sku'lpka — skii'shasli. 323 



s k ii' w a s h , skii'-u-ash rock projecting above water or above the level of the 

 jrrairie: Sku'washkslii, nom pi\ of a locality near Yaneks. Cf. samkii-ush. 



ska laps, s^alapsh, d. s%ash;iAlaps, a peculiar kind oi head-cover, 127, 

 1-5. Its round or rounded shape is indicated by the verb lii't^a, 127, 5. 



s k d p u k s , s^abuksh ; see skapuksh. 



Skatidgitko "Left-Handed", nom. pr. of two signers of the treaty of 

 1864, one a Klamath Lake and the other a Snake headman. The first is 

 mentioned there as Skiatic, the latter as Sky-te-ock-et. Cf shk^titko. 



skjiki'shla, d. skiishM'shla to inherit Der. skekish (1). 



skdka, s;{a'ka, d. shkeshka; same as shk^ka, q. v. 



skekish, s/ekish, ska'kish, d. sxes;;(ckish (1) heirloom, inheritance: skii- 

 ki'sh p'ti's4ulsham m'na p'laiwashJuelks the hunting-place of golden eagles, 

 inherited from his deceased father, 100, 2. (2) nine; lit "left over": s. ngdk 

 nine turtles; te-unepanta s. pe-ula nineteen. Mod. for niids;ieks Kl. 



skekishtankni , d s%es%ekishtdnkni iiine times: s. t^-uniip ninety. 

 Mod. for nads;^ekshtankni Kl. 



s k c t i s h , s;((itish, d. skeshketish, s%es;jctish, adj., left, left-sided, on left- 

 hand side: s. ndp, wek left hand, left arm; pe'tch ska'tish tapi'dshnish 

 (obj.) left hind-leg, 134, 14.; skdtish lu'lp shlin he shot him in the left eye, 

 4:>, 8.; sketigslita vush6 in the left breast, 42, 10. Cf shkdka (3). 



shketitko, d. shkeshkctitko (1) left-handed person. (2) Skaititko, Skai- 

 titko, nom. pr. of Dave Hill's father; cf Introd. to the Texts, page 7. 

 (3) Shkctitko, nom. pr. of ShacJcnasty Jim, the son of "Patch-Eye"; a 

 Modoc warrior who voted for the assassination of the Peace Commis- 

 sioners, and was present at this sanguinary event. At the close of the 

 Modoc war hu assisted the troops in tracking up Kintpuash. Cf Note to 

 42, 1. and Meacham, Winema, pp. HT-Ol. Cf Skatiagitko. 



s h k (5 k a s , sku'kash ; see skaukush. 



S k o k a t k , nom. pr. of a Modoc chief; called so, as reported, after his 

 grandmother, wlio was in the hal)it of wearing something tight-fitting or 

 choking around her neck. 



s h k 6 k s , sh%5'ksh, d. s%6shxoksli tick, sheep's tick. 



sku'sha, d. sku'shksha to play the heaver- ov woodchuck-teeth game, 80, 1. 6'. 



sku'shash, s%6she.sh ^a««e of dropping beaver's or woodchuclSs teeth, four 

 in a set and provided with certain marks; played by women. Cf 80, 1-G. 



