riGEITS WITH SNAKE INDIANS. 31 



tu'ns%ant.sii yashaltk. Tchixi kissa'mi slul'dsha Sa't; tii' wali'sh i-utlla 



was rimniiig aHuided wiih Then at nightfall made a fire thx thern (he cliffs below 



wiUowa. Snakos; 



tu'shtuk ku'mme. Mii' ska t4nkt sla'wi ; tsui psiii gatpa Sa't i-uta. 



there (was) a cavo. Very cold that time (the wind) and in the came the (and) fired. 



lilew ; night Snakea 



Tsui sliuldshash vu'ssa, tsiii iiat nui'lua, a ivat guhuayhktsa, psinak 3 



And 1 he soldiers took fright, and wo got ready, and we marched, the same 



night 



mu'atau nat g^na ; nislitd nat g^na Tu' nat yaiuatat pa'ktgi, tsu'i nat 



aouthward.s wo went; the whole we marched. Yax we on the moun- were at then we 



ni ght away tains dawn, 



ni'lka. 



Stopped ihere 



in the early hours. 



Lii'luagslash tankt lapksapt w^wauuish; ana nat hu'nk, tsiii nat pan 6 



They enslaved that time seven women ; brouj;ht we those, then we again 



iTi4k'lex Nii'wapksli yamakstan ga'dsa t;tdlamna. Tsui kok4g h4takt 



encamped from Goose La ko rorthsidenf a little to the west. And a hrook there 



tu'nsna; tsui psin gatpa Sa't, tsui k4-i nat k^ktant ; nfshta nat k4-i 



isiuuuing; and at nitjlit came the and not we plept; all night we not 



Snakes, 



kdktant. Tsui mbusant pan g4tpa Sa't; yaina-ag kuita nats huk tu pka, 9 



slept. And next morning again carao the a hillock back of iis stood, 



Snakes; 



tsui hatakt li'wal Sa't, tsui kaki"hha sho'ldshash ; ati hu'nk kaki"hha. 



ai]d there gathered the and missed (them) the soldiers; by a them they missed. 



Snakes, long way 



Tsui nat watsatka taluak-huya; tsui gdya-a na'ts hu'k Sa't. Mbusant 



Then we on horseback rode after them ; and were hiding before us the Snakes. Inthemorung 



nat gepgap'li ; at gii'tak Satas slaa, tsui nat gdtpampele. Tsui shu'ldsbasli 12 



we returned; no longer any found and we went back home. And the military 



Snakes we, 



liu'k shiiwana wewan'sh na'ls hu'lik, Sa'tas wats tchisb la'p. A nat gat- 

 gave women to us those, of the Snake horses also two. Then we re- 

 tribe 



])anip<5le gi'ta E-ukdk; hiVktoks Lieutenant Small tu' sbipi'tk Na wapksh 



turnetl here to Fort Kla- but he Lieut. Small over separated Goose Lake 



math; there 



guni'gstant ge'mpaluk Spa-isb Valleytdla. La'p Sdtas w(iwanuish a/na. 15 



opposite for returning to Surprise Valley. Two Snake females betook 



with him. 



NOTES. 



28. The various bands of Snake Indians inhabiting Oregon east of the Cascade 

 Mountains are gaining their sustenance chiefly by the chase. This accounts for their 

 constant ■wanderings and ubiquitous presence sometimes at Cami) Harney, or the 

 Owyhee and Snake Eiver, at othei- times near Warner Lalie, or the Klamath Marsh. 



The date of this raid could not be determined ; it may have preceded the fight 

 related below by ten or twenty years. 



28, 1. fi-uksi, "to Klamath Marsh"; on Williamson Itiver (Koke), which forms 

 the outlet of the Marsh, the Snakes saw women of the Lake tribe crossing or passing 

 <lowii the livtT in theii' dug out canoes, which they use for gathering wokash (the seed 

 of th(^ pond-lily) on the Mai'sh. 



