274 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [nuix. 09 



SGe" I 'tG6'"ya ts'AsU-'cH 'a'-no-cwo"' Do-'t'a^le'^ija 



Now thou woinsm thou littlo ha, Now arise, facing us 



thou 



(etc., but change a'cavylt-'iiasi' to tsuDy'Du-iiasi')- 



Mio old OIK', K (?) thy (iiiiitcriml) 



Kniudfiitlicr, K (?) 



This is to Make (tiiio) Tjittle Ones Jump Down from Them, 

 FOR Their (Mothers) 



KKKK TRANSLATION 



Now then! Thou little man, ha, now! got up right away. Yonder 

 the old grannie is coining. She is approaching, behaving frightfully 

 as she comes. Now then! Let us both run off forthwith. Take 

 thy mattress over yonder. Sharp now! 



Now then! Thou little woman, ha! now, get up right away. 

 Yonder thy (old) nuiternal grandfather is coming (etc.). 



EXPLANATION 



This formula for childbirth has been edited and commented by 

 Mr. Mooney in his SFC, pages 363-304. 



Tlie decoction is made of the root of nado-'ni Dnaste-'nzi (also called 

 Dab-'ni a'inayic'ite''i), Xanthorrhlza apiiJoUa L'ller., shrub yellow 

 root. (See p. 123.) 



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ICa-^l^' i;-'iuskwo-idtsG(r' i;"yo"'ska(r'DO lyu'sti yi'ki 



this, ami whciiovor they (let) down it iiuuio to slimo Uko it if it is 



from stomach 



n^-'wo-t'i' k'a'ndji-stiVca laif'tH tsi'ki ca'tlaD^*' tVi 



to cure with (Agriiuouy) tuber it which is hillsitle, T L it is 



living 



Gi;"'lstan;)'!iGwo"' icndt^' fasti' 



it has boon stooped, L they must drink it 



And This (is for) When They Discharge Slimy (Matter) from 



Their Bowels 



FUEK TRANSLATION 



The medicine is the agrimony (which) has a tuber (and which is) 

 growing along the hillside; it should merely be steeped and they 

 should drink it. 



explanation 



The medicine used is a cold infusion of k^aVudjistiVca laii-'tli 

 Ga tlaDt^-' e\\, AgHmonia parmfora Ait., agrimony. 



[It is drunk by the patient at regular intervals; there is no cere- 

 monial administration nor any taboo.] 



