102 KLAMATH - ENGLISH DIOTIONARY. 



(3) Yanmkni, name given by Modocs to tohite settlers in the noi-thern 

 and southern parts of Oregon: Oregonians, Orcgonian volunteers, 39, 3.: 

 Yamatkni'sham kiiila in Oregon, 54, 1. Der. ytimat, q v. 



y d m a 1 , d. yd-imal, yafmal pelican; a lai-ge water-fowl. Cf kumal. 



y dm ash (1) north wind; often mentioned in the incantations: y. a nil 

 shui'sh I sing about the north wind, 170; 58.; ydmsam gd-ish the north 

 wind^s tread, passage, 164; 4.; ydmashtka in the north wind, while the north 

 wind Mows (upon me), 155; 16. 24 , cf 155; 20. 179; 1. (2) Ydmash, nom. 

 pr. of the personified Northwind, a power of nature deified in the myths 

 of the majority of Indian tribes: Ydmshamkshi at the house or home of the 

 Northwind, 111, 5-10.; also called Ydmshamtch, cf amtchiksh: Sk(^lamtch 

 lalk;'idsha Ydmshamtcham nu'sli Old Marten cut off the head of Old North- 

 wind, 111, 11. Cf Ydmsi and Notes to 111, 4. 164; 4. 



ydmat (1) the north, as a point of the compass: tdlaaks ydmtital (for ta- 

 laak=ts ydmat-i-tala) in a direction due north, 29, 6., cf. 29, 10.; ydmatala 

 g^niita while traveling north, 103, 3. (2) adv., northwards, toivards the 

 north: y. t&m6nii6t{i while running northwards, 37, 16.; (3) adv., from the 

 north: y. t^luitgank having returned from, the north, 184; 31. (4) Ydmat, 

 nom. pr. given by Modocs to the State of Oregon, as far as it extends 

 north of the Klamath uplands ; Ydmatala (Ydmat-tala) into, towards 

 Oregon, 13, 4.; in Oregon, 44, 8. 



y a m n a s h , f-amnash, pi. tumi y., ( 1 ) neckwear, necklace; necklace of beads, 

 shells, teeth, claws etc.; bead-string, wampum-collar: skutash I'ktsa Amp- 

 Xani y. tchish blankets they fetched at the Dalles, and bead-strings also, 93, 4. 

 Cf 7 9, 1. 87, 5 96, 8. 9. Ill, 1-3. 131, 6. 9. 12. (2) beads, grains of beads, 

 cf ydmnashptchi. Der. lyamna (1). Cf i'mnaks, yahi. 



Ydmnash = Pdktish, nom. pr. of a young Klamath Lake man, now 

 deceased, the friend of Dave Hill, Some notices about him will be found 

 in A. B. Meacham's "Winema", p. 109 sqq. Lit. "tearing his bead- 

 strings". Cf ydmnash, pakdga. 



ydmnashla to manufacture, to make neckwear or beads: tchc'lish hu'nk 

 luelank y. he killed porcupines and made necklaces (from their bristles), 96, 

 8. Der. yanmash. 



ydmnashptchi purple-blue; lit. "looking like beads": y. mat Ivl'loks 

 Alshisham they say that AishisKs fire-flame urns purple-blue, 99, 3. 



