SHAS’-TA FAMILY. 
as 
1.—Shas-ti’-ka. 
Obtained by Mr. Stephen Powers, at Yreka, Cal., in 1872, from a number 
of men and women. The Smithsonian alphabet was used. : 
2.—Shas-te. 
Obtained by Lieut. Edw. Ross, ‘‘at the ferry on the Upper Klamath River, 
California.” The orthography conforms to the original. 
3.—S hasta. 
Obtained by Lieut. (now Gen.) George Crook, at Fort Lane, Oregon, May 
7, 1856, and is No. 277 of Smithsonian Collections. It was translit- 
erated by Mr. George Gibbs, in No. 300, into the Smithsonian alphabet. 
The latter number is used here. 
4.— Shasta. 
Obtained by Lieut. (now Gen.) W. B. Hazen on Rogue River, Oregon. It 
is Nos. 280 and 301 Smithsonian Institution Collections. The spelling 
has not been changed. 
5.—Shastie. 
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Ethnological Society, Vol. 
Il, p. 98, and the following alphabet is there used:— 
aas ain mat, mart, father, all. Guttural sounds, egh, ekki. None 
ease in met; ain mate; ay in may. either in English or French. 
iasiin pin, machine; ee, ea, in meet, meat. th as th in thin. 
© as 0 in not, no ; 0, ow in toe, tow. ala as th in this. 
tas wu in bull, full; oo in boot, fool, foot. jas 2 in glazier ; s in measure. 
(Sheva) w (italic), as win fur, burn, hut, gas g in go, give. 
dug, dull, cut ; ein her ; ¢ in sir. h, w, b, p, d, t, f, v, H, mn, Ba, Ir, 8, 
Nasal ng (italic), as ng in sang, sing, song, | ska, kk, as in English. 
long, tongue. 
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