MOONEY 1 



OlbrechtsJ 



THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 



251 



The medicine used is a warm infusion of the bark of kwa°lo-'G9, 

 Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw. (also Rhus glabra L., smooth sumac) ; Dalo*'m, 

 Rhus copallina L., dwarf sumac, which the medicine man pours over 

 the affected part, after reciting the formula, the whole ceremony- 

 being similar to that described in No. 48. V^enever the w^ater 

 ceases to run from the blisters the cure is considered as effected, one 

 application being sometimes sufficient for this purpose. There is a 

 taboo of salt, beans, potatoes, eggs, pmnpkins, and cymlings for 

 reasons already explained. (See No. 30, p. 210.) 



The sickness is ascribed to Ge^'^yaGu-'ca, the Sun (see p. 20), which 

 sends the disease spirit. Heat, into the body of the patient. It is 

 said to counterfeit aye-'liGo-'ci, a disease brought about by evil 

 conjurers, because the blisters resemble the swellings caused in 

 aye-'ltGo-'ci diseases by the cinders or sticks put under the skin of the 

 victim by the conjurer's arts. The name of the relief spirit was 

 inadvertently omitted in the manuscript, but he is brought from the 

 North, or the Cold Land, and is probably the Blue Man as in Formula 

 No. 48, page 241. He cools the Heat, and compels it to rise "lil?:e 

 the fog when it arises." 



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'I'a' a'ntn€*'Dzi a'Da*nQ"'wo'tT 



this their breast to cure anyone 



with 



tuksi' niGQ*Van9'^N!aDe'^G0°'.i' 



terrapin it does it to them as 



they go about 



sor' 



Now 

 then 



*a'-no'Gwo° 



ha, now 



o*'Dali' 



mountain (s) 



n^'no 



trail (s) 



DtG9*Vana*'"wuD€*Ga' 



they are lying 

 (stretched) about 



aye'li' D€G9-Vat9*'tc'tle'°.i 



in the middle they have come to hang on, App 



no''Gwo" 'a"'Gw5' *i'Gayo"'li tsune-'Ga 



Now however thou old thou White 



r)wo" tsuDf'^usti' I tuksi' Ge-se[.i' ^^] 



L (=E) thou surroundest him terrapin it is, App 



t'anilfi' I asGf'na-Gwo"' oesfi' | 



put it under, App ghost, L it is, App 



De''t'ask8lo-'!o°'tVnfGa' | u-1sG€-'do° 



thou hast come to make him it important 



relinquish his grasps 



tlaVo't*a'°laGi' ^^ G9VaDani;*'y*ttDe-'Ge"Sti' 

 marsh ever (muddy) they will place him under as he 



tsu'stiGo!-i' 



where they 

 are little, Loc 



tu'Jksi Du-'Da-N^t'e'^^loH' 

 terrapin he (E.) has thought it 



u'so^'i-Df'tb ^^ 



right, direction 

 toward 



Ge-Sf.i 

 it is, App 



t*ASGf'n8-GW0' 

 ghost (E), L 



t't'ye-1-9-' 



thy body— T L 



i;*lsGe"'D9 



it important 



'i'Gay9-'°li 

 thou Old 



i;*s5''i*-yi' 



night, Loc 



Ge*Se'".l 



it is, App 



DaSt'9"'- 



edge, limit 



he has 



tSUn€*'G9 



thou White 



fyp-'HD9 



yonder 



Do'^so^'lo'tso'i 



he has been made 

 weak 



i; so lDQ 



night-been 



nv D8 n9 no 



it has not been 

 said 



moves about 



vtsi"-nawa' ntG9-'DO*no'"'o°'sGe*sti' 



beyong it, stretched it will be said again and 



continuously 



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9' W. D. form; C. D.^u'so'tDi-Dza. 



^^ Emendation by editor. 



»» W. D. form; C. D.^sawo't-. 



