oIbrecIts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 273 



EXPLANATION 



[This is another of the Ut. formulas, so that the explanation must 

 be gathered from the text itself.] 



It is for the cure of wounds made by a bullet or arrow, both being 

 called by the same word, and the application consists of the inner 

 bark of "wdnf ', Hicoria alba (L.) Britt., hickory, chewed and blown 

 through a buzzard quill, or the hollow stalk of a species of Gerardia. 

 The directions specify that both the medicine man and the patient 

 must abstain from tobacco for four days ["because the juice of 

 chewing tobacco irritates wounds"]. 



The song of four verses at the beginning is an invocation of the 

 spirits of the rocks, the earth, the forest, and the water, and is sung 

 by the medicine man prior to blowing the hickory juice on the 

 wound. The part addressing the brown dog is recited after the 

 medicine man has blown the chewed bark into the wound. The 

 expressions are somewhat obscure, but the purpose seems to be 

 for the dog to lick up the blood as it flows from the wound. The 

 buzzard, as stated elsewhere, is held to have a mysterious power 

 over disease. 



The treatment here prescribed is that usually followed in cases 

 of bullet wounds, especially where the bullet remains in the wound. 

 The application has no very pronounced effect, but acts rather as 

 an emollient and sedative. 



The word Ga°ni' originally meant arrow, but by a natural evolution 

 has now come to signify bullet and lead, just as the original word 

 for bow, k'alo'Gwe', now means also gun and rifle. 



The whole formula is carefully written out, as is usually the case 

 with the Ut. manuscripts. 



70 



*i'a' tsynstf'ca DtDo'tlt'aDr^noDaN!tt^-yi' 



this they are little to make them jump down for 



them, E 



sGe" I 'tskiiya' ts'Astf'aa V-no-'owo'' Do-'tVle'g-ria' ki'lu- 



Now thou man thou Uttle ha, now arise, facing us then, 



theni 



Gwo'" I fy6*'De a'GayQh-'nasi" Da'ya'.i' | e"ska*'Na*-yu' i;naye'*tsti' 



L yonder the old one, E (?) she is coming close by, E they fearful 



this way (things) 



no-Dayu'noVnti' | sGe" | Dtno'lt'oGt' tle-'kf-yu'^^ | 



she does as she conies Now let thou and I run rightaway, E 



this way then 



tsii'DZesto-'Gi w't'na'Gi' | 'ya'' 



for thee to lie on take it over Sharply 



there 



22 W. D. -ts-; C. D. -S-. 



