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ETHNOGKAPniC SKETCH, 



Awalokat "at Little Island," iu Sprague 



River. 

 Ne-ukish "confluence." 



Dave HilVs list: 



Hishtish Luelks "Little Sucker Fishery," 

 on bead waters. 



KaiUuTtiiaiii, lor Ktii'lu Tkalamnish "ju- 

 niper tree standing on an einineuce." 



Hopats "passage" to tbe timber. 



Luldaui Tcbi'ksb "winter bouses." 



Tsiinodanksb "continence." 



Yainaksbi "at tbe Small Butte." 



StAktaks "end of bill." 



KiMni'itcbam Liitsaskshi "at tbe old man's 



bouse," name of a bill; kiMnutcbam is 



said to stand liere for K'mukamtsam. 

 KAwamjilni "eel spiing." 

 Kokajiini, or Kokiiksi "at the creek." 

 Kuma'ksi "at tbe cave." 

 K4tsu;its "rocks sloping into the river." 

 Nakosksiks "river dam, river barrage," 



established for tbe capture of fish. 

 Ktai=Tupaksi, or Ktii i=T6i)ok8, "standing 



rock," situated near junction of Sprague 



with Williamson River. 



CAMPING PLACES OF TSE MODOC COUNTRY. 



On Lost River, close to Tule Lake, were the following camping places: 

 Wa-islia, where Lost River was crossed, three or four miles northwest of 

 the lake, and near the hills which culminate in Laki Peak ; Watchamsh- 

 wash, a village upon the river, close to the lake; Nakosh^e'ni "at the 

 dam," at the mouth of Tule Lake. 



On Tule Lake, also called Modoc Lake, Rhett Lake: Pash;(a, or Pasxa, 

 name of a creek and a little Modoc village on the northwest shore, whose 

 inhabitants were called Pash^anuash ; Kalelk, camp near Pas;^a, on north- 

 ern shore; Le-ush, on northern shore; Welwash;{e'ni " at the large spring," 

 east side of the lake, where Miller's house is; Wuka^e'ni "at the coomb," 

 one mile and a half east of Weiwash^e'ni ; Ke'sh-Laktchuish "where ipo 

 grows (on rocks)," on the southeastern side of the lake; Kiimbat "in the 

 caves," on the rocky southern side of the lake, once inhabited by about 

 one hundred Kumbatvvash, who were mainly Modocs, with admixture of 

 Pit River, Shasti, and Klamatli Lake Lidians. 



On Little or Lower Klamath Lake: Agawesh, a permanent Modoc 

 settlement upon what is now called "Fairchild's farm," southwestern shore; 

 Ke-utchish;te'ni "where the wolf-rock stands," upon Hot Creek; Sputuish- 

 xe'n'i "at the diving place," lying close to Ke-utchishxe ni, where young men 

 were plunging in cold water for initiation: 8hapash;{e'ni "where sun and 

 moon live," camj)ing place on the southeastern shore, where a crescent- 

 .shaped rock is standing; Stuikish^e'ni "at the canoe bay," on north side 

 of the lake. 



