292 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 99 



yi-'Dzo wt'DO-G€''ts5tlto-'t*anfGa' | wo-'doI-q-' tsu'cko!-!' GalQ'ldf= 



Loc, they have come to make thee the mountain, post oak, Loc above, 



Direction stand there Loc, yonder 



Dze "WQr)e*'tst'o^\st'a'm'Ga' 



direction they have come to make thee 



stay there 



(&, c, and d exactly the same, with each a final 'ya*'.) 



«i' 



De'^GO'St'stSG-g/i | a'a' Dt'DQ'le'sGi Dt'oa'iiQ'Vo't'i 



they have been gathered this he breaks them, to cure people with 



Hab 



Sli'li GO°"t'otr DiGQ'N^Stant'Da.str | i;D0*'t9GWUD8' Dtk*a- 



(per- to use with it they must be struck all day to cure 



Simmon) 



5n9"'wo"tT Gesg-'i | u'Gtsto.ti' a*'ye-'lsti a'Dt.sti' 



them with it it has been, for him to take knife to be put 



Hab it (sol) away down 



with 



This is the Medicine (When) it Breaks Them 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now, then! Ha, now, it is under the floor, under the bedstead 

 that it has formed itself. It is only a measure worm that has put 

 the important thing under him, it seems. 



Quickly the white switches have come to act in unison (lit., they 

 have come and recognized each other). The little wizards have come 

 and have forced thee ^ to get up with them. They have come to 

 take the (sA\'itches) into the£r hands. Thej^ have come to frighten 

 thee ^* with the white knife. They have come and forced thee to 

 arise forthwith; they have come to make thee stand up in the Sun 

 Land; in the post oak, on the mountain above, they have come to 

 put thee stajdng. 



Where the (instructions) are gathered: This is the medicine when 

 it breaks them; a persimmon (stamper) must be used to massage 

 them with; they should be treated all day udth it; as fee, a knife 

 should be paid. 



explanation 



This fonnula for rheumatism consists of four paragraphs, differing 

 only in minor points and evidently intended to be the same. [For 

 the measure worm as cause of rheumatism, see p. 293.] 



[Medicine men are now unable to explam the expression, according 

 to which the disease "has formed itself under the floor, under the 

 bedstead." Cherokee cabins are usually built on some stout comer 

 stones, a foot or more high, as a support. This caused the floor to 

 be somewhat elevated as a platform, and under it all sort of refuse and 

 rubbish is generally thrown. It is not impossible that the expression 

 under discussion is a vague hint at this hearth of infection as the abode 



" Addressing the disease. 



