oSicHTs] THE SWIMMER MANUSCRTPT 301 



but the spreading adder, commonly called t'ak'ksta, "the vomiter," 

 is spoken of here as kwa'ndayo'^a, which literally means "he has 

 just shot the plums (or peaches)." The meaning is plain but the 

 Cherokee are unable to give any reason for the name, which may have 

 a mythic origin. The medicine man had obtained the formula in an 

 accidental manner from another man, which accounts for its incom- 

 pleteness. 



The medicine prescribed was tobacco juice rubbed on the boil by 

 the medicine man while reciting the formula, when the swelling first 

 made its appearance. The swelling was said to go down before dark. 



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 !i'a' Di;n9''lest9*'[.il T'andt'sk^'.i' 



this it causes them to it which they call (Hab) 



be broken 



sGe" I no-'Gwo' 'a't'gija-'nfGa' *t'skuya' (sa*'k*o'ni ") 



Now, then! now thou hast come thou man blue 



to listen 



*tDa''"W€!t'-Di-n5°' I DiGe*\lo'se!i' | k*o-'la yW€*\stosoJ'i-Gwo'^ 



thou wizard, L thou penetratest them, bone it has been made L (=E) 



App painful 



Ge-'se-^.i' I u'Dde*'Gt-GWo"' v'Dat'anoJ'i Ge'se'^.i' | no'^GWii- 



it is, App heat, L it has been said it is, App now 



-Df'na De*'t'ask8lo-"o°'ta'nfGa' k'o-'la Ge'SQ*' | DeGQ-'le*isa'- ^ 



E thou hast come to make him bone it is, T L he will get on his 



relinquish his grasps 



nt.'se'sti' I utst'-naW8-Gwo'^ nu*'D8t^anQ-'D8 I no^'^'t^gne'^lt-Ga' | 



(legs) as he goes beyond it, stretched, L (=E) it has been said at thou hast come to do 



on the same time it for him 



SGe" I no-'GWo' a°le*' 'o°^'stat'Q''r)a-nt-Ga' sti'skiiya' sti^GaGe*"' 



Now, then, now also you 2 have again come you 2 men you two red 



to listen 



u^sony'li De'sttDo*^SfGa' | u'lsGe^'na t't^sta'se^so'fGa' ko*'la 



quickly you two have come and it important you two have come and bone 



halted pulled it out 



G€*SQ"' I tsu'le't'sat^'' a^Do'm^se'sti' uwo'\so'no!'i aDa*N!to' I 



it is, T L he has been lifted up it will be said it has been made the soul 



all along pleasing 



i;tSi"-naW9-GW0"' aDO^'nfGa' ^^ 



beyond it, stretched, it has been said 



L (=E), 



This Is (For) What They Call "It Causes Them To Be Broken" 



FBEE EXPLANATION 



Now, then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, thou Blue Man, thou 

 powerful wizard, thou penetrator. The fact is that the bone has 

 been made painful. It is merely Heat that has caused it, it seems. 

 But now thou hast come to force him ^^ to give up his hold from the 

 bone. He^^ will get on his feet (and will not stop walking). Relief 

 has been caused forthwith; thou hast come to do it for him.^^ 



" Interpolated by J. M. ^^ xhe disease. " The patient. 



