'^,"n,nn'L.] THE SWIMMER MANUSClUrT 249 



Oluiucciits 



Now tlion! ITa, iio\v tJioii hast quickly come to listen, TMiio 

 Flint, thou art staying at thy abode, the big swampy laurel thicket 

 (etc. . . .). 



Now then! Ila, now tlioii hast quickly come to listen, Blue 

 Goose, thou art staying above (etc. . , .). 



Now then ! Ha, now thou hast quickly come to listen, thou White 

 Swan, thou art staying above (etc. . . .)• 



Now then! 11 a, now thou hast quickly cojne to listen, Blue 

 Bittern, thou art staying above (etc. . . .). 



Now then! Ila, now thou hast quickly come to listen. Blue 

 Sandpiper, thou art staying above (etc. . . .). 



EXPLANATION 



This is another formula for removing worms and closely resembles 

 No. 32 (p. 213), both in principle and treatment. 



It consists of six paragraphs, the first two being addressed to the 

 Flint and the other to foin- varieties of birds. The wording of the 

 six paragraphs in the origimil is almost identical, the only differences, 

 except as regards the spirits invoked, being such as niiglit easily arise 

 in transcribing. The complete formula occupies a considerable time 

 in the recital. The goose, Da'ao'tloa' addressed in the third paragraph 

 is the American white-fronted goose (Anser albifronn gambeli). The 

 medicine man coidd give no reason for invoking the Hint, but tins was 

 explained by another practitioner, who stated that in a worm formula 

 used by lumself he put a flint jirrowhcad into the decoction and prayed 

 to it under the name of Flint to cut the worms to pieces with its sharp 

 edge. In Irish folklore a preiiistoric flint arrowhead is used in the 

 same way. 



The medicine used is a decoction of the roots of (U"'GaG^-' 

 a'Dzflo"'ski, Spigelia marilandica L., Indian pink; k'kwe" y'lasn-'ia, 

 Cypriped'mm parviflorum Salisb., Small yellow ladyslipper; and of 

 the bark of i/skwiita^ ustf'Ga. 



The decoction is sweetened with honey or with the ])0(ls of Ihe 

 honey locust, k'u'lse''Dzi, Gleditsia triacanthos L. (See p. 50.) 



The medicine is given for four consecutive days, in the morning nnd 

 at night, the general ceremony being the same as described in No, 32. 

 The final pass is around and then downward. The effects of the 

 medicine usually make themselves felt on the second day. The 

 taboo consists of water, eggs, and greasy food. The patient drinks 

 nothing but the decoction while under treatment. 



