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This is to treat (them) with, (and) which has to be given them to 

 drink. Pine (tops) should be boiled. And beads, white and black, 

 one of each (should be used witli it). 



EXPLANATION 



[This formula is one for the cure of the mysterious variety of 

 diseases discussed at length in the introduction, page 33.] 



The symptoms are sudden pains in various parts of the body, due, 

 it is alleged, to the fact that a conjurer has shot a stick or some other 

 object into the body of the patient. To treat the case, the medicine 

 man prepares a decoction of pine tops, an "overhand" (" aoawo'Ma") 

 long, taken from seven different trees. After the liquid has boiled, 

 the pine tops are taken out of it and put under a piece of cloth (which 

 afterwards becomes the medicine man's fee), while four (the fonnula 

 says two) white and black beads, two of each color, are placed on 

 top. The medicine man then takes some of the medicine in a cup 

 in his outstretched hand, and after reciting the formula, passes the 

 cup four times in a circle above the head of the patient, after which 

 he gives the medicine to drink. After the ceremony the doctor care- 

 fully hides the pine tops away in a hollow log, [a rock crevice] or some 

 other place where they will keep dry. No sucking is prescribed in 

 this formula. Say it, merely. 



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u'af a'nisko''li u'ne^t^sta'neca' | DtDZO*'t'a.€*'ti' | a"a-GWo'" 

 This their head they ache to them they must be blown this L 



i^Gawe-'sti I wa*ya wa'j'^a wa'ya' wa'ya' | Du: | a't'tt-Gwo"' 



it to say wolf wolf wolf wolf (Onom.) say it— L 



This (is for) When They Have Their Heads Aching 



FRKE TRANSLATION 



They must be blown. And merely this is to be said : Wolf, wolf, 

 wolf, wolf. Du! Say it, merely. 



EXPLANATION 



Although this headache formula is from the manuscript of Ay., he 

 said that it was not his own, and was unable to give any further infor- 

 mation on it. It consists of a song, an invocation of the wolf, followed 

 by blowing, but whether of medicine or of the breath alone is not 

 stated. The final "du!" is intended as an imitation of some sound 

 made by the wolf. The ceremony is probably repeated four times. 



