446 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONAEY. 



tcliuj'i , (1. tcliiu'itcliiui, u «iuiill bird not specified. Oiioinatoi). 



t c li u i'l , ])]. li'iini tch., "water potato", eatable root of the arrow-leaved Safjit- 

 taria sagittifolia and S. variabilis, growing throughout Oregon and tlie 

 larger part of the United States at the bottom of ponds and lakes; col- 

 lected by the women of the western tribes, who catch them between tlie 

 toes while standing in water waist-deep, then roasted, baked or fried, 

 149, 12.-14. andiNote: tsualami "in the water-potato season"; viz: eai'ly 

 in the spring, before the sprouting of the grass. Called wapatu in 

 Chin. J C£ Tchua^e'ni. 



tchuaisli, tchua-ish, d. tchatchuish (1) black vulture of large size, head 

 liglit-colored, or reddish; seems to be identical with the skulos, q. v.; in- 

 cantation, 170; G2. (2) bald-headed species of buzzard. 



t s u a k , pi. tumi ts., the eatable portion of a plant found around Upper 

 Klamath Lake; described 149, 15. 



tchuakena, d. tsatsuakena jackass rabbit, cotton-tail rabbit; a sjjecies of 

 Lepus, small in size, with white tail. Cf. ka-i, kuikuish, nkii'l. 



Tcliuaxe'ni, Tsua;i(e'na, nom. pr. of (1) a settlement of the Snake In- 

 dians in Sprague River Valley; lit. "W;i[)atu-Place". (2) Chcwaukan 

 Marsh, an extensive marshy tract in the northeastern jjaii of the Kla- 

 math reservation. Cf Note to 149, 12. 



t c h u al a m , the red-flowered [dants |)rodnciiig the tchua or Wii[)atn-root, 

 (]. v.: Sa(jittaria sagittifolia and *S. variabilis, 149, 14. 



t s u a m , pi. tumi ts., species of sucker-fish, about three feet long, with hunij) 

 on the top of the snout; caught in the lakes of the Klamath lligldands 

 and in the Williamson River: Chasinistes luxatus. Cope, 180; 14.: tsua- 

 mii/mi "in the tsudm-sueker season", a period of the year corresjDonding to 

 tliu first linlf of Ai)ril. Cf ye'n, udsluiksh. 



tsnc'gatko, d. tsetsuc'gatko strong, poivcrful; said of tissues, ropes. 



t s u ' h 1 1 s u ' h 1 i , d. tsutsa'hltsiV'hli having a flat or level but coarse, rugged 

 surface, as hewn stones. Cf tchlux^tko. 



tchui, tsiii, temp, conj., hereupon, after that, afterwards, then; subsequently, 

 hereafter: le'ltki hiiidc, tchui hemc'xen lie looked at it, then said, 126', 8.; 

 t(dn'ii t(;]iT'k and afterward, 65, 15. Wh(Mi connej'.'nng two or more prin- 

 cipiil clauses it corresponds to our then, and, and to French jjim; and 



