MOONEY I 



OlbrechtsJ 



THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 



305 



dipped out with his hand]. Should the medicine man [after all his 

 efforts] not succeed in sending the evil fortune to some other victim 

 it is believed that his client must suffer. 



Each trial vnth. the beads necessitates the laying down of additional 

 cloth, all of which is taken by the medicine man at the conclusion of 

 the ceremony [as his fee]. To m.ake assurance doubly sure [to check 

 up, as if it were, on the results of the first da}^], the ceremony is some- 

 times performed for four consecutive mornings; in each case the 

 client fasts until noon, although it is not necessary to keep awake 

 throughout the preceding night as in some other ceremonies of a 

 similar nature. 



Should all other means fail there still remains one resource: the 

 dreamer kills [a hog, or some poultry] belonging to himself, and has it 

 cooked to be eaten by his family and friends. He himself, however, 

 must not partake of it. In former times, [if it proved not possible] 

 to send the calamity away from his own settlement, [the one who 

 dreamed] went hunting and killed a deer or a bear, with which he 

 made a feast in the same way for his friends and neighbors of the 

 settlement. 



[These latter means of averting the evU consequences of bad 

 dreams are no longer known.] 



93 



:t'a 



this 



SGe" I 



Now, 

 then 



tso'tlt'o't'sti 



thou art staying 



so'na' 



ama" -yi 



water, Loc. 



a'Dz5°.st'.s5.ti' 



to take one there 

 repeatedly 



a'Gi'Wa'sa-GWO"' 



oneself— L. 



lilste-'ltS'.ti' 



to help one with 



'a"'no'Gwo"' 



ha, now 



'a't'9r)a*'ntGa' 



thou hast come to 

 listen 



human 

 being 



Ga ng f 



long 



D8 



yQ-wi 



human 

 being 



aDa*'N*t5' 



the soul 



't'steit'sld^ I 

 thou helpest 

 (Hab.) 



ts'A'ska^lo'^'isti' 



thou relinquishest thy 



tS*ASO°'GOth.'si' 



thou wilt take a 



firmer grasp 



I' Ga-Ga"D9' 



light, it hangs on, 

 T. L. 



L Q nea 



thou hast 

 made 



n9D9' GWaDv yo noa 



I originated in the distance 



no'^-Dtsti' 



hand 



Gi'tii 



f no" ntGe' SQ-I19 



far away never 



^'ye'l^'' Ge'SO'' aDu'Mo'^st'anfGa' 



thy body it is, T. L. it has come to wash itself 



vne''G5° GOr)Wu'tistJaw'lstt'D€"Ge'Sti' I 



white it wni cling to my head as I go about 



G9 Go'°kws5°GU°ldi'tst'tsti' Ge'se'sti' | 



it to come into my extended (hand) it will 



Stan€"k'se"Sti' | Gotkwo*'Gi f'yaGal^ldi' 



left over for me seven above-in-succession 



continuously 



a'Da"N!to' I *ya* 



the soul Sharply 



ts'A'ska^lo'^^tsti' ntGe"'= 



thou relinquishest thy never 



grasp 



niGe-'s9"na' | Go'v'sti 



never something 



I ama' Ga°lo*'l€*G-9'' 5 



water it slides, T. L. 



n9D9*'GWaDo''ya= 



I will stretch out my 



I y'wo*" 



foam 



aD0'^lan9"' i;ne''° 



walking stick white 



•"ya' aGWat't'ya= 



Fire it will be 



Wt-Da^le^Sa'nfGa' 10 



over there he has come 

 to rise up 



