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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 99 



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their navel the medicine 



this 



sGe" I *a-'-wo-yi' Dalo'ni 'tDa''"W€*i' wa-'"DaGu' 



now thenl hal pigeon yellow thou (art a) wizard goldfinch 



so-"GWO^' De-'stutsGo'tlAw'ist'anfGa' | stiDa-'"we!i' | 



you two have become as one 



€*'gwo' 



it big 



Dt^sti)tlt'o'tsti' 



you two are staying 



u^sonu''li 



quickly 



you two (are) wizards 



DO''tsta°le'o*i]a' 



you two have arisen, 

 facing us 



Dalo*'ni 



yellow 

 su'li;*y= 



swampy laurel- 

 thiclcet 



I Dalo''= 



it yellow 



ni-GWo" 

 — L 



ti-Gwu^-Dt'no°' 



food— L (=E) E 



GeSf' i;-lsGe-'DO° 



it is, App it important 



VG€-Se-°(.F)' 

 that which is, App 



Di;ni;->'lt'antne-°(.i23)' 

 he (e.) has come to put it under 



t'isti'skwo*'li 



yoiu (2) stomachs 



st5tlsta"'y'" 



it is for your (2) 

 D€" Ge'^stan tso' ' t' a= 



you 2 have come to bury it 



ni'Ga' I u'k'uwe'DaGwo"^ *iGe-'staD9'ne-°.i' | n^-Qotlst^am'Ga' | 



in them filled-up, L they have done it for it has happened so 



you (2), App 



u'so'^iDo" nu'Do'nQ'na | utsi^navva' ni;''D0.t'an9-'''D0 



night-been it has been said beyond it stretched it has been said at the 



(For) Their Navel, This is the Medicine 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now then! Ha, Yellow Pigeon, thon ^^^za^d, (and thou) Yellow 

 Goldfinch, you two have become united. You two mzards, you are 

 staying where the great swampy thicket is. 



Quickly you two have arisen; the important thing is merely bile; 

 he^^ has put it under him.^^ But that is the very thing 3^ou two eat. 

 You two have buried them in your stomachs. They have made you 

 two filled as you go by, it has become so, and not for one night (but 

 forever). Relief has been caused at the same time. 



explanation 



Tliis formula is for the same purpose as Nos. 7 and S, and the 

 treatment is the same — simple rubbing with the warmed hand. 

 The Goldfinch invoked is the American goldfinch {Chrysomitus 

 tristis), known in the southern Alleghanies as the flaxbird. [The 

 expression regarding "the food being buried in the stomach" is the 

 formulistic equivalent for the common expression "to take food" 

 (Ga^hsta-'ya*5°ska', I take food).] 



^ Emendation by W., editor's informant. 

 ^ The disease-spirit. 

 3* The patient. 



