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BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 99 



EXPLANATION 



This song, for the cure of frostbite, has a very pleasing tune, and is 

 addressed to the mountain lion, which is supposed to have power over 

 this ailment, because, according to the medicine men, its feet are 

 never frostbitten. The red indicates its power. 



The treatment consists of the application of snow water to the 

 frostbitten parts. The snow is first melted over the fire, and the 

 water thus obtained is again warmed in a vessel into which the patient 

 puts his feet. The medicine man now sings the song, after which he 

 takes some snow or a small piece of ice in his mouth and sucks the 

 affected part. 



The ceremony is repeated four times before noon. Snow is pre- 

 ferred to ice for sucldng. 



it a 



this 



60 

 tsv'nastaGori 



whenever their (feet) 

 are frostbitten 



a^Da'n6''wo'tT 



to cure anyone with 



(a) SGe" I '. 



Now 

 then 



k'ane*'sk8-wo"'Di 



grass, brown 



-no'Gwo'^' Vt*Qr)a*'nfGa' tcf'stu 



ha, now thou hast come to listen Rabbit 



GeSQ'' tsirDanu'3''ttDe*G9"^ 



it is, T L thou stayest under them, 



moving about 



Ga"'lnasunu*'y't^anfGa' | vtst'^-nawa-Gwo"'' 



I have come to put my toe under beyond it, stretched, L 



(6) SGe" I V,'-no*Gwo°' *a't'9r)a"^nfGa' tcf'stu 



GeSQ' 



it is, T L 



(etc.). 

 (c) 



(etc.) 



Now 

 then! 



SGe" 



Now 

 then 



-no'Gwo' 



ha, now 



'a'-no'GWD^' 



ha, now 



thou hast come to listen 



'a't'Qqa'^nfGa' 



thou hast come to listen 



Rabbit 



tcf'stu 



Rabbit 



dfst dfst 



(Onom.) 



dfst dfst 



Sharply! 



WO* Dt-Ge' ° I 



brownish 



uGa'^nawo'^toS 



where it is warmed 



aDO'^UfGa' 



it has been said 



sa'k'o-ni' I 



blue 



naGe" 



black 



This is the Medicine When Their Feet are Frost Bitten 



FKEE TRANSLATION 



Now then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, Brown Rabbit, 

 thou art staying under the (sheltering) broom sedge, (and art there) 

 mo^dng about. I have come to put my feet under it where it is warm. 

 Relief indeed has been caused. 



Now then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen. Blue Rabbit (etc.). 



Now then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen. Black Rabbit (etc.). 

 (vrith at the end:) dist! dist! dist! dist! Sharply! 



EXPLANATION 



This formula is intended to prevent frostbite as well as to cure it. 

 It is addressed to the Rabbit, for the same reason as explained in 



