kiwalapata — kliitsu6tkish. 137 



kle'clshu, kla'dsho dam; fresh-water and salt-water muscle ; bivalve : M4- 



dshuam wAkoksh shell, muscle-shell, clam-shell. 

 Kle'dshil = P4kishkni, nom. pr. fern. ; name of one of Chief Lelt^kash's 



ten wives, who came from a lake or river productive of muscle-shells; 



"Belonging to the Shell-Eaters". Der. kle'dshu, pdka. 

 k ' 1 d k a , d. k'ldklka ; see k'Mka. 

 kldna, gl(?na, d. kleklAna, gl^gla (1) to walk on one leg, to hop. Cf she- 



kli^iea. (2) to obtain fire, to get a spark of fire from the nearest lodge or 



camp-fire; the object, liiloks, is not expressed. Der. Mna. Cf kMtcha 

 k ' 1 e' p k i , kla'pke, k'le'pgi, pi. tiimi k , red paint consisting of a yellow earth 



mixed with grease and used by Indians to line over or paint their faces. 



It is of a dark red color; the natives apply, it at times to keep off the cold, 



while the DAnkali of Nubia put a similar loamy substance on their bodies 



to keep off the sunheat. 121, 2. 18 i; 1. k. t^Hshtat ip^a they smeared 



red paint in their faces, 120, 18. 

 KHtiamtch, nom. pr. of "Old Sandhill Crane''', a miraculous bird of 



Klamath Lake mythology and one of Afshish's five wives, 95, 23.; cf 96, 



6. Der. kl^tish, Amtchiksh. 

 kl^tish, klitish sandliill crane ; a noisy bird found on the shores of the 



xipland lakes in the Klamath region: Grus canadensis. KHtisham w^ash 



the cranes offspring, 190; 12. These birds take long sti-ides or steps: 



tchikolal^a, 190; 12. Personified in Kletiamtch, q. v. 

 k ' 1 (^ w i , k6l^-ui, d. k^klui ; see k'l^wi. 

 k 1 i p a , d. kliklipa mink, a quadruped of the weasel tribe : Putorius vison. 



Mink-incantations: 156; 29. 162; 6. 174; 12. 177; 13. 

 Kli'p = Skutatk, nom. pr. of Dave Hill's father: " Minkskin-JDressed". 

 k 1 i' s h , d. kliklsh acorn of the black oak. 

 k 1 i' s h a m , d. kliklshana black oak tree; the wood of this tree serves for the 



manufacture of bows, 

 kliuldla to sprinkle with water or other liquids, 82, 8. 

 klu' , a cylindric, eatable root found in the old Modoc country, 147, 2. 

 kludshoa, d kluklddshua to fish imth a light or lantern. 

 kludso^a, d. klii'kltsoxa to suck at something, 

 k 1 u t s u 6 1 k i s h , klutsuo'tch, d. klukltsu(Stkish apparatus intended for at- 



