180 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Hull. 99 



^^'llilo perforniiuj]: the ceroinony tlio inedicine man has four beads 

 lying near liiin upon a clotli, two of tliese beads being yellow to 

 represent the disease, tlie other two being red and respresenting tlie 

 cming agent. 



The medicine used is an infusion of the bruised root of u'oat^as- 

 Gr'ski, spurge (EupJwrhia hypericijolia L. and of another variety 

 i'"'cat'as-ci''ski cf'GaGe''" i;''iy9DL>"wiDo': Euphorbia coroUata L.; 

 flowering spurge). 



This is given in largo quantities [4-5 liters] to be dnmk by the 

 patient, who remains fasting each day until about sundown. At 

 frequent intervals the medicine man rubs the abdomen of tlie patient, 

 using for tliis pin-pose onh^ his bare hand, neitlier moistening it with 

 tlio liquid nor warming it neai* the fire. 



There is a characteristic and interesting correlation of ideas in 

 tJio milky discharge, the "pus-oozes-out" plant application and the 

 milk taboo. 



7 



SGe" I 'a'-no'"Gwo"' u'so'H DO'tsv'le'nf' y^vwi' -i^'^naGe-"' 



now till n h:i! now night, Loc ho has arisen, fadug, huinsm it black 



us, App being 



^•'Ga aye"*li I nab-'ni Ga-'n€-\v' a"'DtGe*'DO° Di'Do-'n€-tlile*°.i' 



day middle yellow it (Uil) is in it, 'f L it, nio\ed about he (K.) has eoinetodo 



it for him, App 



1 Dalo-'lU-Gwi)"' G6*'s€*".i' i;"'llSGe"'DO" 'i'Di;ni)''\yt'am'lf.i'' | 



it yellow — L it is— App it important which he (E.) has placed 



under, App 



SGe" I 'a'-no-"Gwo"' 'a't'^ija-'iuGa' tso'"stowa' Dab-'ni 



now then ha! now thou has come Killdce Uird yellow 



to listen 



a'm-akt'a' Dalo-ni' ne'stutsGu'tlAw'ist'anfGa' | Go-'t-e'GwoJ'i ^^ 



r water, peeping yellow you two have become as one marsh it big, Loc 



o 



Ge-s-(v' Dt'stotlt'o't'sti I u^sonii-'li DO-'tsta°le'\vija' | Dalo-'ni- 



it is, T L you two are staying quickly you two have arisen, it 



facing us 



Gwo''^ Ge's-y'.i I Dalo'ni Ga'ne-'g-' a'^DiGe''DO° sta^Do'NJe-"- 



yellow — Ij it is — T L yellow it (liq) is in it, T L it, moved about you two 



have como 



yan' I sta'tv^aUQ-'iji-Gwo"' Gesf^'.i I 'o"''-sti\vo"''st'anfGa' 



to do it for your c2) adornment L it is, App again, you 2 have come to take 



for liim it (sol) away as you 2 go by 



Go'-t-€-'G\vu"' a'tsan(v'iji (i'-'1sG€-'do°-^) a^'skwoniGo-'t-ott(-'yi)'^^ 



swamp it big for his adorn it important it is put in store — Loo 



10sti'skwaiuGO*'t*ant"Ga' | tG(r'wiilsto.'ti-Gwo"' | vtsi"nawa^ 



you two have txime to put it in what is it worth! L beyond-it 



store as you two go by stretched 



m;-'Do.t'an(^v'"Do" | no""st9ne-'h-Ga' 



it h;w been said at you two have como 



the same time to do it for him 



^ Contraotion of tGO'ti (=s\vamp') €-Gwo!i (where il-big is). 



30 Interpolation by ayo"'sta, a native medicine woman, recorded bj' J. M. 



" Interpolation by ayo'sta, recorded by J. M. 



