MOONKY 



Olbrechth. 



THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 



193 



The following varieties of this plant are known: 



1. Dt"'ttast9Gt''sti i;stt"Ga, Gerardia pedicularia L. 



2. Di"tiast8Gt"8ti e-Gwo", Gerardia virginica (L.) BSP. 



3. Dt"tlastaGt''sti i;'s(?"D')"n9 nt'G€-SQ"na, Gerardia flava L., also 

 called Do"yi wo-yi', Dasystoma flava (L.) Wood. 



4. Dt"tlast8Gf'sti u'Ga-'tsulaGfsti' (not identified). 



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 so\i-nI5°' Dt"'myo"'tli tst-Di;"m8kwo"ldi*SG9/i 



other, and they are little it they from stomach, Hab 



which 



k'9-N!i' Dttse'H a^W tsune-'co" Da-'ndfksG/ na.ski' | 



noticeable they and they white they defecate, H this here 



green 



a"a-Gwo"' ng-Vo'tT o"Gan-a GQ^ta'ci ts-a no*se'g"[i''^l Dt^'uni' 



this, L to cure with groundhog fore- 



head 



that which they call it, H for them to 

 drink It 



And Another One if the Little Ones Have Diarrhea 



FREE TRANSLATION 



The symptoms of this are that they defecate green and white 

 matter (and) merely this is to treat (them) with (the plant), which 

 is usually called "groundhog's forehead," for them to drink. 



explanation 



This is a prescription for a variety of diarrhea in children ["little 

 ones"]. The medicine is a decoction of the herb called o"'Gana^- 

 GQ^ta'oi (o''Gano°' = groundhog: i;G9°ta'Gt = an animal's forehead {Epi- 

 fjaea repens L.). Another Cherokee name for this same plant is 

 tu'ksi wo-yi', "terrapin paw." The decoction is drunk by the child. 



DiaiThea in children is usually ascribed to the evil influence of 

 birds. 



This prescription in the manuscript follows another on the same 

 page, which accounts for the form of the heading, "and another," 

 etc. 



18 



aDo''ni*Ga' yQ'wi ustt*' l-^jq''d3 a*y€-lf\*s-9' 



it has been said human little yonder he is driving 



being T L 



a^\e I'GSi'' aye'^'li yt'ki nD"'Gwu-Dt-'na 



and day middle if it is now E 



I k*t'lu-Gwo°' yt'ki 



immediately, if it is 



L 



ult'aDtn9''D8 tsii'DQ- 



(he has) Jumped thou hast 



down 



^ Correction by editor. 



