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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  HUNTING. 
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  exact 
  equivalent 
  in 
  English. 
  It 
  signifies 
  springing 
  into 
  being 
  or 
  

   life 
  from 
  an 
  embryonic 
  condition. 
  In 
  this 
  instance 
  it 
  would 
  imply 
  

   that 
  whatever 
  object 
  the 
  enemy 
  has 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  sick 
  

   man 
  has 
  there 
  developed 
  into 
  a 
  ghost 
  to 
  trouble 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  directions 
  are 
  expressed 
  in 
  a 
  rather 
  vague 
  manner, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  

   case 
  with 
  most 
  of 
  A'yu°ini's 
  attempts 
  at 
  original 
  composition. 
  The 
  

   disease 
  is 
  here 
  called 
  by 
  another 
  name, 
  agi'li'ya 
  unitlu 
  n 
  gu'% 
  signify- 
  

   ing 
  ■ 
  ■ 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  painfully 
  sick. 
  " 
  The 
  treatment 
  consists 
  in 
  suck- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  part 
  most 
  affected, 
  the 
  doctor 
  having 
  in 
  his 
  mouth 
  during 
  

   the 
  operation 
  the 
  blossoms 
  of 
  Tsa'1-agayu'Ti 
  (Nicotiana 
  rustica), 
  

   Kanasa'la 
  (wild 
  parsnip,) 
  and 
  Tsaliyusti 
  Usdiga 
  (Lobelia 
  inflata.) 
  

   The 
  first 
  and 
  last 
  of 
  these 
  names 
  signify 
  "tobacco" 
  and 
  "tobacco- 
  

   like,". 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  seems 
  to 
  contain 
  the 
  same 
  word, 
  tsa'la, 
  and 
  the 
  

   original 
  idea 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  to 
  counteract 
  the 
  witchcraft 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  " 
  tobacco," 
  the 
  herb 
  commonly 
  used 
  to 
  drive 
  

   away 
  a 
  witch 
  or 
  wizard. 
  During 
  the 
  sucking 
  process 
  four 
  red 
  beads 
  

   lie 
  near 
  upon 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  (white) 
  cloth, 
  which 
  afterward 
  becomes 
  the 
  

   perquisite 
  of 
  the 
  doctor. 
  Though 
  not 
  explicitly 
  stated, 
  it 
  is 
  proba- 
  

   ble 
  that 
  the 
  doctor 
  holds 
  in 
  his 
  mouth 
  a 
  decoction 
  of 
  the 
  blossoms 
  

   named, 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  blossoms 
  themselves. 
  On 
  withdrawing 
  his 
  

   -mouth 
  from 
  the 
  spot 
  and 
  ejecting 
  the 
  liquid 
  into 
  a 
  bowl, 
  it 
  is 
  expected 
  

   that 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  "mixed" 
  with 
  it 
  a 
  small 
  stick, 
  a 
  pebble, 
  an 
  

   insect, 
  or 
  something 
  of 
  the 
  kind, 
  and 
  this 
  the 
  shaman 
  then 
  holds 
  up 
  

   to 
  view 
  as 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  disease. 
  It 
  is 
  afterward 
  buried 
  a 
  "hand's 
  

   length" 
  (awa'hilu)' 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  mud. 
  No 
  directions 
  were 
  given 
  as 
  

   to 
  diet 
  or 
  tabu. 
  

  

  HUNTING. 
  

  

  gCna'Hilu-ta 
  ugu'»wa'lI. 
  

  

  Una'lelu 
  eskiskaTtasi'. 
  Iskwa'lelu 
  eskiska'l'tasi'. 
  Yu! 
  Ela-Ka- 
  

   na'ti 
  tsulda'kistu' 
  n 
  , 
  tsuwatsi'la 
  astu" 
  detsatasi'ga. 
  Ts'skwa'li 
  uda'- 
  

   nisa''testi, 
  ugwala'ga 
  udu'yaketi'dege'stl. 
  Sunusi'ya-gwu 
  udanisa' 
  4 
  - 
  

   testi, 
  ts'su'lti-gwu 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  

  

  HikayiV'li 
  Gi'gage-gagu, 
  tsine'tsi 
  gesii'" 
  aw'stitege'sti. 
  Tsastu 
  

   utaiiyi, 
  na'gwa 
  tsas'tu 
  gasu'his&'ti 
  atisge'sti. 
  Ha-nagwa 
  nu 
  n 
  na 
  

   tsusdi' 
  tutana'wa-tegu 
  digana'mifii'Ha 
  atisge'sti. 
  Utah' 
  iidanu'hl 
  

   ugwala'ga 
  gu 
  n 
  watuy'ahiti'tege'sti, 
  hilahiyu 
  n 
  ta-gwu 
  "'ustu'sti 
  nige'- 
  

   su 
  n 
  na. 
  D'stiskwa'li 
  deudu'nisa'te'sti. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  CONCERNING 
  HUNTING. 
  

  

  Give 
  me 
  the 
  wind. 
  Give 
  me 
  the 
  breeze. 
  Yu! 
  O 
  Great 
  Terrestrial 
  Hunter. 
  I 
  

   come 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  your 
  spittle 
  where 
  you 
  repose. 
  Let 
  your 
  stomach 
  cover 
  itself; 
  

   let 
  it 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  leaves. 
  Let 
  it 
  cover 
  itself 
  at 
  a 
  single 
  bend, 
  and 
  may 
  you 
  

   never 
  be 
  satisfied. 
  

  

  'This 
  word, 
  like 
  the 
  expression 
  "seven 
  days," 
  frequently 
  has 
  a 
  figurative 
  mean- 
  

   ing. 
  Thus 
  the 
  sun 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  seven 
  a 
  wa, 
  hilu 
  above 
  the 
  earth. 
  

   7 
  ETH 
  24 
  

  

  