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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 99 



k'aiiQ-s/'t'a-Nt^' na.'sGWo" nQ-DO*'-yi "VyktQ-'.i u-m'kwaN!^ 



(iloworing dogwood), and also sun, Loc it comes out (black gum) 



(Uab.) 



iia/sGWo" ng-Do-'-yi "wuktQ'M i;DO-'lano"'-N!5 I n9-'DOGwe'"ya-N!0 



also sun, Loc it comes out, (service berry), and (sourwood) and 



(Uab) 



Golkwo-'oi i;*'naste-'tl5°3i 



X 



Di* DaGf .1 



they sprout 



lyi^'stt'a-"' 



like eacli 



DfGl* GaGf .1 



they rod 



niGa*'D8 I 



all 



5 no°"Gi i-yu'^lo*isti' 



four it passed, succes- 



sive times 



this, and 



am a* -yi 



water, Loc 



they roots 



aGJ3tlani''t!9''.i 



when it (sol) is put 

 into it 



a'CtStr 



thoy to bo 

 taken 



yonder 



a'*y9"'sti 



it to be carried 



or D9 



of the 

 flro 



ama''-yi 



water, IjOc 



na.ski' 



this 



wa'k'uGt'sto'tr 



it dipped out with it 



"WaDZO°"sti 



to go there 



tsiit'a''G8 



chicken 



lyD^sti'a""' 



like, every 



atsuo'i-Nj^' 



flsh and 



GQ -Da- 

 it taken 

 out 



Ga' tb.sk-9*'.i 



it has l)oiled down, 

 T L 



i;yo''"t-yu' 



different, L 



This is to Cuke (Them) With, When They let Them Down From 

 Theik Stomach, (and) They Do Not Recover 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now, then! Thou (wlio) hast apportioned (all things) thou hast 

 given (me) pennission; now I have come to put the white medicine 

 into (the boiling vessel). 



Now, then! Thou (who) hast apportioned (all things), thou hast 

 given (me) permission; now I have come to take the white medicine 

 out of (the ])ot on the) fire; now thou hast come to increase (the virtue 

 of the medicine) for me. 



Summer grape trailing low down (on the ground, shooting) out 

 toward the Sun Land, an ampelopsis (vine) trailing low down (on the 

 ground, shooting) out toward the Sun Land, flowering dogwood 

 also (going) away toward the east; and service berry; and seven red 

 sourwood sprouts. The roots are to be taken in every case and this 

 (i. e., the first paragraph) is to put it into (the boiling vessel). 



It has to be boiled down four times in succession. When it is taken 

 from the fire it has to be carried down to the stream, (to add more 

 water to it); and this here (i. e., the second paragraph) is to dip 

 (the water) out with. Every time it has boiled down, one has to go 

 down to the stream. Chicken and fish are very bad (for the patient). 



explanation 



[This formula to cure an obstinate case of diarrhea is a very 

 interesting one in that it introduces two of the prayers that are still 

 often used by the medicine man to invoke the blessing of some 

 mighty spirit, usually une'Hlano'H hmiself, on the medicine and on the 

 operations of boiling and administering it. 



»i W. D. form; C. D.=w'naste-Dzi. 



