m^BREcuTs] THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 183 



t^tt'y't'st'anfGa' | i;-lsGe''D8 G9'V*Aty"wtDo' ny-'no'i' 



thou hast come to put it important it all surrounded tralKs), L 



it staying there 



D€''Ganani;G0*'tstD3''€-sti' | i;tst"nawa' ruo^-'DisGcsti' | 



they will appear continuously beyond it, stretched out he will be saying it 



in ail directions 



i;tsi*'nawa' aDo"nfGa' 



it has been said 

 SGe" I 'o'-no'GW'P' 'a't'Qr)a*'nfGa' tsfya' ts'A'ska'Se'Mt'-yu' 



Now then ha, Now thou hast come to listen otter hou fearful— E 



Galg-'ldi ajV'li' g-'nale-'Gwo^ Dt'tsotit'o't'sti *a'-no-Gwo"' 5 



above middle la Ice, big thou art staying ha. Now 



i)0-'t'a"le"9-r)a' 't'Da-"weH' Go'f'sti a GWADe-lt"'tc'€*'ti 



thou liast arisen thou wizard 



facing us 



nt'Ge'syna' tsuDD*'noH' *t'kAt"6-noyi nQnoH' 



thou keen-eyed one 

 DO"'DatSana*'"wuiJr i;'lsGf'D8 Di;'na"'DutlQ*' (etc.) (with, 



added at the end, :) 'ya' 



This is the Medicine for Their Navel 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now then! Ha, now tliou hast come to listen. Red Otter, thou 

 wizard; thou art staying at the great lake; ha, now thou hast arisen 

 facing us. "Nothing ever escapes my (sight)" thou hast said. 

 The trails are lying stretched for thee (to allow) thee to come hither. 



Where he ^^ has put the important thing against him,^" thou 

 hast come to pusli it with the crown (of thy head) hack to where 

 it ought to he What had become an important thing thou hast 

 come to push away as thou goest by. 



Where the foam is (piled up) high thou hast gone to put the 

 important thing to stay. The trails will suiTound the important 

 thing from all directions. Relief will be caused continuously; 

 relief has been caused. 



Now then! Pla, now thou hast come to listen, thou fearful Otter 

 in the great lake in midheaven, thou art staying. But now thou 

 liast arisen from there, facing us. Thou wizard! "Nothing ever 

 escapes from my (sight)," thou hast said. Thou art most keen-eyed. 

 The trails are lying stretched for thee (to enable) thee to come 

 liither. 



Where he ^^ has put the important thing against him 2° (etc.). 



explanation 



This is another formula for the cure of navel-Dalo'ni, and the 

 cure is the same as the one described in No. 7, page 180. 



The medicine man was of the opinion that there was another 

 paragraph, addressed to the Fire, and which was probably recited 



29 The disease-spirit. ^o Xhe patient. 



