w 1 1 c h w i t c h — w o' s 6 s . 491 



w6kasham, w6ksam yellow ponchlilij ; a i'resh-water plant growing along 

 the shores of all the upland lakes of Southern Oregon and Northern 

 California, and in immense numbers in the shallow portions of Klamath 

 J\larsh: Nwphar advcna. The pods are collected by the women, who 

 paddle their dugout canoes over the open waters of the marsh; the 

 season of gathering them (woksalsil'mi) begins about the middle of 

 Jidy and lasts five to six weeks. Cf E-ukshi (2), gufkaksh, spu'kli (2). 



w u k a s h 1 a , wu'kshala, abbr. wokshla, wa'ksla to collect pond-lily seed 

 aur.iialJy or habitually: wrdvslolank aflcr having gathered in the wokash- 

 harvest, 14:6, 9.; kanktak wukslat Eukshikni for so long maj the Klamath 

 Lake people gather tvokash, 74, 8. 



Wo'ksalkshi, Wi'iksalksh Wokash-Place, nom. pr. of various places 

 along lakes and marshes where wokash-seed is picked in the summer- 

 season; the place mentioned in 19, 11. is a marsh about six miles from 

 Linkville, Oregon. Der wokashla. 



wcjksalsha, 74, 6. 7.; other form for wokashla, q. v., 



w o' k s a 1 s ii' m i ; see w6kash. 



w 6 k s a m , wokasham, pi. tumi w., pond-lily, especially the yellow pond- 

 lily; same as wokash (2), q. v. Cf. tchind^am. 



wo'ksla, 74, 8. 13.; same as w6kashla, q. v. 



w o % 6 w a , woxowe, \'ux6yi to surrender, transfer property; said of fines 

 paid, 1)0, 8., or of horses transfeiTcd to parents by the bridegroom as an 

 equivalent for their daughter, 182; 8. 189; 8. Cf skiikta, skuktna. 



wo'ses, 19, 3.; same as viishish, q. v. 



