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shl^wal 161oksgish, tsiii ni shlin hu'nk, kdt huk yu'ta, tsiii nd^wanga ; tsi 



cocked (my) gan, and I shot him, the one who was shoot- and hufell; thus 



ins, 



taiikt at nat siuga hti'nkst. 



at last we killed that fellow. 



At hu'ksa Ifwatk tu'm wdltka tdnkt. Tsui Muatokui D4n;(a tu'menatk 3 



Now they, crowded macb talked thea. And Modocs some underatood 



together, 



Moatuasam hemkanks ; tsiii bu'k tti'mena at Moatuasam waltoks. Hu'k 



of ibe Pit Rivera the language; and they understood of the Pit Rivers the discourse. They 



shapiya na'tch : ^'dtenen gakdyoluapka, nen sa skuyokayo'la wewAni- 



Qotificd ns: "presently they will get away, they send out of the bush the fe- 



shash ; na-asht nen wdltka." Tsui gakayuluk E-ukskni shishat^a 6 



maloa ; so they say " Then leaviiig the woods the Lake men picked out 



wewanuish, tsiii hu'k ki'nualk sa; nan^a liuhashtlina kaitua shnu'kuk. 



women, then went on the they; some quairelled none having obtained. 



hill 



'J'siii nuts Imm&jce: "shnu'kshtkan na'sh siwdk hu'nk ati'nsh huk lak gitk!"; 



And I too said : * ' want to get I ono girl this long hair ^ earing ! " ; 



tsiii ni'sli sha ka-i wa'-ula. Tsiii ni ka-i sam wa'walsh sblin, tsiii huk 9 



but to me they not allowed (her). Then I not they conceding shot, and sbe 



nde-ukua'lap'l ; hu'nk n'link shh'n siwdga. 



rolled down (the hillj ; tbat I killed girl. 



Tsiii tankt at hihassuaks at tinkayiila, tsiii nl shlin pa'n n^s hatakt, 



TheriMipou the (Pit River) ran out of the and I shot another <man) there, 



meu bush, 



tsiii at nd.n;fa tmiyj. Shta tok sa fi-ukskni hashdmpka; tsiii sas gawi'na 12 



when some went ui» Compactlv they the Lake men encircled (them); then thi-in rejoined 



hill. 



hu'ksa, kak at tini';{i tsa, ndanni hfhassuaks, na'sh gitsgdnits hissutikga. 



those, who just had gone (viz:) three men, one young also boy. 



up the hill, 



Tsiiyunk vu'ssa E-ukskni, tsiii hu'k Moatuash ti'n;^ansha; tu' ati yainatat 



Then were fright- the Lake men. as the Pit Rivers ran out of the cir- over-yon- to the moiin- 



ened cle ; der taina 



tushtampkank a-6ho-udtchnaj tsiii shnushn4ta. Tchiii ni nu hu'lipgli, tsiii 1.5 



coming near they halloed while run- and built fires. Thereupon I I entered again and 



iug, (the canon), 



ni hopgMusa, tsiii ni hupdkle;^a Idp-a hihassuaksas. Tsiii ni'sh hu'k 



I followed up (the and I encountered two men. And at me they 



dry creek), 



lapukantka shlatdmpk, tsiii na's tdwi, Mhhia n's ; wigga n's hu'nk kdihha, 



both at a time drew the bow, and one shot, (but) missed me; by a hair- me he missed, 



breadth 



na-aus tsi'ii shim nepni'ni nguldsh6taii, nt^-ish tchisli n;ta'wa. Tsui 18 



the other then I hit, aboatthehand latrnck (him), the how also broke. And 



man 



gutal^a huk nga'-ish t6kstala ; tsiii ndd-ul^. Nashtoks hukayapk, tsiii 



entered tho bullet in the navel ; and he fell. The other rnahed into the and 



thicket 



ti'ntpa sa E-ukskni tdnkt, tsiii sa hu'nk sfuga kdndan hu'nk shhn. Tsiii 



arrived (they) the Lake men at last, and they him killed whom I had shot. Then 



hu'k na's hukdyapk ma'ns hu'k tchakayank 1-u'ta; tsiii sa shlin tu'kni 21 



the one who went into the for some (he) sitting down was shoot- then they shot (him) from 



woods time ing ; 



