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  TO 
  KILL 
  A 
  WITCH. 
  385 
  

  

  vented 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  powerful 
  shaman 
  within 
  the 
  house. 
  

   They 
  annoy 
  the 
  sick 
  man 
  and 
  thus 
  hasten 
  his 
  death 
  by 
  stamping 
  

   upon 
  the 
  roof 
  and 
  beating 
  upon 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  house; 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  

   can 
  manage 
  to 
  get 
  inside 
  they 
  raise 
  up 
  the 
  dying 
  sufferer 
  from 
  the 
  

   bed 
  and 
  let 
  him 
  fall 
  again 
  or 
  even 
  drag 
  him 
  out 
  upon 
  the 
  floor. 
  The 
  

   object 
  of 
  the 
  witch 
  in 
  doing 
  this 
  is 
  to 
  prolong 
  his 
  term 
  of 
  years 
  by 
  

   adding 
  to 
  his 
  own 
  life 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  he 
  can 
  take 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  sick 
  

   man. 
  Thus 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  a 
  witch 
  who 
  is 
  successful 
  in 
  these 
  practices 
  

   lives 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  old. 
  Without 
  going 
  into 
  extended 
  details, 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  one 
  most 
  dreaded, 
  alike 
  by 
  the 
  friends 
  

   of 
  the 
  sick 
  man 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  lesser 
  witches, 
  is 
  the 
  Ka'lana-ayeli'ski 
  or 
  

   Raven 
  Mocker, 
  so 
  called 
  because 
  he 
  flies 
  through 
  the 
  air 
  at 
  night 
  in 
  

   a 
  shape 
  of 
  fire, 
  uttering 
  sounds 
  like 
  the 
  harsh 
  croak 
  of 
  a 
  raven. 
  

  

  The 
  formula 
  here 
  given 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  simple 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  some 
  

   others. 
  There 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  mistake 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Red 
  Man, 
  who 
  

   is 
  here 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  north, 
  instead 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  east, 
  as 
  it 
  should 
  be. 
  

   The 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  arrows 
  will 
  be 
  explained 
  further 
  on. 
  Purple, 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  paragraph, 
  has 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  symbolic 
  

   meaning 
  as 
  blue, 
  viz: 
  Trouble, 
  vexation 
  and 
  defeat 
  ; 
  hence 
  the 
  Pur- 
  

   ple 
  Man 
  is 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  frustrate 
  the 
  designs 
  of 
  the 
  witch. 
  

  

  To 
  drive 
  away 
  the 
  witch 
  the 
  shaman 
  first 
  prepares 
  four 
  sharpened 
  

   sticks, 
  which 
  he 
  drives 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  outside 
  the 
  house 
  at 
  

   each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  corners, 
  leaving 
  the 
  pointed 
  ends 
  projecting 
  up- 
  

   ward 
  and 
  outward. 
  Then, 
  about 
  noontime 
  he 
  gets 
  ready 
  the 
  Tsal- 
  

   agayu' 
  n 
  li 
  or 
  " 
  Old 
  Tobacco" 
  (Nicotiana 
  rustica), 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  fills 
  

   his 
  pipe, 
  repeating 
  this 
  formula 
  during 
  the 
  operation, 
  after 
  which 
  

   he 
  wraps 
  the 
  pipe 
  thus 
  filled 
  in 
  a 
  black 
  cloth. 
  This 
  sacred 
  

   tobacco 
  is 
  smoked 
  only 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  He 
  then 
  goes 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  

   forest, 
  and 
  returns 
  just 
  before 
  dark, 
  about 
  which 
  time 
  the 
  witch 
  may 
  

   be 
  expected 
  to 
  put 
  in 
  an 
  appearance. 
  Lighting 
  his 
  pipe, 
  he 
  goes 
  

   slowly 
  around 
  the 
  house, 
  puffing 
  the 
  smoke 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  every 
  

   trail 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  witch 
  might 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  approach, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   repeating 
  the 
  same 
  or 
  another 
  formula 
  the 
  while. 
  He 
  then 
  goes 
  

   into 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  awaits 
  results. 
  When 
  the 
  witch 
  approaches 
  

   under 
  cover 
  of 
  the 
  darkness, 
  whether 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  proper 
  shape 
  or 
  in 
  

   the 
  form 
  of 
  some 
  animal, 
  the 
  sharpened 
  stick 
  on 
  that 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  shoots 
  up 
  into 
  the 
  air 
  and 
  comes 
  down 
  like 
  an 
  arrow 
  upon 
  his 
  

   head, 
  inflicting 
  such 
  a 
  wound 
  as 
  proves 
  fatal 
  within 
  seven 
  days. 
  

   This 
  explains 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  formula. 
  "We 
  have 
  prepared 
  your 
  

   arrows 
  for 
  the 
  soul 
  of 
  the 
  Impreeator. 
  He 
  has 
  them 
  lying 
  along 
  the 
  

   path". 
  A'yu' 
  n 
  ini 
  said 
  nothing 
  about 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  sharpened 
  sticks 
  

   in 
  this 
  connection, 
  mentioning 
  only 
  the 
  tobacco, 
  but 
  the 
  ceremony, 
  

   as 
  here 
  described, 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  ordinarily 
  used. 
  When 
  wounded 
  the 
  

   witch 
  utters 
  a 
  groan 
  which 
  is 
  heard 
  by 
  those 
  listening 
  inside 
  the 
  

   house, 
  even 
  at 
  the 
  distance 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  mile. 
  No 
  one 
  knows 
  certainly 
  

   7 
  eth 
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