oIbeechts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 261 



n9*'wo*t't-N!§^ k'o'sti;"'D9 une-'og u'tloo'Do^'skr tsi'ki Go°"t'= 



to cure with, and (everlasting) white it scatters (Hab.) it which is it to be 



Oti I DtDZO't'a.e'tt-GWO"^' | ye'lf'Ga Gakt'Q''DO | SQ'^ktV 

 used it must be blown on them, L much it restricted apple(s) 



with 



kwano"' nu'no"' t'u-'ya-N^^' Ga-Di;' na.'sGWO^ k*9-'Na Ge-SO"' 

 peach(es) potato(es) bean(s), and bread also noticeable it is, T. L 



i;-VaTiso*'i ! ye'li' *i'°lo°' t'Go'f'Da i;-'nulsta*'y'ti' nt-Ge'^sQ-na' 



it is done possible somewhere as long as for them to eat never 



This is the Medicine for the Insects Living in the Water 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, Purple Blue- 

 Catfish, in the middle of the water thoa art staying. 



Ha, it is the purple insects that have put the important thing 

 under him.^ But now thou hast quickly come and hast caused them 

 to scatter, (and) not for one night (only, but forever). Relief has 

 been caused. Sharply! 



Now then! Ha, now thou hast quickly come to hear, Brown 

 Red -Horse, thou wizard, in the middle of the water thou art staying, 

 moving about. 



Ha, it is the brown insects that have put the important thing under 

 him.^ But now thou hast quickly come {etc.). 



This is the medicine for insects, when their throat swells and if 

 (pus) oozes out from the (swellings). This now is all, namely, the 

 medicine is the common everlasting (from which) white dust scatters 

 itself; they are merely to be blown \^dth it. There are considerable 

 restrictions: apples, peaches, potatoes, beans besides (all this); also 

 bread that has been cooked in plain (sight). They should not eat 

 any of these as long as (they can) possibly (abstain from them). 



EXPLANATION 



This is a formula for the cure of a disease which is described as a 

 clogging up of the throat passages so as to seriously interfere with 

 breathing and utterance, and which seems to be diphtheria or some 

 similar ailment. 



The formula was carelessly written in the original and hence the 

 two paragraphs do not correspond as closely as they should. 



The disease is ascribed to the tcsko''ya ghosts, which "form a 

 settlement" under the membrane of the throat as explained in No. 

 56. In this particular case they are stated to be water insects, and 

 the large fish which prey upon these animals are called from the 

 great water to come and disperse them. The fish named are locally 

 known as the blue catfish and the red horse. 



^ The patient. 



