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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 196 



NO. 39.— RECORD OF DROWNING OF TSA.LI GA:HWI:LI 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now! It became necessary for me to write a little. The Paint- 

 town interpreter died here. He fell into the water, the late Ga:hm:li, 

 the night of January 18, 1861. 



I just wrote this on February 1st. Here at the new church he 

 preached only once. The second time he did not come. The third 

 time, 3 days or less before he was to come to the church, he fell asleep 

 iu the water. It has hidden him far off, perhaps 30 miles away. 



COMMENTARY 



The new church must have been on the same site as the old, on 

 Soco Creek. One gathers that Tsa:li Qa:hwi:li — "No. 44 Charley 

 Cow-whee-la aged 24-1/2" on the Terrell Roll (1860, MS., p. 2)— 

 preached in the new building but once, failed for some reason to keep 

 his second appointment (2 months later ?), and was drowned a few 

 days prior to the third. 



»' The manuscript has a superfluous final ni. 

 *' A stream, creek, or river, is usually implied. 



8» This word, and also tsige:tv, is used in reference to one deceased; 'the late.' 

 ^ Variant otv:tsa,v:dhla. 



•1 This word In the printed literature Is iyu:dhUl6:da. The spelling hero Is probably garbled, but one 

 cannot be certain as to how it was pronounced in Ino.li's era and locale. 

 '2 The significance of this numeral Is not evident. 



