INTRODUCTION. 



The preparation of this second part of the Dictionary of the Klamath 

 Language has been a much more arduous task than would at first appear, 

 and therefore I add a few remarks supplementing those introductory to the 

 Klamath-English part of the Dictionary in order to set forth the principles 

 that guided me in my work. 



To be of practical and scientific value, a mnnual of this kind should 

 be something more than a mere accumulation of the terms corresponding 

 in each language. When several Klamath terms correspond to one English 

 term the reader should be taught which expression must be used in one 

 Reception of the term and which in another. This discrimination can be 

 made only after a careful examination, based upon practical use and 

 etymology, of the real signification of each term. By thus preventing as 

 much as possible the misapplication of terms in using tlie language, I have 

 tried to make a fair start toward a synonymy of the tongue which I now 

 introduce to the public. In cases of doubt, however, there must be a 

 reference to the word in Part First under which are given the manifold 

 practical applications of the term. 



In the following pages the various Klamath terms corresponding to 

 one English term are introduced by synonymic and idiomatic English 

 expressions in italics, arranged alphabetically, unless, for some reason, 

 another arrangement was found to be desirable. In the case of verbs the 

 equivalents are enumerated in alphabetic ordei- after the preposition accom- 



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