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Dreams about — Cause 



Many visitors at a house (not necessarily the dream- Illness, 

 er's house). 



"Invisible people" Do. 



To lose small personal belonging (coat, ax, kerchief, Do. 



etc.). 



Drowning Do. 



Eagle Do. 



"tcGo-'ya" (see p. 28) Do. 



To walk with a deceased person Do. 



A deceased person is calling us or beckoning Do. 



A cabin of the settlement is on fire (but does not burn One of the inmates will fall 

 completely). ill; if we dream that the 



fire is extinguished by 

 somebody, this person is 

 the one who will be able 

 to cure the case. 



"Little Men" (Thunder Boys) aye-'ltGo-'ci 



Thunder Do. 



A dog approaching from distance Witchcraft. 



A mad bull rushing wildly all over the settlement — An epidemic. 



A windstorm rushing wildly all over the settlement.. Do. 



3. — Dreams Without Relation to Medicine 



Dreams Cause 



About white people It is going to snow. 



About Indians It is going to rain. 



About negroes We will kiU game. 



Omens 2* 



If the family dog howls all the time and acts *'as if he were home- 

 sick" somebody of the famUy is going to fall ill. The dog should 

 be killed "so as to make an exchange." Ayo., W.'s mother, told him 

 many years ago that the dog should be addressed and commanded 

 to die itself, instead of the member of the household whose death 

 the dog's bowling announced. (See p. 62.) 



A hen that crows Uke a rooster should be killed forthwith; else 

 disease will befall the household. If the hen is killed the misfortune 

 is averted. (See p. 78.) 



When the "thunder" strikes a tree near the cabin, there is some 

 trouble in store for the inmates. 



If a fox (tsy'la) howls near a cabin one of the household is going to 

 be ill; the same result follows the hooting of the night owl. The cry 

 of the whippoorwiU is believed to forebode not only disease but even 

 death. 



If we see a shooting star we are going to be ill. 



2* All the following "omens" are in a stage where it is not possible to class them 

 definitely as disease causes or as signs of future illness. 



