FIGHT8 ^v^^H snake i>a)UNS. 29 



Sha't guikak. Hu'k lapi lalaki : Sa't na-as Tchatchdktchaksh na-asht 



the went away There two chiefs: Snnke one TcbatchAktchaksh 80 



Snakes ' (were) lurtu 



sesatk, na'sh tchtg: Panama tchi' s^satk. Tchiii so'ldshas shawiga, tsiii 



ii»iDe(l, one (man) besides: PaDolna so named. Upon this the military was aroused, and 



gena; tu' Spa-ish Valley gatpa sho'lsash hu'k, tsiii sakem4wank hdtokt 3 



set out; far off to Surprise Valley luarcbod tbe sfliliors. and rendez-vouaing there 



mii'lua ; la'p m^poks gdna sbu'ldshash ; ua'sh Lieutenant Oatman nd-asht 



;:i>t ready; two companies went {of ) soldiers; one Lient. Oatiuan thus 



sliL'sliatk laki sliu'ldshash, na'sh tcliik Lieutenant Small na-asht sh^shatk 



named (was) chief of soldiers, one besides Lieut. Small thus named (was) 



laki shuldshasli. Tu' nat talaaks yamtltal geua. 6 



chief of soldiers. (From) we ^traijrht northwards proceeded, 



there 



Tsiii nat ^-ushtat gdluandsa, tsiii nats shla'pka Sha't; ki'lilks shla4; 



Then we a lake went around. and us noticed tbe^'nftke8; the dust they per- 



ceive<l ; 



tchiii yainatal kakolakpka, nan/a e-ushtat ga'-upkapk (Warner Lake, tchi 



then Warner Ridge we climbed, some ihroagb the waded (Warner Lake, so 



liike 



huk na'sh hii'k sesatk ^-us). Tchiii Camp Warner mak'lgk tina nat waita; 9 



ib;ir one named lake). Then nt Camp "Warner camped one we day and 



on*' (wns) night ; 



tsiii nat guhashktcha talaat t^alamtftal. Tchiii nat telo'll *'Tchdwam 



thtn we started out directly towards west. And we looked down " Antilope's 



Stu'"j tchihuk s^satk kaila; tsiii nat lapl gulfndsa (skuyii'i natch hu'k 



Trail", so this named (is) locality; then two of us went d rwn (detached us the 



(into it) (two) 



lalaki), tsiii shna'-uldsha nat. Tchiii nat talo'li; galo'la nat k'makudpkuk 12 



ciiiiim.ind- and galloped off we And we scouted ; dismonnted we to reconnaitre 



ere), 



Satas m4klaksas, tsiii nat wawapk k'makka nat, tsiii nia/ntsag gi'tk la'pi 



I he Snake Indians, and we sat down (and) spied we, then shortly afterwards two 



Sa't tu'kni gepgapele : kokagtalkni g^pgapT. Tsiii tilo'dshipk nat, tsiii 



Snake from a returned: over a rivulet they came hack. And saw them coming we. then 



men distance 



talaak guti'lapkap'li nats; tsiii nat wal'hha kawalia'kuapk sa'-ug. Tchiii 1,5 



towa'ds they descended wnile us; and we watched they would ascend believing. But 



(us) rounding a bill (them) 



ka-i gawalia'ga, hi'tok tu' gatpampgle tchi'-ishtat m'na; nat ma'nts-gi'tk 



not they came up, but from away they returned to rarop theirs: we after a while 



there 



ga'lapgapgle shtilshampeli-uapkuk. Tsiii nat ga'mpeli, tsiii na'ts gaya- 



rode back to report again. When we came back. (in frouti ' bad 



of ue 



itsampk shu'ldshash huk, liipiak nats gal^algi'pka. 18 



advanced the military, bet'oie we bad fully descended 



from the hill. 



Tsiii tu'=hak nAts a g^pksi at shla'pka, tsiii tassuipk, tsiii ktaftal 



Then a long way when we came down they saw (♦hi- ami ch>iri:ed (tbeml, and to the rocks 



behind (the Snakes), 



soldiers) 



ti'nshampk Sa-at huk. San6tanksi nat sash gatpa, tsiii tu' shlikshgan's 



scampered off the Snakes At the moment of we them reached, and nearly shot me 



fighting (the soldiers) 



a Sa't. Tu'taks huk sho'ldshash nannk ga-61eka kpu'l;^nk Sa'tas; li-mfl= 21 



the Far up th*j soldiers .-ill climbed np to dislodge the Snakes; the packer 



Snakes. 



