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[Bull. 99 



by the medicine man while warming his hand, prior to rubbing 

 the patient's stomach, but it does not appear in the original manu- 

 script. 



The observant habit of the Indian is shown in the reference to 

 the watchfulness of the otter, one of its distinguishing characteris- 

 tics. 



The feature of quoting the words of the spirit invoked, as in this 

 case the medicine man quotes the words of the otter, occurs fre- 

 quently in the formulas, especially in those addressed to the Fire. 

 [As students of comparative folldore will know, this feature is also 

 often met with in European formulas, the most universally known 

 specimen being the First Merseburger Conjuration.^'] 



SGe" 



Now then 



Gwu-Df na 



Now— E 



*a'-no' °Gwo"' 



ha! now 



iva: 



this 



*a'-no-GWo"' 



ha! Now 



i;'*sonD''li 



quickly 



9 



Danme"'su'G9"'(.i^^) | 



whenever they have them drooping 



u''s5ni;''li akski' ts^'Nah'Ga' [ *a-no*'= 



quickly enemy he has come to hit thee ha! 



a'kskt-Gwo"' ts9'Nal5!i' *tGe-'se-°.i' I 



enemy, L (=E) 



i;tst"nawu-Gwo"' 



beyond-it stretched— L 



5h'Ga' 



it for him 



ytst^'nawa^ 



beyond it stretched 



:t a Danme" sy Gcjm 



this whenever they have them 

 drooping 



DtDZO-'"t*a.e-'tfGWO"' | 

 they must be blown— L 



ye'ti" *t'Ges^*.i' 



rubbed that which used to be 



aDO ntGa 



it has been said 



na.sld' 



this here 



at'-tse'U 

 wood green 



he has hit thee that which is— App. 



nf'D8.t'an9"'°D8 



it has been said at 

 the same time 



I SGe" 

 now then! 



ny'sti' 



so far like 



i^GaWe"'stl 



it is to be said that which is 



no'''t'9-ne-'= 



thou hast 

 come to do 



'i-Gl 



nQVo't't-N*5°' 



to cure with-and 



Di'Gan9dt'= 



they must be 



This (is for) When They Have Them Drooping 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now then! Ha, just now the enemy has suddenly come and struck 

 thee. Ha, just now indeed, the enemy himself struck thee, it appears. 

 Ha, now relief indeed has been caused at the same tune, thou hast 

 come to do it for him. Relief indeed has been caused. Now then! 



This (is for) when they have them drooping. Just like this it has 

 to be said. It should be blown on them, alder (which) is the medi- 

 cine, (or) it should be rubbed on them. 



EXPLANATION 



Dant'ne''si;*G9*'.i is the technical name for an affection of the eyes 

 in which the sufferer is unable to bear the strong light of the sun or of 



31 Cf. also some European parallels: v. Hov. & Kr. II, 77, 332, 399. 

 22 Emendation by editor. 



