s k 1 n II a s li k a — s k 6 n s li u a . 319 



(2) to paddle about with « (pitch- wood) light on the canoe when fishing after 

 dark Cf. klt^na, kliidshoa, klutsu6tkish, shlu'tchua. 

 sk6! d. sku'sku! ^'come up!" particle used as exclamation, and referring to 

 one's own forgetMness or lack of memory, e. g., wlien a name or fact 

 cannot be remembered. 



sk6, sko'sh, sko'lis, d. sk6sku, sko'shkii'sh spring of the year, spring season, 

 135, 4.: pii'dshit sko' when it was spring, 54, 2.; shko-emi and skoslie'mi 

 in spring-time; nanuk sko'-lis every gear in the spring-season, 19, 2. and 

 Note.; na-iintka sko'shtka next spring or in the spring of next year, 21, 1. 



skoa, sk6wa, d. skoshkna, v. impers., to he spring-time; to he in the spring 

 season: skowapka spring comes on; winter is soon over. 



Skohuashki, other form of the loc. name Kohdshti, q. v.: '■^Canoe- 

 Starting-Place". Der. s^owAshka. 



sko-il%a, d. shkoshki'l^a to pile upon each other, 82, 7.: ktaktiag shko- 

 shki'l^fl' to erect cairns, 82, 12. 



s k 6 k a n k a , d. sknshk6kanka to be in the act of cohabitation. 



shko'ks, sku'ks, d. shkiishkoks (1) sjnrit of deceased person. When seen 

 in dreams they are of funest influence and objects of the most intense 

 dread; after leaving the body of the deceased they are supposed to travel 

 through the air on sticks and to rattle their dry bones against each other: 

 wengapkani (or wengApkash) shko'kshasli (obj.) the spirits of the deceased, 

 134, 20.; sku'ksam ha'kskish walking-sticl;, staff, cane supposed to be used 

 by spirits, 168; 38. 181; 4. Cf 129, 1-8. 130, 1-4., e'ni, shko'ksddam. 

 (2) demon, ghost, spirit, of beneflcial or pernicious influence on mankind: 

 161a k6-idslia sku'ksh wdshtat wcnkogsht they believe that a wicked spirit 

 resides in the prairie-wolf, 127, 13., cf. 128, 2. 4. and gatkta; shko'ksani 

 stefnash the spirifs heart, supposed to have brought on disease, 174; 11.; 

 sko'ksam kiiila gen i\ go to hellf 



slik6'ks = ki ii'm ^'sjnrit-fish" ; fish whose body is supposed to contain 

 the soul or spirit of a deceased Indian, 129, 1. (title), 4. 



sk(')la, d. shku'shklii; see shkule. 



s k 6 1 o s , sku'lush turkey-buzzard ; a black vulture, with long bill, red neck, 

 carrion-eating.- Cathartes aura, 180; 3. 



s k 6 n s li n a , d. skoshkanshna; same as skiinshna, q. v. 



