230 BUREAU OF AMEHICAN" ETHNOLOGY [l^oix. 09 



This is the Medicine When they Attack Him Suddenly 



FREE TRANSLATION 



The men have just gone Ij}-, 



Under the earth they have just gone by. 



They have caused relief. 



The men have just gone by, 

 Under the earth they have gone by, 

 They have caused relief. Sharply! 



My father on high loves tliy soul, 

 Thy soul my father loves. 

 Thy soul, he on high loves. 

 Thy soul he loves. Ha-yi. 



My uncle on high loves thy soul, 

 Thy soul my uncle loves. 

 Thy soul, he on high loves. 

 Thy soul he loves. Ha-yi. 



Ng'^qwo'na' SQ**mla''GtM' (4 times). 



Now then! It is merely su'sa that has put the nnportant thing 

 under him; it is merely eozalf.i. 



Now then! Thou Little Man, thou wizard, on the sunny side of 

 the mountain slope you have been let down. When the soul slips 

 out (of thy hand), thou art continually gripping it back; thou art 

 doing as one who takes a finner grip of something (when it is about 

 to escape from his grasp). Thou art continually gripping the soul 

 back, (and) not for one night (only, but forever). ReHef has been 

 caused indeed, sharply! 



explanation 



This peculiar formula is intended for the treatment of what, from 

 the description given of the symptoms, appears to be apoplexy. The 

 patient is stricken suddenly, becomes black in the face, and falls to 

 the ground struggling and gasping for breath. The attack is fre- 

 quently fatal. The sickness closely resembles that described in No. 

 16 and is attributed to the same cause: the raccoon, on account of the 

 gasping sound made b}^ the struggling victim. The raccoon theory 

 in connection with gasping attacks seems to be held by the medicine 

 men generally. 



The formula consists of a song of four verses, followed by a recited 

 part. The medicine used is an infusion of the root of o'^Dahca'^li, 

 Panax trifolium L., dwarf ginseng, groundnut, to which the leaves of: 

 tso*'laGay9"'"li, Nicotiana rustica L., wild tobacco, may be added. 

 The ginseng may be used by itself, but the other herb can not be 

 used without a small piece of ginseng root. 



The liquid is heated by dropping into it four or seven coals of fire. 



Sometimes also the arms of the patient are scratched and some 

 pungent decoction is rubbed into the scratches. 



