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method than that now practiced by the Indians — hand picking- from 

 boats. It should he possible to secure the pods in this wa}^ at 10 cents 

 a bushel, a bushel of the pods producing about one-fourth its bulk of 

 seed, and the seeds about one-third their bulk of lolensh. The weight 

 of lolensh to the measured l)ushel is about 59 pounds. When parched 

 the lolensh expands to nearly three times its original bulk, a sample 

 of the best shnaps weighing about 21 pounds per bushel. The sea- 

 son of harvesting in the Klamath country is about six weeks — from 

 the middle of August to the end of September. For an illustration of 

 a wokas camp at the close of the season see Plate 13. 



KLAMATH NAMES CONNECTED WITH THE WOKAS INDUSTRY. 



1. The Wokas Plaxt, its Parts, and its Products. 



A^-\vh1, roasted pods. 

 BaP-bal-wam, leaf. 



Chin-i^-a-kum, immature seeds, constituting the fifth grade. 

 Di-a^^-chiis^, a process of extracting seeds from roasted pods. 

 Ga'-i-dan', rootstoek. 

 Gam^-l)ol-wos, flower l)ud. 

 Ka-kaF'-ga^-li, pod. 



Kakt-chi'-as, screenings from the diachas process. 

 Kai''-a-kams, said to be an old name for chiniaknm. 

 Lo-lensh'', shelled seeds, not roasted. 



Lo-\vak^, seeds from dried pods, constituting the third grade. 

 No^-kapk, the better seeds from roasted pods, constituting the fourth grade. 

 Shi^-wu-linz, dry seeds cracked and winnowed, cooked by boiling. 

 Shloks, pods strung on strings to dry. 

 ShloF-bals, seeds, dried. 

 Shlo-tish', finely ground parched seeds. 

 Shnaps, shelled seeds, parched. 



Spok^-was, fully matured seeds, constituting the first grade. 

 StiP-insh, dry cracked seeds cooked without winnowing. 



Stonf -a^-blaks, seeds from pods fermented in the drying piles, constituting the sec- 

 ond grade. 

 Swe-o-guP-tis, l)unches of pods on shoil stems. 

 TaP-was,' soup of shiwulinz boiled in a l)asket witli hot stones. 

 Tsi'-hlak, broken seed shells. 

 Wo^-kas, general name for the whole j)lant or for the food derived from it. 



2. Implements of the Wokas Industry. 



Cha^-ka-la, openwork willow pack basket. 



Cha^-was, pack basket of tule strengthened with vertical sticks. 



Ka-chik^, paddle. 



La-gak^, pole for dugout. 



Lkom, coals. 



Lmach, lower mealing stone. 



Mudo^, dry rotten wood. 



Niip, wicker spoon for gathering spokwas. 



P'a^-hla, wokas shaker or winnowing tray. 



Se^-ot a-ko^-olks, wicker spoon for gathering wokas. 



Sh'o-kobh^, swan's breast spoon. 



