kitchakela — klutchna. 135 



Kiukamtch, nom. pr. of a Modoc headman: ^^ Old Conjurer". See 21, 

 5. and Note. Der. kfuks, Amtchtksh. 



kiukidga young or little conjurer, shaman. Dim. kfuks, q. v. 



kiuks, kiuksh, d. kiukiaks, kukiaksli Indian conjurer, shaman, sorcerer; 

 conjurer of diseases, medical practitioner, 59, 6. 70, 4. 7. and pages 68, 69. 

 These "medicine-men" do not only treat the sick, but they arrange 

 and preside over the "doctor-dances" in the communal dance-house, are 

 consulted for dreams, predict the weather, during the pond-lily harvest 

 give advice on the more important incidents of tribal pursuits, and are 

 much dreaded on account of their alleged power of sorcery. They are 

 called kiuks, because they stick out a rabbit skin or some other sign on 

 a rod slanting obliquely over their lodges (kiukaya). It is estimated that 

 more female than male conjurers are now engaged in the treatment of 

 patients among the Modocs. Kemutchdtko k. the old conjurer, 40, 20.; 

 k. weM^ash doctress, old female conjurer; tsAshash=k. a sJcunJc acting as con- 

 jurer, 134, 8.; kiuksam tchuy<^sh a very high huck-skin hat; kiuksam 

 shui'sh magic song ; see shul'sh and Note on page 159; n4nka kukfaks 

 several conjurers, 64, 1. cf. 65, 10. 71, 1-4. 72, 1. To call a conjurer for 

 the treatment of a patient is shuakia, slmAkidsha, q. v. 



kiulaksalsh; see k'hlulaksalsh. 



kiulAla, d kikuMla to roast on a spit: tchuleks k. to roast meat. Cf. iMla. 



kin Ian, partic. of giula, verbal and derivative of gi, q. v. 



kiuleka, d. kikiileka (1) to raise, stick up, hoist, lift, pull up. (2) to take 

 up by means of a stick, pole. Cf k'hiule%a. 



kiuliga, n^i-uliga, d. kikulfga, v. intr., to drip or drizde doivn; to fall 

 upon: stiya n^i'-ulig-a laki Tuhu'shash the pitch dripped down on the forehead 

 of Mud Hen, 97, 1. Cf. laliga. 



k i u 1 6 1 a , d. kikul61a (1) to peel off, scrape off: kakowatka sha k stopalsh 

 they scrape off with pieces of hone the fibre-bark (of a tree), 148, 19. (2) to 

 skim off froth, cream, etc. 



k i u 1 o 1 s h , d. ki'kvil5lsh, lower horse-rib sharpened into a bark-scraper. 



k i u p a t a , d. kikupata to land, to arrive on shore. Cf s/apdta. 



k i u t k a , d. kikutka (l) to raise up repeatedly. (2) to take up, lift with a fork, 

 as meat; to put into a kettle with a fork. (3) to prick, sting. Cf kiuydga. 



klutchna to stick out; to hold up while moving or traveling, 87, 16. 



