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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 99 



(a) SGe'' 



Now, then! 



Ga 



little 



stt'GaGe"'" 



you two red 



-no'Gwo^' 



ha, now 

 (Place name) 



sta't'9r)a''nfGa' 



you two have come 

 to listen 



stt'skuya' 



you two men 



DfGi GaGe- ° 



they red 



tlt'anfGa' 



have made him 

 get on his (legs) 



5 tsta^Da.uGa' 



have thrown him 

 over there 



Da-'°lt'k'9Wf'to'fGa' 



they have become bundled 



I t't'staDtV.alo'f'Ga 



you two have pushed him 

 away 



ntDO"'DaDi;-'k'anO"ti' 



he to look back 

 again 



ljq-'dq wtDe'stoy'a'naGr | 



yonder you two lead him by 



the hands toward 



Gp'Dzat'otaof-^ya' 



you two handle roughly, E 



I tcni()-'li Ge-S-C)-' 

 yard it is, T L 



Dt'ststf- 

 you two 



GaN'sta^ 

 switphes 



you two 

 you two 



nf 



Ge"S9*na 



never 



'iGc-'tSutlstO.t'l-GWO"' 



who cares what happens 



to thee, L 



(b) OJiange tctn9*'li gcsq-' 



(c) Change to so.i' 



other 



(d) Change to a'^m-e'Gwo-li 



water, big, L 



to ni^IlQ-^Datl-O''' ^^ 



as far as hill, T L 

 16 



w6l]€*'tSaDa.uGa' 



they have thrown thee 

 over there 



uDZf DZO.e' 

 yon side 



TlunQ' DaS-9" [.1^ 

 as far as hUI, T L 



sk'o-'n5° 



beyond 



tyo' D9 



yonder 



tyy-'Da 



yonder 



This is the Medicine When They Have it Along Both Sides 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now, then! Now thou hast come to Hsten, Black Human Being 

 thou art staying in the Night Land. The miportant thing has 

 quickly arisen from there, facing us. From yonder where he stood 

 the important thing has spoken (i. e., incantated the patient). 



(a) Now, then! Ha, now you two have come to listen, you Two 

 Little lied Men; you two lead him by the hands to faraway sQ"Du"li. 

 You two (thrash) him roughly uith the bundled red smtches; you 

 have made him get up; you have thrown him out into the yard, he 

 never to look back again; over there you have thrown him; who cares 

 what happens to hun! 



(b) Change "out into the yard" to "beyond yonder hill." 



(c) Change "out into the yard" to "beyond yonder further hill." 



(d) Change "out into the yard" to "beyond yonder great water." 



explanation 



This is to treat what is described as a very painful ailment, akin to 

 rlieumatism, in which the pains dart from the base of the spine 

 around the hips to the front, and up the breast in parallel lines. The 

 pain is also sometimes accompanied by a swelling of the parts most 

 affected. 



The treatment consists of a simple rubbing with the warm hands. 

 The medicine man recites the fomiula during the rubbing, and blows 



1^ W. D. form; C. D. nung-Dasg (cf. § c). 



" Emendation by editor. 



