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shashfipka, d. sliasliaslii'ipka cub of the (jrizzly hear; hear cub; familiar 

 term occurring' only in niythologic stories and alternating there with 

 liikaga, liizag: 119, 23. 120, 3. 9. Contr. from shashdpaga. Dim. 

 Shashapsh. Cf. Shdshapamtch. 



s h a s h a p k e 1 (3 a s h , d. sliashashapkeldash ( 1 ) narrative, story, account 

 given of a fact, 77, 1. (title) (2) mythologic fiction, fabulous story, especially 

 dealing with personified ;niimals; folklore, fable, myth, ^'old yarn," 99, 1. 

 (title), 94, 1. (title). Der. shashapkelia. 



s h a s h a p k 6 1 d - i s h , d. sliashashapk6le-ish (1) narrator, story-teller, rhap- 

 sodist (2) expounder, narrator of mythologic tales; myth-, legend-, or fable- 

 teller. Der. shashapkelia. 



shashapkelia, shashapkelia, d. shashasliapkeh'a to narrate or expound a 

 story or stories, to relate historical facts, fictions or myths, 94, 2.: shashap- 

 k6le-uapkan Aishishash / shall tell a story about Aisis, 99, 1. Der. shapa. 



Shdshapsh, nom. pr., one of the Grizzly Bear's mythologic names; in- 

 cantation, 176; 4. Much less in use than Shashapamtch, q. v. 



shashkotdktalish, shash%ntaktalish, pi. tumi sh constant, persistent 

 beggar. Der. shakotka 



shashkiitki sh , shash^otkish, pi. tumi sh., beggar. Der. shak6tka 



s h a s h t d m n i s h , i)l. tumi sh. stairs, flight of stairs. 



shashtanul61asli, shashtaniiiolsh outside ladder of large stveat-lodge, 

 180; 22. Cf. ga-ulu'lkisli, Avakish. 



s h a s h t A s h t a , d. shashashtashta to touch each other with the hand or hands. 

 Der. tdshta. Cf tashul61a 



ShAsti, Sasti, pi. tumi Sh., (1) nom. pr., Shasti Indian. The ancient 

 domain of this tribe Avas in Northern California on the Klamath River 

 near Shasta Butte, Yreka and vicinity and in Scott's Valley, extending 

 also into Southwestern Oregon. A few Shasti still exist in Horse Creek, 

 in Hamburg etc., but the larger portion was, after their ])ai-tiri])ation in the 

 Oregon Indian War (1855-1856), removed to the Grande lumde, Siletz 

 and the (abolished) Alsc^ya reservations, Oregon. The usual form Shasta 

 is a corruption of Shasti, SAsti, 18, I. 19, 1. 54, 17 ; Shastiam maklaks 

 the people of the Shasti; Sastiarn hc^mkanks, kiiila the language, country of 

 the Shasti; Sastiarn mbu'sluii (he husband (f a Shasti icoman ; nom. pr. of 



