O^RECHTsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 197 



't-Ge-'se-°i' I a'nisGf'no° wneD^'no^'i' 'i-Ge-'s€-°i' | 



it which is, App they ghosts they have said it it which is, App 



sGe" I 'a'no'^Gwo^' sta't*or)a*''nt*Ga' stt'skuya' Dt'ststi'Ga' 



now then ha! now you (2) have come to you (2) men you (2) little 



listen 



stt'Da-"we" i;'so'-!i Dtsto'tlt'o'tsti' t''Ga aye'^li' flsGe-'DO" 



you (2) wizards night, Loc you (2) are staying day middle it important 



Di;*nt'kso'o°"te'°(.i ^^)' | sti'^xyQst'a'nfGa' | stu'tsanQ'rjt-Gwo''' 



they have let it down, App you (2) have come to take for your (2) adornment — L 



it (sol) away 



'tGe-'se-4' I u'so-'^t Ga'ne'sa' DtGO^naGe*"' Do-'DttVtst-^' ^ 



it which is, App night, L box(es) they black they are kept, facing 



us, T L 



wo'^^-'sttskwamGo-'t'aiit'Ga' I tGQVulsto.'tt-GWO^' 



you (2) have come to put in store as what is its worth! L 



you (2) go by 



This (is) to Treat (Them) With When They Have Dreamed of 

 Snakes; (What) to Give Them to Drink, and (How) it is to 

 be Said 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now then! Ha, now you two have come to Usten, you Two Little 

 Men, you two wizards, away from here in the Night Land you two 

 are staying. 



It is the very thing you two adorn yourselves with. It is merely a 

 snake that has come to put the unportant thing under him. They 

 are but ghosts that have caused it. 



Now then! Ha, now you two have come to hsten, you Two Little 

 Men, you two wizards, away from here in the Night Land you two 

 are staying. 



In the middle of the day they have let the important things down. 

 You two have come to take it away as you two come by. It is the 

 very thing you two adorn yourselves with. You two have put it 

 away over there in the black boxes that are kept in the Night Land. 

 Who cares what happens to it! 



explanation 



This is another formula for the same purpose as No. 5, page 175. 

 [The reference to the Two Little Men adorning themselves with 

 snakes, and the very reason for their being invoked in snake diseases — 

 real or dreamed— is accounted for by a Cherokee myth. (Cf . Mooney, 

 Myths, p. 31L)] According to this myth, the natural son of the 

 Thunder, on arriving at boyhood, sets out toward the southwest in 

 search of his father, who had abandoned him in infancy. After many 

 adventures, he finally presents himself before his father, who first 

 cures him of a loathsome sldn disease, by throwing him into a pot of 

 boiling water, and then leading him to a covered box, bids him put in 

 his hand and take out the necklaces and other ornaments with which 



