MOONEY ] 



OlbrechtsJ 



THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 



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Should, on the contrary, an unfavorable omen be perceived in the 

 course of, let us say, the paragraph relating to tlie fifth upper world, 

 the priest knows that some great danger, possibly death itself, 

 threatens tlie man in five days, five njonths, or live years to come. 

 This necessitates the immediate perfonnance of another ceremony, 

 accompanied by fasting and going to water, to turn aside the impend- 

 ing peril. The final result is usually successful, as the priest seldom 

 ceases from his labors until the omens are propitious. If, however, 

 all his efforts prove to be without avail, he frankly infoi*ms his client 

 of this, who is often [impressed to such an extent by the medicine 

 man's suggestive prophesies and by his own autosuggestion that he 

 not infrequently loses all courage, becomes despondent and listless], 

 believing himself doomed by an inexorable fate, finally sickens and 

 actually dies, thus fulfilling the prediction. 



(a) SGe" 

 Now then 



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i;ne"ista''ne'9"' Ga'na'nu"GO*"'tstD!?''.i 

 whenever they have it is appearing about (Ilab.) 

 pain 



'a't\rr)a""'nfGa' tst*ya' 



thou hast come to listen Otter 



a'm-e'Gv/o'!-i Dt'tsotlt^o'i'sti 



v/ater, big, Loc thou art staying 



a -nO'GWJ^ 



ha, now 



-DZ9.e'''-yi 



Gf GaGe* 



red 



i;' DO no :t-Gwo" 



it has been said, L 



Ditsa^los^'-qwo" 



where thou hast passed, L 



Ge* Sf .1 



it is, A pp. 



i; som;- Ji 



quickly 



tsu'tse"'li 



it is thine 



nQ"DD' -yi vdzl 



sun, Loc beyond, direction, Loc 



DO''t*a'^l€""Qr)a' I aSGt*'no 

 thou hast arisen, ghost 



facing us 



Ge-'sf.i' I 't'"y(>-'st'anfGa' Ditsa''los9--r)wo" w-o"-'(.''yy-'st'anfGa' 



it is, App. thou hast come to talio where thou hast passed, L thither, again, thou hast 



it away gone to talce it away 



(r'Dal-e''Gwo"!i' w-o^'-'t'skwantGo-'tViifGa' tGo-'wulsto/Dt-Gwo"^^ 



lalce, big, Loc. thither, again, thou hast gone to store it up who cares what happens to iti L 



y SO t-DQ 

 night, been 



e'^lfGa' I 

 come to do 

 it for him 



nv DQ luy na 



it has not been said 



'ya^' 



sharply 



tsu" 



(ouom.) 



I i;tst"nawa' nu"'d9t'an9*'D0 



beyond it, stretched it has been said simul- 

 taneously 



tsu^' I tsu'' I tsu'' 



no "t 911- 



thou hast 



(b) SGe" 

 now, theni 



no-^'Gwo^ 



now 



DO"-yf -DZ8 e" skt' -dzo 



Loc, direction this side, direct 



'd8 Ditso'tlt'o't'sti 



thou art staying 



i;'Da"N!t'e'"lo!i' 



he has thought it 



t-yQ- 



yonder 



i;"'Do*no'!i 



it has been said 



1-e' Gwo.-i 



big, Loc 



tsu'' I 



(Onom.) 



uVo'Gt'tli 



foam 



tcu"^' I 



*aH'9r)a*'nfGa' tst'ya' wo'^DtCf'' n9"'= 



thou hast come to listen Otter brown sun, 



9''Dal-e''GW0!-i' u'wO'Gt'tfi ntViat'9"' 10 



lake, big, Loc foam as high as 



I Go'u'sti tsunv'lti lUGe'^S^Ila' aSGt-'no 

 something thou failest never ghost 



Ge''se'.i' I 'o°-'iy9''stant*Ga' g^'oa- 



it is, App. again, thou hast come to lake, 



take it away 



nt'Gat'9*'.i' t'l't'o't'st'anfGa' I 'yiV | 



as high as thou hast gone to put it to stay sharply 



SGe 



I tcu^' 

 no'Gwo' 



(dy 



SGe 



IIO'GWO 



;o 



I tsu" 



'at'^'ija'nfGa 



'at'9"qa'nfGa 



tsfya 



otter blue 



tsfya 



Otter 



sa'k'o'ni (etc.). 15 



0" naGf 



black 



(etc.). 



^2 Added bv J. M.. based on information given by Ay. 



