348 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONAEY. 



s ]) u ;^u t k () , (1. si)iisli])i'ijj;atko gray, gray-colored. Cf. piikpii'kli, ski'dsliatko.. 



s )) u k a , spuka, slip(')ka, d. spu'shpka (1) to put out the feet, as out of a door, 

 wigwam, window, with or without adding- pe'tch (feet). Cf ei'%a, nlka. 

 (2) to lie down, to lie on the ground: shp(')]ca nuintchak he lay on the ground 

 for a while, 110, 14; tu'shtok spuk4 shli'tk fi-ukskni where the wounded 

 Lake Indian ivas lying, 24, 3.; spu'ksksaksi ivhere the (wounded man) ivas 

 lying, 24, 20.; partic. spukatko recumbent, lying on ground. (3) to lie in 

 bed; lit. "to stretch the legs out". Cf spiinka. 



s p u k a n k a , d. slipushpi'ikanka to move the feet quieJcly. Cf ptitchkiinka. 



S p u k a' n , or Sp. maklaks, nom. pr., Indian of the Spokane tribe of Wash- 

 ington Territory, eastern part, belonging to the Selish family. Two or 

 three Spokane men live on the Klamath reservation. Cf Note to 78, 15. 



spu'kli, spiiklia, spiiklea, d. spushp;ikli, shpiishpdklia (I) to take a steam- 

 bath in a sweat-lodge ; refers either to the daily steam-bath in the small 

 willow-lodges, 82, 4. 8. 10., or to the three mortuary sweat-lodges, 89, 7. 

 142, 6-9. 12—15. (2) to sweat in willow-lodges and dance during five 

 days under the direction of the conjurers at Klamath Marsh, in the 

 wokash-season, in order to insure a good crop of pond-lily seed. Uer. 

 spuka. Cf lumk6ka, spii'klish. 



sjiu'kliga, d. spushptikliga little sweat-lodge; such as found erected near 

 every Indian lodge. Coutr. from spukliaga. Dim. spu'klish. 



spiVklish, d. spushpaklish sudatory, siveat-lodge. They are of three 

 kinds: (1) small ones made by bending over a few willow boughs; these 

 are covered by mats or blankets to confine the steam, are iised daily by 

 the Indians, 82, 3., and a more spacious kind serves also as a place of 

 retirement for women in childbed and during the menstrual period; in- 

 cantation, 178; 9. (2) solid structures erected of timber, stones and 

 earth, and visited by mourners only. Three of these exist in the Upi)er 

 Klamath Lake country, all given to the Lake Indians by K'mi'dvamtch, 

 82, 7. 142, 6. (Wakciksi) 12. (R-ukalkshi), and tlie Kd-ashkshi s.; the 

 Modoc tribe had some of their own. (3) the comnumal dance-house or 

 kshiu'lgish is also called sweat-lodge (cf. wdla); i{ is a spacious structure 

 erected in the style of earth-lodges (luldamaliiksh, q. v.), having an 

 entrance on a level willi the floor, 75, 1 1. Oer. spuka (2). 



