BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



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ernment, 35, 9. 12. 14. 36, 2. 11.; na'sh na'ds B. til'la an American was 

 with Its, 19, 7.; 6reginkni B. the American settlers in Oregon, 40, 17., cf. 

 36, 18. 21.; B. kiiila the United States, or: the city of Boston; B6shtinash 

 tula on the American side, 28, 13. (title); B6shtiiiam=shitko in American 

 style, 87, 3. (2) white man or woman; white people, 35, 7.: B. yalank like 

 white people, 59, 20.; B6shtiiiash shut61ank after creating the white people, 

 103, 3. 5. Term adopted from Chin. J.; the first American traders in 

 furs and other articles having come in ships to the Pacific Coast and 

 Columbia River from Boston, Mass. 



B o s h t i n A g a ( 1 ) half-American by descent, one of the parents being of the 

 white race. (2) nom. pr. masc. Mod., of Boston Charley: "Little Ameri- 

 can", 44, 7. 



B6stin Charley Boston Charley, nom. pr. of a Modoc warrior, also 

 called Boshtindga, q. v. He participated in the assassination of the Peace 

 Commissioners by mortally wounding Dr. Thomas, 42, 10.; and was 

 hanged with three of his accomplices on Oct. 3, 1873. Cf. 44, 5-8. 



box box, coffin, 87, 3.: b6xtka i'sha they bury in a coffin, 87, 1. From Eng. 



b u n o' k i s li , puno'kish, d. pupano'kish drink, beverage, potion. Der. bunua. 



biinua, pu'nua, d. bubanua, pupanua (1) to drink: n4nuk b. to drink out; 

 tumeni b. to drink often; watch a punua the horse is drinking ; bu'nuapka 

 tcha'kele i'wam they will drink the red juice of berries, 75, 7.; hut a 

 pu'nuashtka Ambu he wants to drink ivater. (2) to be a drinker. Cf p6po-i. 



b u mi d s li a , d. pupanudsha to go and drink, to start out after drinking: k6pe 

 bunu'tchatko ,(/owr/ to drink coffee, 186; 56. 



b I'l n u i s h , d. bubiinuish, pupanuish drinker, drunkard: kdtcha b. tippler. 



h u n u o' t k i s h, d. pupanu5'tkish bottle. Mod. for wdkoksh Kl. 



D. 



In the few words in which d is heard as initial sound, it is interchange- 

 able with t. It does not occur but exceptionally at the end of Kl. words, 

 but when final or medial it also alternates with t. The palatal dsh is not 

 found as an initial sound in genuine Kl. words, being replaced there by 

 the surd palatal tch. 

 Dave Hill, nom. pr. of the subchief nnd interpreter at the Klamath 



