368 KLAMATH -ENGLiaU DlCTlONAliY. 



s h u i 11 c a , d. shusliiiKia to race; same as slu'iiiia, q. v. 



s li u i 11 c a , d. shushiiKja to sing in some person's interest; to sing Jor some- 

 body's pleasure. Kl. Der. sliuiua. 



s li u i 11 6 t a , d. sliushin6ta; same as sliiim6ta, q. v. 



s h II i n 6 1 i s h , d. shusliiiiotisli; same as sliiuuotisli, q. v. 



s li u i n 6 tki s li , d. shusliinotkish incantation started by the conjurer to be 

 repeated by a chorus, and supposed to emanate not from himself, but 

 from some animal sent out to search after the disease, or from another 

 object of nature, of which he acts as the mouthpiece. Cf shui'sh and 

 Notes to 154; [). 155; Ki. 21. and first Note on p. 171. Der. shufna. Cf 

 shellolotkish (2), shui'sh, wiiiota. 



shui'sh, shui'sh, su-is, d. shuishuish, suisuis (1) song, chant; referring 

 either to solo songs or to choruses; pilpil sh. puberty or virginity song. (2) 

 melody, tune. (3) magic song of conjurer; tamdnuash-song, fatal incantation, 

 ^^ medicine song^\ ivizard''s spall. These songs are agencies of terrific power 

 in the hands of conjurers of both sexes, and can inflict, according to the 

 common belief, sudden death or fatal disease upon any person present 

 or absent. Conjurers who obtain this power of casting spells by fasting 

 and dreaming can thereby ascertain by whom and by what agencies a 

 person has been bewitched into disease or has suffered violent death. 

 Many of these song-spells are called mischief-bearing (ku-idslii): k6- 

 idshi a-i nii shuisli gi 1 am a conjurer^ s fatal song, 166; 25.; k'mutcha'witk : 

 ko-idshi shui'sh gcnti kiii'lati the old man^s song is a fatal song in this 

 country, 179; 7. Other songs sung by conjurers are considered bene- 

 ficial to mankind: laki shuisham ko-a the toad song is chief of all songs, 

 180; 18. Cf kaltchitchiks (2). Magic songs are mentioned: suis mi'sh 

 ge-u sliia my dream song has seen you; viz. "it has revealed to me the trutli 

 concerning yourself," 65, 9.; tchi liuk sh. sd]ia so the magic song indicates, 

 tells, 72, 3.; sh. hii'k na'sht ki the magic songs say (to him) as folhivs, 83, 5. 

 The incantation appears in a personified form in 156; 31. 165; 12 ; 

 Iduksam sh. sometimes means the dire spell sent out ])y the wizard; at 

 other times it is equivalent to shuinotkish, q. v. Cf 68, 4. (4) sh. is 

 equivalent to shuinutkish, Avlien the conjurer acts simply as the organ 

 of birds or other animals or objects of nature previously intrusted by 



