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Ill b u k a s li , d. lubu'mb/ush earth crumbling into dust, disintegrated by 

 parching heat or drought. Der. mbi'ika. 



mbii'sh aksh , d. mbu'mbsliaksh (1) oisiciiaw of a black or ahuost black 

 color, a volcanic rock found in the Klamath Iliglilands and serving for 

 the maiuifacture of arrow- and spear-heads, knives etc.: nib.=shAwalsh, or 

 simply mb., arrow-head made of obsidian, 113, 16.; mb.=wdti obsidian knife. 

 (2) implement manufactured from obsidian: stone-knife, shinning implement, 

 126, 7. (3) Mbii'saks, nom. pr., an appellation given to the Snake Indians 

 by the Klamath Lake people, 143, 2. Cf kok61e, shiiwalsh. 



M b iishaksh dl tko , nom. pr. of a Klamath Lake man, signer of the 

 treaty of 1864, and mentioned there as "Poosaksult"; lit. "Possessed of 

 obsidian-tools". Der. mbu'shakshala. 



jM b li' s h a k s h a m - W 4 s h , nom. pr. of a locality on Williamson River; 

 identical with Mbii'shaksh=Shawalsh. From mbu'shaksh, wdsh. 



M b u' s h a k = S h i w a s h k n i Indians iidiabiting the locality around Mbu'- 

 shaksh-Shawalsh; corruption from Mbu'shaksli=Shawalshkni: 141, 5. 



M b li' s h a k s h = S h a w a 1 s h , nom. pr. of a locality at the junction of the 

 Williamson and Sprague Rivers, near the house of the Indian Tst'lo^ins. 

 About 200 yards above this junction a small stream detaches itself from 

 Williamson River and joins Sprague River further below, so as to leave 

 a rocky island of the shape of an arrow-head. GAtpa tumi' mdklaks Mb. 

 many (hostile) Indians came to ^^tJie Arrow-Head", \G, 16. 



m b u s h a n a k , d. mbumbiishanak the early morning of next day. 



inbushaiit. Mod. mbushan, d. mbunibiishant, adv. (I), on the next morn- 

 ing: mb. gdna pa'n next morning they marched again, 19, 11.; of. 24, 11. 

 100, 14. 119, 1. (2) on the next day ; to-morrow: mb. unak to-morrow early, 

 118, 2.; also: one morning early; mb. at undk the next day early, 101, 11.; 

 mb. tchek to-morroiv at last, 122, 1.; mb. wait61ank na-ent waitashtka two 

 days afterward, %Q, 2 ; mbu'shan pii'n gcina next day they went again, 110, 

 8. (3) in the morning: gen mb. pil this morning only, 140, 7., Kl.; mb 

 in the morning, 144, 3. 



mbusheala, mbushela, d. mbumbshdala, nibumbsh^la (1) to wed, marry, 

 espouse; said of both sexes, 182; 6. 7. (2) to be married, to be in the mar- 

 ried state: mbu.sii'lan gi, or mbushii'lank he lived with her : they lived as 



