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  FQKMULA 
  TO 
  DESTROY 
  LIFE. 
  391 
  

  

  being 
  generally 
  invoked 
  when 
  the 
  shaman 
  wishes 
  to 
  bring 
  down 
  ca- 
  

   lamities 
  upon 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  his 
  victim, 
  without 
  actually 
  destroying 
  

   him. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  present 
  knowledge 
  goes, 
  neither 
  brown 
  nor 
  yellow 
  

   can 
  be 
  assigned 
  to 
  any 
  particular 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  compass. 
  

  

  Uslnuli'yu, 
  rendered 
  "instantly," 
  is 
  the 
  intensive 
  form 
  of 
  iisln- 
  

   u'li 
  "quickly," 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  words 
  recur 
  constantly 
  in 
  the 
  for- 
  

   mulas, 
  in 
  some 
  entering 
  into 
  almost 
  every 
  sentence. 
  This 
  frequently 
  

   gives 
  the 
  translation 
  an 
  awkward 
  appearance. 
  Thus 
  the 
  final 
  sen- 
  

   tence 
  above, 
  which 
  means 
  literally 
  "they 
  shall 
  never 
  become 
  blue 
  

   instantly," 
  signifies 
  "Grant 
  that 
  they 
  shall 
  never 
  become 
  blue. 
  i. 
  e., 
  

   shall 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  their 
  purpose, 
  and 
  grant 
  our 
  petition 
  instantly. 
  

  

  DIDALATLI'TI. 
  

  

  Sge! 
  Na'gwa 
  tsudanta'gi 
  tegu' 
  n 
  yatawailateli'ga. 
  Iyusti 
  (0 
  0) 
  tsila- 
  

   stft'li 
  Iyu'stl 
  (0 
  0) 
  ditsada'ita. 
  Tsuwatsi'la 
  elawi'nl 
  tsida'hlstani'ga. 
  

   Tsudantagi 
  elawi'n! 
  tsida'hlstani'ga. 
  Nu'"ya 
  gu' 
  n 
  nage 
  gu"yu'tlu"- 
  

   tani'ga. 
  A'nuwa'gi 
  gu' 
  n 
  nage' 
  gii"yu'tlu 
  n 
  tani'ga. 
  Su"talu'gagu'"nage 
  

   degu'"yanu'galu'"tani'ga. 
  tsu'nanugaisti 
  nige'su"na. 
  Usuhi'yi 
  nu 
  n 
  - 
  

   na'hi 
  wite'tsatanu'"u"si 
  gune'sa 
  gu'"nage 
  asahalagl'. 
  Tsiitu'neli'ga. 
  

   Elawa'ti 
  asa'halagi'a'du"ni'ga. 
  Uslnuli'yu 
  Usuhi'yi 
  gultsa'te 
  digu' 
  n 
  - 
  

   nagesta'yi, 
  elawa'ti 
  gu' 
  n 
  nage 
  tida'histi 
  wa'yanu'galu"tsi'ga. 
  Gune'sa 
  

   gu' 
  n 
  age 
  su"talu'ga 
  gu'"nage 
  gayu'tlu 
  n 
  tani'ga. 
  Tsiidanta'gi 
  uska'- 
  

   lu"tsi'ga. 
  Sa'ka'm 
  adu 
  n 
  ni'ga. 
  Usii'hita 
  atanis'se'tT, 
  aya'latsi'sesti 
  

   tsudanta'gi, 
  tsu'nanugaisti 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  SgS! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  TO 
  DESTROY 
  LIFE. 
  

  

  Listen! 
  Now 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  step 
  over 
  your 
  soul. 
  You 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  (wolf) 
  elan. 
  

   Your 
  name 
  is 
  (A'yu' 
  n 
  ini). 
  Your 
  spittle 
  I 
  have 
  put 
  at 
  rest 
  under 
  the 
  earth. 
  Your 
  

   soul 
  I 
  have 
  put 
  at 
  rest 
  under 
  the 
  earth. 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  cover 
  you 
  over 
  with 
  the 
  

   black 
  rock. 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  cover 
  you 
  over 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  cloth. 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  

   cover 
  you 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  slabs, 
  never 
  to 
  reappear. 
  Toward 
  the 
  black 
  coffin 
  

   of 
  the 
  upland 
  in 
  the 
  Darkening 
  Land 
  your 
  paths 
  shall 
  stretch 
  out. 
  So 
  shall 
  it 
  be 
  

   for 
  you. 
  The 
  clay 
  of 
  the 
  upland 
  has 
  come 
  (to 
  cover 
  you. 
  (?) 
  Instantly 
  the 
  black 
  

   clay 
  has 
  lodged 
  there 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  rest 
  at 
  the 
  black 
  houses 
  in 
  the 
  Darkening 
  Land. 
  

   With 
  the 
  black 
  coffin 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  slabs 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  cover 
  you. 
  Now 
  

   your 
  soul 
  has 
  faded 
  a 
  way. 
  It 
  has 
  become 
  blue. 
  When 
  darkness 
  comes 
  your 
  spirit 
  

   shall 
  grow 
  less 
  and 
  dwindle 
  away, 
  never 
  to 
  reappear. 
  Listen! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  manuscript 
  book 
  of 
  A'yu'"im, 
  who 
  ex- 
  

   plained 
  the 
  whole 
  ceremony. 
  The 
  language 
  needs 
  but 
  little 
  expla- 
  

   nation. 
  A 
  blank 
  is 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  clan 
  of 
  the 
  victim, 
  and 
  is 
  

   filled 
  in 
  by 
  the 
  shaman. 
  As 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  is 
  to 
  bring 
  

   about 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  victim, 
  everything 
  spoken 
  of 
  is 
  symbolically 
  

   colored 
  black, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  significance 
  of 
  the 
  colors 
  as 
  already 
  

  

  