250 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



hird, q. v.; n.^ma'shash headache; m'lshti \d\ko shuU. Cf. 89, G. !)o, (J. io8, 

 1. 3. 6. 154; 12. (2) ear of wheat, maize etc. 



niishaltkAga, d nunshaltkiiga ( 1 ) small water-sprinf] (2) head-waters, 

 pond-source, spring of a stream or river. It is peculiar to tlie streams 

 coming from tlie volcanic soil of the Klamatli Highlands, that they origi- 

 nate in large ponds or small lakes surging by many sources out of the 

 ground, which are seen bubbling at the edges of the ponds. Such a 

 pond is called w^lwash or n., nushaltkaga. Der. nushtUtko. 



NushaltkAga, nom. pr. of (1) head-ivaters or pond-sources of streams 

 running from the north into Lost River near Bonanza, a recent settlement 

 about t\velve miles east of Linkville, Lake County. This section was 

 the home of one portion of the Modoc Indians. (2) the head-waters of 

 Willoiv Creel; also called Rusli Creek, running into Clear Lake from the 

 east, in Modoc County, California: N. ^"'Id-xi-AW above the sprUvjs of Willow 

 Creel; 44, 3., the spot where Captain Jack surrendered. 



N n s li a 1 1 k A g a k n i , Nusalt%;'igakish, nom. pr., Modoc Indian settled at the 

 head-ivaters mentioned under 'Nushaltkaga (1): ntinka tchilliik Nushalt- 

 %agaki'shash some men who were friends of the Head-tvater Modocs, 21,4. 



n u s h a 1 1 k o , d. nunshaltko (i) provided with a head. (2 j hearing an ear 

 or cars, as cereals. (3) taking its source or origin, as a river. Der. niishala. 



N u'shkshi , nom. pr. of a camping-place on east side of Klamath Marsh. 

 Lit. "At the Skull"; so called because a human skull was once found 

 there, 74, 15. From nii'sh, -kshi. 



n u'sh = til an sn easli "turnhead" or ^^rollhcad", a large, grayish-white 

 owl living in earth-holes: Speotyto hypugaia. Incantations: 154; 12. 167; 

 32. Der. nu'sh, tilanshnea. Cf. lupaks. 



n vita, nfi'ta, d. niinata, nu'nta (1) v. intr. and impers., to hum, to flame, to 

 blaze up: n., or lu'loks n , the fire is hurniny, 100, 18.; gil's n. the gas is burn- 

 ing; tunepni mithhivhile five fires tvere burning; lit. "when it was burning 

 fivefold"; nnl tchil'k niitisht when at last the fire was hlasing high, 114, 1.; 

 luVnatauk tchii'ka they perished in the flames, 114, 4. (2) v. trans., to burn 

 tip, to destroy by fire : tsiii sa nAnuktua n. then they burnt tip everything, 89, 2. 



nutagianggi, niitagiank, nutakink, pron. pers. and reM., I for myself : 

 ni'itagianlv shiu'la, or nixtak shifi'la gianggin / am gathering for myself. 

 From ni'itak, -gianggin. Cf. itakianki, nink. 



