160 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTION AEY. 



or Rhett Lake, Cal., extending from the lake shore up to the lava beds, 

 and inhabited by the Kiimbatuash, Kumbatuashkni or Kumbatkni On 

 this territory was fought a part of the Modoc war of 1873. 



Kumbatkni, Gumbatkni (1) Indian inhabiting Kiimbat or Rocky Point. 

 (2) Indian residing at Kumhat, southeast of Tule or Rhett Lake. (3) 

 Indian stopping south of the WilHamson River, about Modoc Point. 



Kiimbatni Yafna, or "Mocky Ilountain", nom. pr. of an eminence in 

 the Klamath reservation. At its base is a fishing-place called Kawam. 



K xi m b a t u a s h , nom. pr., Indian inhabiting or stopping at Knnibat, south- 

 east of Tule or Rhett Lake, California, near or within the lava beds, 13, 2. 

 Also called Kumbatuashkni and Kimibatkiii ; they form a medley of Kla- 

 math Lake and Modoc Indians and are said to have separated from these 

 some time after 1830. Der. Kiimbat (2), wA. 



kii'mme, kume, %u'mme, pi. tumi k., rock-cave, cavern: kiimeti shla'wish 

 the wind Mowing out of the cave; k. lalaiishaltko the cave of the lava beds, 

 42, 19. and ku'meti /row the cave, 42, 21.; both passages referring to Ben. 

 Wright's cave, the refuge of Captain Jack and his Modocs in the lava 

 beds, cf Notes to 37, 18. 39, 17.; ku'mets h4takt guli' they also entered the 

 caves there, 30, ^.; m4kl6%a ku'mgtat to pass the night in a cave, 121, 20. 



kupka, ku'pga, k6pka (-■-), d. kukapka (1) to bite, itch repeatedly. (2) to 

 hite; to itch, puncture: kai-udshisli nish k6pka the gray wolf bites me, 144, 

 11.; giitash nu'sh ku'pga nu'sh a louse bites me on the head, 119, 3 Cf 

 kuft'ka, kudtchaka, k6ka. 



kii'pkash, d. kukdpkash (1) sticks of kindling-wood eaten by the conjurer 

 at festive dances. (2) torch made of pitch, resin. 



k u p k u p e 1 e , d. kukapkupele gulch, dried up river-bed. Cf g(i-upka, ukd. 



k u's li , d. kii'kash white swan. This bird is believed to have the power of 

 making storms and tempests; incantation 166; 20. Cf 180; 13. Two 

 species of the white swan occur in that region: the smaller being Cygnus 

 americanus, the larger Cygnus buccinator. 



k u s h ;i 1 1 k o , d kukshdltko pregnant, with child. 



ku'shka, d. kuku'shka (--, ---) (1) to brush, to clean by brushing. (2) to 

 comb another's hair, 95, 17. 



kushk6tkish, kiishkuts, d. kukushk6tkisli brush; cloth-brush. 



