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mjin pi'la ydna shlAka watch hu'nk. Tsui sa sen6tank; w^tch na'sli liatakt 



of nnny alouc below gnnrilcd horses {theiia). Now tbey fought; horso a sin(;lo over ilictt. 



bnggnpo 



tkc'ilamna, tsiii na'sh £-ukskni shnuktsdstkak hu'nk wdtch. Tyi'ii iii 



stood oil a hill, when one Lake man started to catch that hi rse. And I 



3 lev.'t'-ula: " shh-uapkdm'sh sha, liukAyank a 1-u'ta!" tchfn gi ; "hui'ya!" 



tried tu dissuade "will shoot yon they, lying in ambnsh they are sol said; "don'tVol" 



(lilui): " tiring!" 



iia'st 111 hemkaiik : " huiya ! " Tsiii oc'ua ki'llikankank, tsiii Sa't huk tdwi 



s" I spoke: "don't }jo!" And he went spredinj; oft; and the at him fired 



Snakes 



gatpaiikshkslii liu'iik \v;its. Tsui kadsukb;aksina lii'kshktsa ga -ish hii'k. 



when ho had almost the horfc And right on the clnii took (his) skin off bullet that, 



reached 



6 Tsui nat ka-i hii'nk snvi'kat watch liunk ; tsi'ii lulk Sa't ti'nsna kdt hii'k 



And we not eaiij^ht horse that; and the Snakes ran away who him 



shli'kshgii. T.si'ii nat kpu'laktsa tu' ati ga-u'l^a; luiiiuk hiik Sa't gdktsui 



bad almost slol. 'llien we piiisued (Ibem hi:rli iiji we ascended ; all the Snakes went into 



and) (ill the hills) 



wali'shtat, kii'mets hiitakt guli' tu'nii lifhassuaks. Tsiii hatokt gi'ank 



the rock-elifts, the caves also theie entered many men. And in there staying 



9 sawi'kn liiik Sa't, suashuiila sa hiViik kta-i, tsdi vu'ssa shu'ldshash. At 



became the Snakes, (and) piled iiji ilie> rock.s, and became the troops. Then 



angry afraid 



yaiia ti'l%a shdppash, tsui nat gc'iupcle. 



down- inclined the sun, and we returned 



wards (to caDiii). 



Kayaktsna shuklsliasli wt'wanuish; u-i'tsna sha, tsiii nu shlaa 



I'ursued the soldiers women; tlie\ iiiarehed in front file, then I perceived 



12 liissuiikshas ktayat tsiiti'la. Mii'ni kii'lo ]i;itakt tiiya; hiinkant tsig 



a man theiocks iiiiderue.Tt li. A tall juniiier tree there stood below ; againstit then 



ts'hdlamnank layijik hl'luksgislitka. Tsiii iide-ul;fan shlii-dnk hfi'nkt layi- 



sitting close he poirted with liis ^ini. And 1 lid. me fall seeing him point- 



tat nie) 



pakst, tsui ni si'ktsaslan wikii ; tsui lii slili'wal nanuyank t/;a'l;^a; tclu'ii 



mg, and I crawled aside aljtile: and 1 cocked making ready (and) stood up; and 



15 iii'sh les'ma ge'tal ta'ds, lavipk tiVshtal lupi' shla-o'lan's. Tsiii ni shli'n ; 



me he did not at that he where at first he had seen nie. Then T fired; 



see spot. pnillled 



patu 11 slili'n, tsiii ndewaiika ; tsiii ni ho'txo, tsiii ni pii'n shlin nu'sh 



in the 1 hit (him), ami lie fell ; then I sprang to- and I again shot (him) in the 



cheek wards (bim), head 



sikeni'tkstka. Tsiii so'ldshash ti'utpa, tsiii neli'na iiii, tsiii kui;^au Sa'tas 



with a pistol- Then the -soldiers arrived, and scalped I and recognized Snake 



(him), I man 



18 hii'iik, Ivandan hu'nk shi'iiga. Gitakni hii'k P'laikni ; E-ukskishash 



that, whoiii 1 had kilUd. Hailing he from Spragne to a Klamath Lake 



Kiver; (woman) 



mbushcahk ; na-aslit hu'k shesatk Ldpa=Kiu=gi'tk ; tchihuk shc'satk. At 



he was married : so he (was) Two-Rumps- having; thus he (was) Now 



eaWed named. 



nat neli'nulank at gempchi mak'hiktsuk, at ti'nnaga. Tsiii nat niak'lex; 



we having done scalp- returned for encanipiug, and (the sun) was Tliea wo c;iiiipi'd: 



ing (him) setting. 



21 k6kag luitakt tii'nsna, safgataks lidtokt kl ; hii'nkant tchi'k hu'k kokdg 



a brook then- ffoe runuin;; ii prairk- ii;;lit tbr-ro was; tlironEjhlt then tbft(. sireiim 



i)y. 



