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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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Now then! Ha, now yon two luive come to listen, yon two Bine 

 Men, in tlie cUroction of the Cold Land yon two are stayino-. Yon 

 two wizards, yon two have come to push the important thing away 

 as yon two go by. Quickly cause him to relinquish his grasp, you 

 two, witliont his (even) noticing it. Reliel" has been caused. 



EXPLANATION 



This is a fonnnla for curing sharp pains in the breast. 



The patient drinks an infusion of bruised i;'naste"tstf'Ga, Virginia 

 snakeroot [Aristolochia serpenitiria L.), to which a few scrapings of 

 o'^DaliGa'^li, ginseng root {Panax trifolium L.), are sometimes added, 

 the liqidd being slightly warmed by dropping foiu' or seven live coals 

 into it. There is no taboo. 



The medicine man first recites the formula, then blows four times 

 upon tlie breast of the i)ationt, and finally gives him the medicine to 

 drink. This is repeated four times at each treatment. The whole 

 ceremony is repeated four times before noon, and if necessary for foin- 

 consecutive days. 



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'I'a' fna'Do" kVyu'V-a cio""t'oti' Dt'Da'nuGo'stf-yi' 



this 



siiuko 



to scratch them E 



k u yu:a :f 



Como on! 



yi'.a u 



yu^a a .aa 



Dv:+ Du: 



(Onoiii.) 



Dii: 



Du: Dv: 



sGe 



now thi>iil 



Gal^r'ldi 



ubovo 



Dt'tsime"'tlan;)"'!i 



thou hsist apporlioneii 

 llieiii 



SO' .0" t a UfGa 



hnst como to let them 

 ilown 



tsii\ve-l-9' ^' 

 the body, TL 



it is, TL 



n aw a DO' 



it hns boon 

 stretuhoii 



'ya^ 



yiiarplyl 



k'o-'la 



bone (s) 



tsime"'Go° 



tliey while 



De'S'st'a'nfGa' 



thou last como to stick 

 thom (1.) ill it 



*' Correction by editor, instead of tsuGe'lg (no meaning). 



De'*ak" 



thou 



utsi"- 

 beyond 



