  

  THIS 
  IS 
  TO 
  MAKE 
  IHIDREN 
  JUMP 
  DOWN. 
  

  

  Listen! 
  You 
  little 
  man, 
  get 
  up 
  now 
  at 
  once. 
  There 
  comes 
  an 
  old 
  woman. 
  The 
  

   horrible 
  [old 
  thing] 
  is 
  coming, 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  off. 
  Listen! 
  Quick! 
  Get 
  your 
  bed 
  

   ^^ 
  and 
  let 
  us 
  run 
  away. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Listen! 
  You 
  little 
  woman, 
  get 
  up 
  now 
  at 
  once. 
  There 
  comes 
  your 
  grandfather. 
  

   The 
  horrible 
  old 
  fellow 
  is 
  coming 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  off. 
  Listen! 
  Quick! 
  Get 
  your 
  

   bed 
  and 
  let 
  us 
  run 
  away. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  formula 
  for 
  childbirth 
  the 
  idea 
  is 
  to 
  frighten 
  the 
  child 
  and 
  

   coax 
  it 
  to 
  come, 
  by 
  telling 
  it, 
  if 
  a 
  boy, 
  that 
  an 
  ugly 
  old 
  woman 
  is 
  com- 
  

   ing, 
  or 
  if 
  a 
  girl, 
  that 
  her 
  grandfather 
  is 
  coming 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   away. 
  The 
  reason 
  of 
  this 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  an 
  old 
  woman 
  is 
  the 
  

   terror 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  little 
  boys 
  of 
  the 
  neighborhood, 
  constantly 
  teasing 
  

   and 
  frightening 
  them 
  by 
  declaring 
  that 
  she 
  means 
  to 
  live 
  until 
  

   they 
  grow 
  up 
  and 
  then 
  compel 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  marry 
  her, 
  old 
  and 
  

   shriveled 
  as 
  she 
  is. 
  For 
  the 
  same 
  reason 
  the 
  maternal 
  grandfather, 
  

   who 
  is 
  always 
  a 
  privileged 
  character 
  in 
  the 
  family, 
  is 
  especially 
  

   dreaded 
  by 
  the 
  little 
  girls, 
  and 
  nothing 
  will 
  send 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  children 
  

   running 
  into 
  the 
  house 
  more 
  quickly 
  than 
  the 
  announcement 
  that 
  an 
  

   old 
  "granny," 
  of 
  either 
  sex 
  is 
  in 
  sight. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  sex 
  is 
  an 
  uncertain 
  quantity, 
  the 
  possible 
  boy 
  is 
  always 
  first 
  

   addressed 
  in 
  the 
  formulas, 
  and 
  if 
  no 
  result 
  seems 
  to 
  follow, 
  the 
  

   doctor 
  then 
  concludes 
  that 
  the 
  child 
  is 
  a 
  girl 
  and 
  addresses 
  her 
  in 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  tones. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  an 
  additional 
  formula 
  with 
  the 
  beads 
  is 
  used 
  

   to 
  determine 
  whether 
  the 
  child 
  will 
  lie 
  born 
  alive 
  or 
  dead. 
  In 
  most 
  

  

  