PIT EIVEE EAIDS. 19 



£-UKSKNI SELLUAL MOATUASHASH. 



PIT RIVER INDIANS RAIDED BY KLAMATH LAKE WARRIORS. 



GiVBN BY Dave Hiix in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



E-ukskni tftatna s^Uual Siistias ; tsiissak toks sdllual, tu'm hu'shtcho^ 



The Lake men not often warred against the continnally bow- fonght, (and) killed 



Sliaati ; ever many 



M6atuasliasli. A'-ukskni Iii'luagslats tu'm ndnuk sko'-hs. KA-i hu'k 



Pit River men. The Lake men enelav. ii also many every spring-time. Not they 



(are) 



ki'llitk, k4-a wo'sgs shliio'tak A-ukski'sas ti'nsna, ka-itat sa nelli'nat 3 



bellicose, very despondent at the mere sight of Lake men they ran away, never they scalped 



hu'stchok-huya liak sa; tu'm tdt sa husts6ka M6atuash. Kd-itata si'ukat 



killed only they: many then they killed Pit River men. Never massacred 



A-ukskisas M6atuash. 



the Lake men the Pit Rivers. 



"WAWAlIKS LUPf SH^LLXJAL MOATUlSHASH. 

 DAVE HILL'S FIRST FIGHT WITH THE PIT EIVEE INDIANS. 



Kitchkdnin t^nkt nii g^na sikenitgi'k pi'la liyamnatk. Tsui nad 6 



Being a boy I that time I went asmnllpittol only eairying. And we 



fi-ukskni gelo'la p4-uk Kokdksakshi, na'sh na'ds B6shtin tu'la. Tsiii 



Lake men disraountcrt lor repast at Litile River, one with ns Aiueiican (coming). Then 



hishtclidkta hdtakt ; v/Ats mh4-uta na-a'nam ; sawfka hlshuaksh hunkdnti 



they had a contest there; (one man's) was by another became angry the man thereat 



horse woouded " (man) ; 



wdtch m'na mbf4-iitisht, tsui husht(5pakta sha I61oksgish : tchi sha hdtokt 9 



horse his having been shot, and pulled out tbey (their) gona: so they there 



geld'lank shewtitp^astka. Tsui gena, tu' pe'n mdkle^a sha, tsui sa mbu'- 



dismounted about noou-tinie. Then traveled, far again camped they, then they in the 



sant gena pa'n, tsui sa mdk'ie^a Wu'ksalks, tsiii sa pa'n gdna mbu'sant, 



mom. trav- again, and they camped at W6kas-Place, then they again went on nest morning. 



ing elled 



tsiii pti'n sa mdk'le;^a Tiuno'lsh ; gitaks p'lalkishtka sappasli. Tsui sa 12 



and again they encamped at Tiunnlsb ; then (was) near culmination thesnn. And they 



point 



kdkta, tsiii sa mu'lua li't^i, tsiii sa psfn g^na, nl'shta sha g^na 



heldEiiesta, then they made ready in the and they at night travelled, all night they wenton 



evening, 



tuklAktsnank. 



stopping at intervals. 



Tsiii mbu'sant shlad M6atuashash tchl'pksh, tsiii gu'lki nad, tchiii 15 



And next luorniug -wo saw tho Pii Kivors encaiDped, and attacked we, and 



ti'nsua M6atuash, vusso'k sas tilli'ndsa wewanuish ; tsui sa lu'luagsla. 



ran away tho Pit RiverH, frightened them thcj abandoned (their) womtn; then they (them) made 



