THE MODOC WAE. 37 



kd-i shana-uli6ga mdklakshash hi tchl'tki. MH'ni laki wdl^a: '*Idshd 



not wanting the Indians there to remain. The President replied : " Remove 



miiklakshash Agency kdyak hishtchdktnan ; kd-i g^-isht, tpudshdntak." 



the Indiana to the agency not boiateroasly; not (they) going, drive (them there)." 



Vun^pni taiinep shu'ldshash, Capt'n Jackson lakf, lApgni taixnep B6shtin 3 



Forty fioldiere. Captain Jackson com- twenty white 



manding, 



hatak-tchltchish tula una'k gakidmna. B6slitin lakf hem^%e : **i lakf gepki ! " 



settlers with early enrronnded (the The Ameri- com- cried: "you, chief, coraehere!" 



(them) camp). can niander 



Scaiface Charley gdknan hem^%e : ''Jackkd-iu pdtkal!" B6shtin lakf Bar- 



Scarfaco Charley coming out aaid : " Jack not yet has got up ! " Lieutenant Bai- 



tell hemd^e : "1 pushpushll watchdg^lam w&sh, 161oksgish ml hun ^Ik!" 6 



tell said: "you black of a bitch the eon, rifle yours this lay 



down ! " 



Scaiface Charley hem^%e : *'nu'toks kd-i watchdga gi; hishudkshash=shitko 



Scarface Charley said: "I not a dog am ; to a man-alike 



Ish hdmkank!" Bartell hemd^e: *'i pushpushli watchdkalam w^ash, 16- 



to me speak!" Bartell said: '*you black of a bitch the eon, ri- 



lokshgish ml dl%!" Jackson hem^;{e : "161oksgish hunkish u't%i." Ldpok 9 



fle yours lay Jackson said: " the gan from him take away." Both 



down!" 



nadshdshak shikenftkish shushpdshkan shdtui ; Idpok shakl'ha. Tdnk hun 



at the same mo- revolver drawing fired ; both missed. Hence 



ment 



shellualtdmpka. 



the war commenced. 



Tdnktak B6shtin tu'gshta K6ke yutetdmpka; at nanuk shellualtdmpka. 12 



Just then the whites on opposite of Lost to shoot-commenced ; then all to flght-commenced. 



shore Kiver 



Tdnkt 1dpi taunep mdklaks tchfa, tun^pni taunep shu'ldshash B6shtin tchi'sh 



That time twenty Modoc wai- stayed fifty soldiers American settlers 



riors (in camp). 



shukdltko. Lapgshdpta shu'ldshash luela, kdnktak nge'she-uiya. Mdklak- 



mixed with. Seven soldiers were as many were wounded. Of the In- 



killed, 



sam wewdnuish tdtoksnl na'sh taunep kshfkla shu^nka nge'she-uiya. Ki- 15 



dian women (and) children eleven were killed (and) wounded. Oftbe 



uks^m mdklaksh K6ke gunigshta ydmat tamgnuo'ta hdtakt=tchitclushash 



conjurer the band Lost River across northwards while running the settlers there 



shut^nka, kd-i na'sh gin snaw^dshash tatdkiash kd-i liiela. Mdklaks lakf 



massacred, (but) not one there woman children not they killed. The Modoc chief 



ktayalshtdla gdna, pen ndnka gapt6ga g^na tula; hdtaktok tchfa 17th Jan- 18 



to the lava-beds went, then others joined (him and) went with there they January 



(him) ; stayed 



uary 1873 tche'k. 



17th 1873 nntil. 



Tilnkt \'Tandpni hundred pen vunip shu'ldshash, B6shtin shuk41tko, 



That day four hundred and four soldiers, with settlers mixed, 



gutdmpka. Waita shdllual, kelidnta ke-ishtat, tinolo'lish tchek kgl^wi; 21 



attacked (them). All day they fought, without snow (oo the at sundown finally theycejised; 



ground), 



shii'ldshash g^mpglin at \'uni'pni taunep st^wa luel6tan ngesh6tan 



the military retreating, then forty they missed (in) killed wounded 



