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iGQ-yi' DtDzo-'t*tsto.'tr I no^'oi' a'skwuDf'sti lyy'sti'a"' 



first they to be blown with it four it iinded like, each 



vsbVi I Da'k'aiiQ-ViskQ-'.i-N'j^*^ no^'oi' tsi;so-"tDa ljq-'dq 



night while they are being cured and four they nights, been yonder 



une'-Da.sti' DtGe-^s^-na' | a"a-N!?*' Go'u'sti tsu'ciDu'tH yi'ki 



they to walk never this, and something they feathers if it is 



about 



mGa-'D8 5°'Do-'yi a'ti' Gc's^-.i' GQ'Vanf'GiStQ-'.i fDZf-'la'a-'- 



all outside it to be put it was, Hab whenever they are eating both, each 



down them 



V^-Gw5"^ Dik'ariQ-'wo-t'f-yr | a'^le" kViie'Ga' Go'f'sti ntGa-'D9 

 L to cure them with, E and skin something all 



GanyGo'"wistr I n9'Vo-t'i' tso'l-aGayg-'li-Gwo'" 



it has to come out to cure with tobacco, it old, L 



This is for the Purpose of (Curing) Children When They 



Constantly Cry 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now, then! The seven clans have assembled for a ball game; they 

 have met. They are the Mountain Dwellers. 



Thou (who) art staying in the Sun Land, O Red Man, thou hast 

 come to hsten ; thou comest from above ; again thou hast come down, 

 thou hast come to separate the (ball players). Their paths have laid 

 themselves in the direction of the Night Land. With a noise as of 

 thunder, he^^ has taken it ^^ to the Night Land to stay, it never to 

 look back. Relief will be caused constantly. 



Where the (directions) have been assembled: The people are scar- 

 ing them, they say, when the children are constantly crying, the 

 people living in the mountain (that is). Old tobacco should be 

 blown on them,"''^ all over their bodies. Their ^^ crown should be 

 blown first. The (operation) should be repeated (lit., "ended") 

 four (times), each time at night. While they ^^ are being cured 

 (that is) four nights, they should not walk about. And this (you 

 ought to be careful about) : If there are any feathers (inside the house), 

 put them all outside (just) like when they are being treated for the 

 (disease that is called) "they are eating them." And any skin that 

 (might be inside the house) all has to come (outside). The medicine 

 is just old tobacco, 



explanation 



This prescription is for a stomach or bowel complaint common 

 to very young children, and which causes them to cry constantly. 

 According to Cherokee views, this ailment is sent by the o*'Dali aneli 

 or Mountain Dwellers, a class of invisible fairies. (See p. 25.) 



3» The Red Mam. " The disease, »5 grhe patients. 



