488 KLAMATH -KNGLTSn DirTIOXAKY. 



\v i s li i n ka gii , d wi-usliiiiki'i^-a (1) young garter snake. (2) Uffle snake, 

 71, 6. Dim. wisliink. 



Av I s li k a o- a , wi'shxak, d. wiwashkaga, a bird of the lark's size, red or 

 yellow bosom; popularly i^nWed roljin-redbreast, 144, 3. 



wjshtkak, 1 G; 19., for witchtka gi; see witclia. 



wi ta, d. wi-iita (i) to bloiv; said of the wind: yeiiash ai uisli sldwish w. 

 the wind is singing about me, the yen-fish; here the noise of the personi- 

 fied wind is declared to be the song of the wind, 165; G. (2) lo blow tJonii 

 npon. Cf shlewi, shlewita, wftka. 



witii/m, d. wi-utii'm black bear, chang-ing to brown and lightoi' colors ac- 

 cording to the seasons: Ursus americanus; 128, 6.; incantation, 17G; G. 7., 

 cf ISO; 2. of the female black bear, w. kulo, 177; 1. Cf. Ink, iiaka 



w i t ii m a g a , d. wi-utilmaga black beards ciib; incantation, 177; 2. .'1 Dim. 

 witil'm. Cf the black bear's fera:;le cub, 177; 1. 



W i t ii'm a m tc h i , nom. pr. of a camping site on the Williamson River; 

 lit. "Where the Old Black Bear was". Der. witli'm, umtcli. 



witila, (1. wi-utila to bloiv underneath, to blow into; said of tlut wind, 157; 

 ;?f). Dor. wita. 



witka, , d. wiwatka (1) v. trans, and intr., to blow out from, to Jitow out 

 of: shlii'wish wa/shtat w. the ivind bloirs oid of a den or cave; e-eni nu w. 

 I blew Old from me in the spirit-land, 17 A; 11. (2) to eviscerate, dlsciu- 

 bowel, as game, slaughtered cattle Der. I't^a. 



wi'tkatkish, witkakash (witkoko), d. wiwatkatkisli, species of hawk, 

 small l)ut long-tailed, somewhat stronger than tlie yukiak-hawk; Avings 

 spotted; gathers in swarms to attack horses and feeds on their carcasses. 

 'Wq uniform note of this bird, which is often seen near Klamath ]\Iarsh, 

 is: wi wi wf; incantation, 171; 71.; witkatkfsliam la's tJie feather of the 

 leitkatkish, forms the subject of an incantation, 181; 2. 



w i t X n o 1 a , d. wiwat/nola to bloiv Old from mouth. Der. \vitka. 



witlash, d. wiwatlash (1) eminence, hill or land shaped roof-like. (2) 

 Wi'tlas, nom. pr. of a roof-shaped natural rock or rock-dam on the south- 

 ern bank of the Williamson Kiver, about half a mile below tlie junction 

 with Sprague River; it was given, as is generally believed, by the deity 

 K'mnkamtch to the Lake tribe as a fishing-place, 143, 1. 



