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^a'-nO'GWO"' De^'t'o'tHVllfGa' I niG5-\vayc*'l9n9'"o°'sGe"'sti' 



ha, now (hou luvst put him on his (logs) a likeness of it has been left 



tsa'los(r'.i I i;tsi"-nawu-Gwo"' aoo'^nroa' | 'yS,' 



thou has passed, T. L. beyond it, stiotchod, L. it has been said Sharply 



sGe" I noGwo"' 'a't'(ri3a''m'Ga' tlanu"'si ^^ sa'k'o*'m *iDa''"- 



now, then now thou hast como to Leech blue thou 



lislun 



We!i' I u'lsGe-'DO a'sGf'n-i;-D!)*'no'!i 'iGe-'sf.i' | u-'Dtle^'ci 



wizard it important ghost, it has been said it which is, App. llcat 



5*tDi;-'kso'5""tf .i' I u'sonu-'li t'a-'seso'fGa' | niG^'Vaye-'lano-"- 



ho haslet it down, App. quiclvly tliou has come to a likeness of it 



pull it out 



5°'sGe''sti-G\v5"' I ytst"-iiawa' aiw^ufGa' | *ya' 



will remain, L. beyond It stretched it has boon said Sharply 



This is the Medicine Whenever Tpieir Breast Aches 



FKEE TUANSLATION 



Now, then! Mink, ha, red (one). 

 Mink, ha, red (one). 

 Take the hnporlant thing and eat it. 



Mink, ha, red (one), tiiou wizard, quickly relief has been caused 

 Sharply! 



Now, then! Ha, now tliou liast come to listen, Red Otter, thou 

 wdzard. It is what has become a o;host that has put the important 

 thing under him.-° lie has put the important thing under him,^° that 

 it might never be found again. 



Now, then! Ha, now thou liast come to listen, thou terrible Otter, 

 thou penetrator. Thou hast come to make the imjiortant thing get 

 up (from imdor tlie patient). Relief has been caused (and) not for 

 one night (only, but forever.) Relief has been caused. Sharply! 



Now, then! (Ila, now thou hast come to listen), Weasel, thou 

 wizard, quickly thou hast thy paths stretched out in our direction. 

 The important thing is merely what has become a ghost. Ha, now 

 thou hast come to make it get up. A mere likeness of it will only 

 remain where thou hast passed. Relief has been caused at the same 

 time. Sliarply! 



Now% tlien! Now thou hast come to listen, Blue Leech, thou 

 wizard. The important thing is merely what lias become a ghost; it 

 let Heat down, it seems. Quickly thou hast come and pulled it out. 

 A mere likeness of it will remain. Relief has been caused. Sharply! 



explanation 



This peculiar formula, the initial paragraph of which is sung, is for 

 treating pains in the breast, which are due, according to the fonnula 

 itself, to Heat having been let down by a ghost. 



The Mink, the "yellow rat" or Weasel, and tlie Leech are invoked, 

 on acco\int of their sucking powers, to pull out the disease. The 



»» W. E. form; C. D., tsany'si. 20 The patient. 



