. Bulletin. Ethnology. 174 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 161 After singing this song she blows into a decoction of ginseng ^^ through a reed, as described in connection with the preceding song, and gives the medicine to the sick person to drink. This was said to "cool the sick person ; This song and treatment represents the effort of the Indians to prolong life, although there is no reason to think the effort will be successful. An instance of this was observed among the Chippewa in 1907 (cf. Densmore, 1910, pp. 51-55). Susie Tiger sings the next song for a person who is
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 174 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 161 After singing this song she blows into a decoction of ginseng ^^ through a reed, as described in connection with the preceding song, and gives the medicine to the sick person to drink. This was said to "cool the sick person ; This song and treatment represents the effort of the Indians to prolong life, although there is no reason to think the effort will be successful. An instance of this was observed among the Chippewa in 1907 (cf. Densmore, 1910, pp. 51-55). Susie Tiger sings the next song for a person who is dying. The medicine is a decoction of ginseng, and the procedure is different from that in the preceding songs. She sings the song, blows into the medi- cine, and repeats the song until each action has been performed four times. Then the sick person drinks the medicine. No. 207. Song for the Dying Recorded by SusiE Tiger (Catalog No. 2275) y=92 \^hh- jlJ_JT]riJJ;;.,v> |s/o.^>- rcords J = u U J = 108 i^¥Mi:/JJ-jiii>r; Translation. Come back. Before you get to the king tree, come back, Before you get to the peach tree, come back. Before you come to the hne of fence, come back, Before you get to the bushes, come back, Before you get to the fork of the road, come back, Before you get to the yard, come back. Before you get to the door, come back. Before you get to the fire, come back. Before you get to the middle of the ladder, come back. The song is addressed to the spirit that is about to depart. In explanation of the first line of the words it was said that the king tree has large white blossoms and is the first tree to blossom in the spring. The other lines undoubtedly refer to various stages in " "Ginseng, the root of a species of Panax {P. ginseng), native of Manchuria and Korea, belonging to the family Araliaceae, which is used in China as a medicine . . The root is frequently forked, and it is probably due to this circumstance th
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