22 HISTORICAL TEXTS. 



ll'-npka tii' iim'na. Tchiii ui tu' hdtokt p'li^ntant tchi'wishksaksi gi; tcliiii 



wero lumped deep below. Then I jnat there above their camping* place was ; and 



together 



iKitoktni'sh agishi': *'La'anat wdk ka-a; la' nat wAk galdsawia-a!" tsf sa, 



there I whllo stayed: "Not we know whatto not we (know) to approach cl<>6ol> !" so they 



do, how (i^aid), 



3 hdtokt ni'sh gi'shi. I'sui ni bu't^i, tsiii Idp nish ritd-isalta hu'tzipsh. Tsui 



there I wliilo was. There* I leaped then two at shot arrows as I leaped. Then 



upon down, lueu me 



ni hu'tsna tu', tsiii ni hu'tpa hihassuaksas hdtokt li-ukd-isi hdtakt tchuyunk 



I ran over and 1 reached the (Lake) men ihere collected there then 



there, running 



sen6tankasli. Tsiii ni'sh sa lawa'-ula hiVkuapksht kfi'kalam palkui'sliam; 



fighting. But mo they noi allowed to run across the river's dryboitoni; 



6 hatakt guni'gshtant nanka £-ukskni le-uptcha; sen6tank ktayat li'uptsank. 



that spot opposite some Lake men had gathered they were hght- rocks hiding behind. 



bohiiul ; ing 



Tsui nlsh ndnka: "kd-i gi; kd-i hu'tsa, shliudpka m'sh ! " tsf n's sa 



And to me a few: " I)on't do it; don't run, they will shoot you !" eo tome they 



Mtaktk. Tsiii ni: *'hu'tchanuapk" tclu ni ki', *'wik4 an' gcildsuish s4na- 



there said. Then I : "I shall rush over" eo I said, "closely I to approach I 



9 lioli" tchin lidtaktk "KA-i ki'lank pi'la 1-u'ta, til' in at ngji'-islia; u'ts 



want" thus 1 there said. "Not in quick they shoot, many are wounded ; neTor 



succession 



gint, shli'tki nush!" tsin at gi. A ni ho'tsnan at, tsiii nish kdki'ha, tsui 



mind, let them ine I" so 1 now said. Then I ran towards (them), and me they missed, and 



shoot 



hutapgno'lshi n's ndygns M6atokni slili'n pii'n niish; tsiii kdhaha shli'sham 



alter I had reached atioiher Modoc was shot also in the and ho ached tlirouj:h his 



there running head ; wtmndiug. 



12 Tsiii nat iewak na'-ul6ka, tsiii ni nd-astg: "hdggi! i'sh ktiyuiaki'at!'* 



Then we wore at a fnr arranging, and I so spoke: "lookhecel me liti up there ye ! '' 



loss 



tsf nt gi. Tsui ni'sh sha ktlwi';fi, tsiii nl ktsi'tsa, tcbui ni gfta Moatuashash 



so I Maid. And rao they placed on lop, and I crept forward, tbeu I there the Pit Rivers 



ni t^lshapka wikd li'wapksh; n4nuk nl tids shla'popka shash. Tsui ni 



I perceived clone by crowded in one all I perfectly saw (of) them. And I 



body ; well 



15 ktchigi'dsapgli tu' stildsamp6l6k sas ; tsiii ni : "ktfwal^at na-^ntch 



crept back over to report to them ; and I: "post ye op another man 



yonder 



tchkash" tchi' ni gi. Ktchi'tpamptllank shapfya sas, tchiii sa: '^w/ik 



besides" so I said. Having crept back I reported to them, and they: "how 



liaitch i gi?" tchi n'sh sa gi. Tchiii "ni ndnukash shla'shki" tchi' ni gi ; 



there is it J" so to me they said. Upon this "I nil of them can see" so I said; 



18 shapiya shash, tsiii sa ktiwi'^i na-a'nds tchkash. Tsiii nat la'p k'Ig'ka, tsiii 



I told thotn, and they lifted up another (man) too. Then we two were there, and 



nat ktsi'ktsa, tsiii nat sas tii' shlii'popk, a ni n4-asht gi: '*h4gga shla'k!" 



wo crept along, and wo them down perceived, and I so said: "let me Bhootl" 



there 



Tsiii hu'k na-as h4tokt, tu'shtuk M6atuash li'wa, ndnuk sa hu'nk nga'-is 



And to one man there, where the Pit Ilivera were all (others) to him (their) 



gal iJfered, arrows 



21 siiwdna, nd-adsiak hti'nk i-fi'ta satsl^Aniitk lu'paks. Tsiii tchiu a ni 



handed, none but he was s<<ratch-paint<Ml with chalk. And thus I now I 



Bhootin|£ 



