MOONEY l 



OlbrechtsJ 



THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 



227 



wa't'l-e'Gwo'!i 



Measure worm, big, Loc, 



(d) SGe" 



Now, then! 

 quickly thou hast come to listen 



a'ntDa""we" tsu"'n*Astf' 



they wizards they little 



Dtts'j'tlt'o'ts'ti 't'skiiya' tsune*'G9 



thou art staying thou Man thou White 



Go'u'sti tsuny'lti 



something thou failest 



D€"tsot'itu'"wistt'De'Ga' 



they surround theo as thou 



you all fail 



Ga'iits(r'wa 



underneath 



niGe* so'iia 



never 



Ge'SQ"' 

 it is, T. L. 



DlVlse-GO"'GtSfGa' | 



they have come to conquer him 



De''G0"Sl'stSG-O-'.i I 



they have been gathered, 

 T. L. 



n9-Vo't't-N*3°' tG5°''li' 



to cure with, and fern 



uwo-'sGilt-N'o"' tst'ki 



soft and it which is 



Go-'ts5tHi' 



it put in (along 

 with the others) 



I Ga niS9 



underneath 



DaDW'kt'anfOa' 

 it has become decided 



I utsi''-na\va^ 



beyond it, stretched 



goest about 



wa tsDDu'kt'ano'H 



iitGe' SQTa I 

 never 



I Go'u'sti 



something 



it has been decided 



I G aN!s ta' 

 switch(es) 



aDO^'lU'Ga' 

 it has been said 



Ge's€-°(i76) 

 it was, App. 



DiGf'GaGe- 



they are red 



this 



chill 



SO.l 



the other 



tGO' 



fern 



k'3"'G-askyDa'Ge 

 ground hog, his forehead 



to cure anyone with 



uyc'lo'tt"'" tst'ki 



it naked it which is 



yo''n-!)Dze*st5"' 



bear for him to lay on 



10 



This is the Medicine for the Chill 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now, then! Thou Red Man of the Sun Land, quickly thou hast 

 come to Hsten. Thou never failest in anything. The Little Wizards 

 surround thee as thou goest about. You all never fail in anything. 

 It has been decided underneath, it seems. (And it is the truth :) it has 

 been decided underneath. Underneath relief be caused constantly. 



Now, then! Thou Blue Man of the Cold Land (etc. . . .). 



Now, then! Thou Black Man of the Night Land (etc. . . .). 



Now, then! In the South thou art staying, thou White Man; 

 quickly thoa hast come to Usten. Thou never failest in anything. 

 The Little Wizards surround thee as thou goest. You all never fail 

 in anything. Underneath it has been decided, it seems; (and it is a 

 fact:) it has been decided underneath. They have come to conquer 

 him with the red switches. Relief has been caused. 



Where (the directions) have been assembled: this is the medicine 

 for the chill. And the medicine is fern; (and also) the other fern, 

 the one that is naked; and the one v/hich is soft; the ground hog's 

 forehead (fern) and the bear's bed (fern); this all put together. 



explanation 



This is another formula for the cure of chills, a disease which, 

 although attributed to the ghosts, is said to rise up "from under- 



^8 Emendation by editor. 



