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OlbrechtsJ 



THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 



253 



concocted and administered by members of the patient's household. 

 Tlie formula is recited by the medicine man, while rubbing the 

 abdomen of the sick person. The rubbing is repeated four times 

 before noon and for four days if required. 



a a 



this 



n9*'wo't'^i 



to cure with 



55 



Dab''ni-G€''° ts-a''ndt*k*o'!a 



yellow-ish it which, they urinate 



tsa''ndfk'5'o'.i | 



it which they urinate (Hab) 



t'e-l9-ldi' 



it hangs down 



o''l-akt'a' 



eye-ball 



e-'ldi 



low 



if has been cut oil 



i;"^na'ste''Dzi 

 they (are) roots 



k'ane-'lska 



(Calycanthus) 



W-a' .tS-0'" 



thither, it goes 



T L 



aGi* D9 



it has been 

 taken 



kwa^lu-'si 



blisters 



e*'GWo" 



it big 



a'Gu'alQ-'DO I Gf'G9 

 it has been cut ofl blood 



D8 ^ Ge*S?.i' 



boiled it has been, Hab 



a'^k'ah-'.i yr'ki 



it is full if it is 



e*'ldi aGv^a[Q'''DQ 



low it has been cut off 



tsu''ya''.i I tGQ*'yi 



it has them in it first 



'ya-no'Gwo"' 



successively, now 



D''tlan5''i I sul= 



it has been in it squirrel, 



I tSu"VaDi;*'n8 



they have sinews, 

 arteries 



I V na Sv .Ga 

 toes in the nqizid(?) 



Ga'yo*'tli 



a little 



e-'ldi 



low 



i;nAdt*'t*asti^ 



they must drink it 



Ga-kt'9''D9 



it restricted 



u-^irti9-'= 



it has been 



Go'lkwo-'oi 



seven 



This is to Cure (Them) With, if What They Urinate is Yel- 

 lowish 



FREE TRANSLATION 



(A piece of) summer grape, cut off low down; a calycanthus tuber; 

 dewberry roots, where it goes away (i. e., a runner); strawberry bush; 

 (a piece of) northern f oxgrape, cut off low down ; (a piece of) ampelop- 

 sis, cut off low down; loosestrife. It (all) should first be boiled a 

 little, (then) they must drink it. There are restrictions, if the seven 

 be complete. 



explanation 



The symptoms of this disease are at first frequent and excessive 

 urination, gradually decreasing in quantity, until it goes to the 

 other extreme. According to the medicine man's statement, if the 

 flow should stop, the patient dies. The remedy is to drink a decoction 

 of the barks of the following plants : 



t'c'lg-'ldi, Vitis aestivalis Michx., summer grape, pigeon grape; 

 k'ane*'lska, Calycanthus Jertilis Walt., calycanthus, bub by root; 

 sulo'Makt'a', Rubus nigrobaccus Bailey (also Rubus villosus Ait.), 

 dewberry; tsi;*VaDu''n9 e''Gwo^, Evonymus americanus L., strawberry 

 bush; kwa°L"'si, Vitis labrusca L., northern fox grape; if'na'sy.'Ga, 



2W. D. form; C. D.=i;-U'ts9-D8. 



