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As for the "crippled sycamore/' see page 54. 



The barks used are those of Ga'ne't'i'soi, Betula nigra L., water-, 

 river-, or red birch; tsu'ska', Quercus steMata Wang., post oak (also 

 hybrids of Quercus alba L., white oak) ; tsu*'t'tna\ Carpinus caroliniana 

 Walt., American hornbeam, ironwood, blue-, water beech; k*i;\viyi;'sti, 

 Platanus occidentalis L., sycamore, buttonwood. 



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 a'ntsko-'li DtDzo-'t*isto.'ti' Jt'a' ngVo'tT Go°"t*oti' €'ldf'- 



their head they are to be blown this to cure with to ase with down 



with 



Dzo° tst'k'ano'ce!a°' 

 direction it which says 



*tGe"yaGi' *tGe^'yaGi' 'iGe^yaGi' *tGe*'yaGi' ng'^'DoGQ-'yi 



thou woman by excellence (?) [sun, direct., Loc 



ng^'DOGg'yi ng'^DO'GQ'yi ng'^DOGg'yi *tGe''yaGi^ *iGe*'yaGi' 'ya' 



thou woman sharply 



by excellence 



*t'a' ng'wo'tT | u'niGf'na-Ga'a'tki no.tst-!'i tsi'''y€"G9'.i 



this to cure with chinquapin pine(s), Loc they stand up, H 



tsu'staGa*yO''DO° tsi;'GWalo*G'3'*'!i Gi;''lstan5'!i i;Ga*'naWU°' 



brittle with dryness they have been leaves it has been steeped warm 



DlDZO"'t'ts'tO.'tfGW5^' Ge'S?"'.i 



they are to be blown with it, L they have 



been, H 



This (is) to Blow Their Heads With; the Medicine (Which 

 is) to be Used With it is Told Below 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Thou Woman (by excellence?) (4 times). 

 In the direction of the Sun Land (4 times) . 

 Thou Woman (by excellence?) (bis). Sharply! 



This (is) to treat (them) with: (of) chinquapin, which is wont to 

 grow in the pine woods, the plucked brittle leaves, steeped warm, 

 should be used, and they ^° should merely be blown with it. 



EXPLANATION 



This song and prescription are for the treatment of a feverish 

 condition, of which the symptoms are headache, chills, and cold 

 sweats. No special cause theory was assigned, but the song would 

 seem to indicate that the Sun is held responsible for the disease as 

 in No. 41. 



The medicine is an infusion of the dry brittle leaves of chinquapin 

 (Castanea pumila (L.) Mill.), heated by means of seven coals of fire 

 and blown upon the head and shoulders of the patient, the blowing 

 being done as described on page 58. 



50 The patients. 



