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BTJKEATJ OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull, 99 



tst-Du''ntyuwe"'Ga 



it they (E) feel tired 

 which 



19 

 JtV ng^'wo'tT Di'D9'le"'sGi 



this to cure he breaks them, H 



t'QDe-'ca G9't°' n^Vo-t'i' 



eel oil to cure with 



Gwo"' Dt'k'anuGo'.st'otr 



L they are to be scratched with 



Du'nu'tlawa'DtSQ*' 



they (E) joints successively 



Ga'^lt-WO'^Dt- 



he climbs, brown 



ntGa' 



all 



D8 



ng'lt'ye'tr 



must be 

 rubbed 



5 nuGo/sti 



are to be 

 scratched 



n5°"ki 



four 



they nights - past 



i; SO -a 



night, L 



tyy'stu-a"' 

 like each 



Dt^k'a= 



they 



Dt^k'a= 



they 



This is to Treat (Them) With (When) He Habitually Beeaks 

 Them (i. e., Rheumatism) 



FREE TRANSLATION 



When they are tired, eel oil is to treat (them) with, (and) just saw 

 brier to scratch them with. It must be rubbed on them all over their 

 joints. Four days they must be scratched, every time at night. 



EXPLANATION 



[Rheumatism is referred to by different names. (See p. 292.)] 

 [Scratching is almost invariably a part of the curing procedure, the 

 instrument usually being a flint arrowhead; in this case a small 

 portion, about 12 to 15 centimeters long, of a branch of Ga^Dltwo''Di, 

 saw brier {Smilax glauca Walt.), is used.] 



The nighttime is chosen for the operation, in order that the patient 

 may be the better able to rest afterwards. The same treatment is 

 sometimes used for abdominal swelling. When the medicine man 

 can not decide from the ordinary symptoms as to the cause of the 

 disease, he diagnoses from the dreams of the patient, which in rheu- 

 matism are said to relate to sexual excesses, or to the commission of 

 unnatural acts [as incest], etc. 



20 



aV fna'Do" Da'nskt"tsGQ-'[i*^] ngwo-t'i' 



this snake(s) whenever they dream to cure with 



of them 



Dt'vDt*[yi^T 



to give them to 

 di-ink 



SGe 



now then 



I *a'-no-"Gwo"' 



bat 



sttDa'^^WeH' 



you (2) wizards 



Xo't-G€-^S€-°(.i*8)' 



it which is, App 



U SO U 



night, Loc 



tGawe-'stf(-3d*^) 



to say it — E 



sta't'9r)a"'niGa' 



you (2) have come to 

 listen 



Dtsto'tlt'o^sti' 



you (2) are staying 



stt'skuya' 



you (2) men 



Dt^ststi'Ga' 



you (2) little 



stu'tsan^'qt-Gwo"" 



for your (2) adornment— L 



i;-1sG€-'do° ^'-Dunu-'y^t^ant'le'^.i' ma'D9-GW0''' 



it important it which, he (E) put it under, App snake— L 



" Correction by editor. 



*8 Interpolation by editor. 



