Olbrechts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 221 



The medicine man scratches only over the aching part, no matter 

 how small it may be, and repeats the operation and the application 

 at each spot in turn as the pain shifts about, until it disappears, or, 

 as the medicine man says, "until the important thing is driven out." 



When the pain extends over a larger area, as over a whole side of 

 the body, the whole surface is scratched. 



Each paragraph of the formula is recited while rubbing on the 

 medicine, and at the end the medicine man imitates four times the 

 cry of the eagle: tsuh, tsuh, tsuh, tsuh, after which he blows four 

 times upon the spot. The ceremony is repeated four times before 

 noon for four mornings, the scratching being performed only at the 

 first application each day. 



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ng-wo-t'i' k'ano'Je(!a°^3) 'j,»a' Dalo-'ni ya'ndfk'o'Ja" 



to cure with it tells this yellow if they urinate 



tsi;VaD!;''no i;stt''Ga | so.\-n'5°' ic't'uno"' tsv'wany'na 



they have arteries, it small other, and tall they have arteries, 



sinews sinews 



Gv'lstaniia-Gwo^' i»Ga*'n8wa' Ge'.s^.'i | uno-'taGwuDo"' vn- 



It has been steeped, L. warm it has been, H. all day they must 



dt't'a.sti" I no°'ki' Ga-kt*9"'°D8 a'ma' uGa-'nawii-N^S"' 



drink it four restricted salt warm-aud 



This Tells (About) What to Treat (Them) with if They 



Urinate Yellow 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Small sinews and the other (kind:) Large sinews should merely be 

 steeped warm; they must drink it all day. Four (days) restricted: 

 Salt and warm (food). 



explanation 



[It appears from Mr. Mooney's notes that this prescription is one 

 of those which Ay. obtained from i;''tlan9''°D8. (See p. 3.) Ay. 

 copied them in his book, but in some cases did not get the oral direc- 

 tions along with them, so that in several instances he was not able to 

 tell Mr. Mooney any more than the written formulas or prescriptions 

 actually contained. (See p. 157.)] 



In this case the patient drinks a warm infusion of the herbs named 

 and abstains from salt and hot food during the period of the treatment, 

 viz, four days. 



" Interpolated by editor. 



