10 



^^BOAs''] ^'HE SOUL AND THE SHAMANS TRANSLATION. 205 



amcVkctikc atito'tXuitcgux, Wax aqLE'Lgax Ltcuq i'La/mac ^ 



two are made ready. Pour out it is done water shooting him 



Ltlo'xoyal, Lfiq" iiaxa'Lxax okiilai'tan. Ma'nix amo'kctikc 2 



the strong man, takeout it is done the arrow. When two 



aLkta'(iamitx, Le'Xat Lsa'gil, Le'Xat LE'k-ala. E'wa ta'nata 



look after liim, one a woman, one a man. Thus (m one "J 



side of 



t!r>L Ls^a'gil aqLo'tx'Einitx ; aLkLo'cgamx Lk;e'wax Lca'gil; e'wa ^ 



the a woman she is ])laced; she takes it a torch the woman; tlius 



house 



e'nata iLil'pote igilxEmala'lEm aLgio'cgamx. E'wa ta'nata t!oL ^ 



other side her aim a rattle she takes it. Thus on other the 



side of house 



LE'k-ala aLkco'cgamx [aqjce'LotElk. Go k^ca'xali t!oL aLo'La-it g 



a man he takes it a whistle. At above the house there is 



LE'k-ala, La'xka wax aLkLE'Lgax Ltcuq qo'La giLa/mas. „ 



a man, he pours out he does it the water [on J that the (me who ' 



is shot. 



A'lta Laq" a'Lxax La'qaiiwilxt kanauwe'2 giLa'ma*: Ltlo'xoyal. ^ 



Xow come it does his blood all the one who the strong man. 



out is shot 



Ma'nix k;e Ltlo'xoyal go eXt e'lXam, ka aqLge'memtomx q 



When no strong man in one town then he is i)aid 



giLil'XaXana ka aLgiLkXa'naii'Emx giLa'ma^. La'qLaq aLkLE'Lxax 



one who sucks and he sucks hiin the one who is Take out he does it 



shot 



La'qauwilqt. ii 



his blood. -'"'• 



Translation. 



1. The seers go to the ghosts [tlie souls of the deceased]. When three 

 go, one having a strong guardian spirit is placed first, another one last. 

 One having a less powerful guardian spirit is placed in the middle. 

 When four seers go, the two lesser ones are placed in the middle. 

 A strong seer goes in front, another one behind. They pursue the soul 

 of a sick chief. When the trail [which they follow] begins to be dan- 

 gerous, the one in front sings his song. When a danger approaches 

 trom the rear, the one behind sings his song. In the evening when it 

 begins to grow dark they commence the cure of the sick person. When 

 the morning star rises they reach his soul. They take it, and the 

 guardian spirits of the seers return. Sometimes they stay away one 

 night, sometimes two. Then they give the sick person his soul and he 

 recovers. 



2. When the seers pursue the soul of a sick person and it takes the 

 trail to the left, the seers say: "Behold, he will die." When it takes 

 the trail to the right they say: "We shall cure him." 



3. The spirits of the seers reach the hole in the ground where the 

 souls of the deceased always drink. When the soul of the sick one has 

 drunk at that water, then he cannot get well. Even if all the shamans 

 try to cure him they cannot make him well. 



4. They find a soul that has drunk of the water. They take it. It 

 is large. The spirits of the seers return. When they bring it near the 

 country of the Indians it begins to grow smaller. Then these men 

 who know how to cure people say: "Perhaps he will die to-morrow." 



