PIT EIVEE EAIDS. 21 



WAwIlIKS TAtI' SH^LLUALSHA MOATUiSHASH. 

 DAVE HILL'S SECOKD FIGHT WITH THE PIT EIVER IKDIAl^S. 

 NA-antka sko'shtka nu g^na ; tilnkt nt^-ish nt I'-amnatk g^na 161oks- 



Next spring-time I set oat; then bow and I carrying started a ri- 



arrows 



gish tchish. Tu' nad mdkl6%a; tsui nAd hAtokt mu'shmusli luela, B6shtm 



fle also. Far off wo camped; and we there an ox butchered, an Ameri- 



can 



tpa-6k na'lsh hishtchaktnuk Moatiuishash. Tsiii nat shenotankakska batak. 3 



inviting ns, for he had become anpry at the Pit Rivers. Then we almost fought then'. 



N4nka tchilluk Nushalt;iagaki'shash kakno'ls tem^shka; nat hunkanti 



Some men sidius with the Headwater-Modoc.s cairasses abstracted; we thereat 



sawikank la'p nat kakno'lsh slil^t^i^. Tsui nat k4-i hii'nk sle-ipele 



getting anixry two we cuirasses took away. Anrl we not them returned 



ne-ux^lp'lish gi'ntak Mkiani E-ukski'sham ; tsui nat ma'ns=gitk sla'-ipele. 6 



the repeated orders in spite of of thu chief of the Lak*? men ; but we at last returned them. 



Hii'masht nat hdtokt makle/ank ; tchiii nat g^na mbu'sant, tchui nat 



Thus (did, acted) we there whiJe camping; then we traveled next day, and we 



tu' mdkleka Mu'atak. Tsui nat mbu'sant g^na, tsiii nat tu' m4klek' 



over camped on Modoc Lake. And we iu the morning started out, and wo over camped 



there there 



Tiuno'lsh. M6atokni ndnka sa-ulantchna, tsiii sa ksi\ile% ki'uks suawinuk 9 



at Tiunolsh. ilodocs some went with. <«s), and they danced a conjurer when exaniined 



sas kants sliudpkst: "hii sliuiipkst, tcha ma'lsh ngAtuapk na'hlis"; tsui 



them who might be shot: " if ye will be shot, ihen to ynu will snap the bowntring"; ami 



la'p ngata nd'hlis. Tsui nat mbu'sant g^na, tu' nat ati' gdna lupl' n41am 



two snapped bowstrings. Thru wo next morning siarleii far we off travelled fir^t our 



out, 



hu'nk s^llaluish guni'ta. Tsui nat waita yainatat t^lbapkank knidkok 12 



war-expedition further. Then we passed from a mountain overluoking to spy 



the day 



Moatudshash ; tcbiii nat shlaa tchi'pksh ; kiiitsant tchia ktdyat. 



the Pit Rivera; and we saw encamped; inaccessible they in rocks. 



(them) stayed 



Tsui ndd pa'ktgist gdkiamna, tsiii gii'lki; tsiii na'ts shlaA M6atuasb, 



And we at dawn surrounded, then attacked and ns discovered the Pit Rivers, 



(them); 



tsui weto'Ii lali'sbtat; kokdlam hidi palkuisb miinatfl. Hdtokt gakdyapguk 15 



and slid down the slope; of a river there tho dry bt^d deepidown. At that place enterinj; the woods 



(was) 



ndn%a M6atiiasb li'wank i-o'ta; tii'm shasb nga'-isha Moatoki'shasb, Lank= 



some Pit River men gathering shot (at ns) ; many (them) they wounded Modoc men, Long= 



Tsdnash tchish sli'ksga n%ak-ksaksi'na ; nga'-ish hu'k ngak-ksaksh 



■Tohn also they came near on head-top right there; bullet that on the head-top 



wounding 



ntl'kshtcha. Nd-ends tchish nii'sh shlin M6atokish, Tsui nat 1^ wak kd-a: 18 



grazed. Another loo in the was shot (a) Modoc man. And we (were) un- very: 



« head decided 



li'wa hu'k tu mii'na sha Igm^waliekshtat i-utlla; ndnuk w^wansni hdtokt 



were those down-bf>Iow they driftwood-henp under; all women and all there 



crowded 



