THE MODOC WAR. 41 



"kdnam, mi hu'uk shapfyash laldkiasli, shapiya?" At gAtplsht vula: "kani' 



"who, yoa what (yon) reported to the officers, told!" Then after arrival they asked "who 



(her) : 



mish shapiya?" Toby hem^ze: "Kd-i nH un ma'lash shapltak!" At 



toyou told (of tliis)!" Toby said: "Not I to ye will tell!" Then 



gakidmna shlishlol6Ian : "he i nal un k4-i shapi'tak, shluktak mish na 3 



t bey snT rounded cocking gnns: "if you tone not will tell, will kill you wel" 



(her) 



un!" Toby vuld: "Nu tchish Mo'doknl gi; i, nu shapiya shushotanki- 



Toby replied: "I also a Modoc am; yes, I told (it) to the Peace Commis- 



shash; k4-i nu lin mal tatd shapi'tak. Shli'sh hameniiiga, i'sh shla't!" 



sioners; not I to ye whence will tell. To shoot if yoa want, me shoot ye!" 



Lakl k4-i shan4-uli ki-ukshash snaw^dshash shiukdtgi : " snaw^dshash hiV-ii 6 



The not wanted (that) the conjurer (this) woman should kill: "awonian she 



chief 



gi, kaitua shdyuaksh." 



is, nothing she knows." 



At lit%i g^mpgle, shuldshdmkshi gatpdmpgli; piin lalakiash shapfya, 



Then in the she returned, to the soldiers' camp she came back; again the Commis- she told, 

 evening aionera 



ka-i mdklakshash hushtanktgi. 9 



not the Indians to meet in council. 



Mbu'shan Meachash k^lianta m^klaksh gdtpa. Doctor Thomas Canby 



On the next day Meacbam beiug absent eome Modoca came. Dr. Thomas (and) Gen. Canby 



mdklakshasli sheuo'l%a mbu'shan hushtankuapkuga. Tun^pni m4klaks 



with the Indians arranged the next day to meet. Five Indians 



hushtankudpka mbu'shan, nanuk k^liak 161oksgish. Psbin hu at gatp4m- 12 



were to meet the Lext day, all withont rifles. That even- when had re- 



pgle Meacham, Doctor Thomas shapiya p'n4 shen61aktiish. Meacham 



turned Meacham, Doctor Thomas mentioned his promise. Meacbam 



hem^%e: ** Doctor, ha 1 iin nen hak nd-ulaktak, k4-i i un pen t4ta nd- 



eaid : " Doctor, if you (ever) this compact-keep, not you again ever will 



ulaktak. T6biash nu 161a, mdklaksh nal shuenkudpka; kd-i kanl mish un 15 



compact-keep. Toby I believe, the Indians iia intend to kill; nobody to you ever 



shapltak, T6biash ki'-lsht." Doctor Thomas ham^%e: *'hu mish mdklaks 



will tell, Toby to have told Doctor Thomas said: "this you Indian 



lies." 



snaw^dshash hushpdtchta ; ka-i 1 p'laikishash 161a tidsh." 



woman has frightened; not you in God trust enough." 



Mbu'shan la' pi mdklaksh shushotankishdmkshi gdtpa vula: ^'tamu' lish 18 



Next morning iwv Indians to the Peace Commissioners' tent came (and) in- "(are) 



quired: 



a mulo'la mdklakshash hushtankuapkuga?" Hu'dsha heme'^e: "i-i." N4- 



ye ready the Indians to meet in council?" They replied: "yes." All 



nuk lald%i shugu'laggi at, Tchmu'tch ham^;{e: "shand-uli nii nen shdpiySsh 



the Peace Com- jjathered then, Frank Kiddle said: "want I to tell 



mission er 3 



mal, kd-i genat, shu^nktak mal tin mdkMks, kd-i nu shandhiill nush sha- 21 



ye, do not f^o, will kill ye the Modocs, not I wish me to have 



akaktdntgi." Doctor Thomas vul4: "nu'toks p'laiki'-ishash loMtko gi"; 



a blame cast upon. '^ Doctor Thomas said: "as for me, in God I am trusting"; 



gAhudshktcha. 



ho BtttTtoU. 



