378 THE YOKUTS. 
all withered, but with a lower jaw as of iron, and features denoting extrao1 
dinary strength of will—a reckless old gambler, and evidently a teacher 
of the others—after each throw would grab into the basket, and jerk her 
hand across it, as if by the motion of the air to turn the dice over before 
they settled, and ejaculate wiatak! It was amusing to see the savage energy 
with which this fierce old hag carried on the game. The others were modest 
and spoke in low tones, but she seemed to be unaware of the existence of 
anybody around her. 
Following are the Yokuts numerals, taken at three places: 
KINGSTON. KAWEAH RIVER. FORT TEJON. 
One. yet. yet. yet. 
Two. po-no’-eh. puing’-o-eh. poan’-oikh. 
Three. so’-pin, s0-0'-pin. s0-0'-pin. 
Four. ha’-to-po-noh., ha-to-pang-ih’. ha-to-poan’-oikh., 
Five. yit’-sen-it. yi-tsing’-ut. | yi-tsin’-et. 
Six. cha’-lip-eh. chu’-di-peh. _ tso’-li-pih. 
Seven. nom’-chil. noam’-chin. noam’-chikhl. 
Kight. mo-noas’. mu -ntish. mu’-nus. 
Nine. se’-po-noat. no’-nip. so’-pon-hut. 
Ten. tsi’-oh. ti’-i-hoh. ti’-i-hoh. 
On the Tule River Reservation they have coined names for the days 
of the week. They are these: Wu-lo’-a, Po’-ni-o, So’-pi-o, Hots’-po, 
Ya’-ti-so, Chol’-po, Hu-lo’-sa. 
Their theory of disease is, that it all resides in the blood. To prove 
this, they cite the fact that the blood always collects underneath a bruise 
and makes it dark ; and also the fact that drawn blood coagulates. Hence 
their favorite remedy was scarification with small flints. And when they 
became acquainted with the process of cupping, they wearied the reserva- 
tion surgeon with applications to have it performed on them for every little 
ailment. For diseases of the bowels they boil up a mess of a large and 
very stinking ant, and give it internally. 
Their range of food is extensive. Around the lake they cut and dry 
the seed-stalks of a kind of flag (Typha) which has a head something like a 
