28 HISTORICAL TEXTS. 



£-UKSNI SilLLUAL SAtaS. 



HOW THE LAKE MEN F0UGH1' THE SNAKE INDIANS. 



Given by Dave Hill in tui-; Klamath I.aivk Dialect. 



Lupf s^LLUAL. THE FIRST FIGHT. 

 Sa't gdtpa tind tii fi-uksl; K6ketat sUi4 wewauuish E-ukski'sas 



Snake went once over to Klamath on William- t bey saw females of tbe Lake tribe 



Indians Marsb ; sou River 



vu'nshatk g^pkapsh. Tcliui sdkatlank ge^pka wewaniifshash niAk'lakuapkst; 



in canoes approaching. Then going along they came {waiting till) the had gone to their e.imp; 



tbe trail up women 



3 tsui mcik'leka w^wanuish, tsiii hdtakt gdtpa Sa't, tsiii ngii'-isa w^waliiks 



then went to camp the women, ;ind near (them) <-:ime the and wounded the old women 



Snakes, 



pl'la. Tdnkt A'-ukskni, hiiktoks hfssuaks g^pka, k'lewidshdpka luela giug 



only. That lime the Lake tribe, (wiien) these (hostile) men arrived, had gone away for kilHog 



kia'm. 



fish. 



g Tsui at hushts6z hiVnk wewala'ksas Sa't, tcluu gampgle ; tdnktak 



And massacred thoae aged femalea the Snake then returned ; pretty soon 



men. 



tchui A'-ukskni hiliassuaks gasdktsna. Tsui mdk'lex Mk Sa't lakf N%itsa= 



after this the Lake tbe men pursued. And encamped that Snake chief Dried- 



Tsu'ks (na'sht liu'k sesatk Sa't laki kilu's); tsiii Ill-ukskni sla4 mAk'le^apks. 



Leg (so be was Snake (the) cbief-bero) ; then the Lake men espied him to be encMuiped. 



called 



9 Tsui gu'lgi sha, tsiii tl'nsna Sa't, tsiii siuka hu'nk N;^its4-Tsu'ksas Sa'tas 



Then charged they, and r.in away the and they killed him Dried-Leg the Snake 



Snakes, 



lAkias. Tcbiii nanka Sa't gampele, nduX'^^toks hii'shtchok. 



leader. Upon this soni« Snake went home, but others were killed. 



men 



Tchl s^Uual tltnd Sha'tasb. Kpudsdmpeli slia hu'nk Sa'tas, tchiii 



Thus they fought one time tbe Snakes. Drove back they those Snakes, and 



12 ka-itata gdtpant Sha't; at vushd E-ukskl'shash. 



never again came tbe Snakes; (for) they the Lake tribe. 



feared 



LfJ'LDATKtSH B6SHTINASH t6'LA SHEN6tANKA ShItASH. 



DAVE HILL FIGHTS THE SNAKE IKDIANS ON THE SIDE OF THE 



AMERICANS. 



Shiiilka na'lsh k4-ag Mr. Huntington; Sd-atas i'tpa Moadoki'sh tchish 



Collected ns long ago Mr. Huntiniiton : the Snakes bo the Mo^loc.•^ alho, 



hrongbt, 



na'lsh tchl'sb I'tpa gl'ta, tchiii tchiA nat na'dsag Tchiii ti'na ill61olatk 



us likuwi^e he here, thou lived we in one opot. Then one yftar-«lap»ed 



brought 



