46 HISTOKICAL TEXTS. 



Jack'.s hand liad run off, the remainder went to Yiiueks, over tliiity miles inland, to 

 settle tlieic. 



34, 1!>. slieshasb is here placed between Mo'dok Point and the adessive ease-post- 

 iwsition -;;islii, which corresponds to -ksaksi in the northern dial(M;t. We have here 

 an instance of incorporation of a whole word into a phrase, and the whole stands for: 

 Mo'dok Point gislii sheshiipkash j;at])a. 



34, L'O. slmlo'tisli. Articles of clothing-, blankets, etc., form a portion of the an- 

 )iuitics distrihntcd to treaty Indians before the connnencement of the cold season. 



35, 2. lajn instead of lai)eni, hip'ni; also 41, 18. 



35, .'i. shciiuidsha, etc. Captain O. C Knapp, U. S. A., had assnmed charge of the 

 Klamath Agency, under the title of siibagent, on Oct. 1, lS(i9, relieving Mr. Lindsay 

 Applcgate. 



35, 5. ktchinksh. The timb(!r-la.nd lies north of Modoc Point on Williamson Eiver, 

 and hence was regarded by the Lake People or Klamath Lake Indians as their ex- 

 chisive doiriain. This served them as an excuse or justification for taking to them- 

 selves the rails which the Modocs had split. In addition to this, they taunted them 

 with the remark that they were in the power of the Amei'icans as their bondsmen, and 

 would soon ado])t all the customs of the white ])opnlation. 



35, 8. Mo'dokni laki. My Modoc informants constantly avoided giving the name 

 of t!aptain Jack by which his tribe called him. Western Indians regard it as a crime 

 to nu'ntion a dead person's name lieforc a certain number of years has elai)scd. The 

 Kalai)uya Indians, who never crematetl their dead, are allowed to speak out their names 

 fifteen years after their decease, for then " the flesh has rotted away from the bones", as 

 they say. The real name of Captain Jack was Kintpnash, which is interpreted as " one 

 who has the waterbrash ". 



35, 15. giitpamnan, coming to their camps, stands for the Klamath gAtpgnank. 



36, 18. pcli)eli (first syllable short) means: to work; pe'lpeli (first syllable long): 

 to work in somebody's intei'est. 



35, 19. kitcbakla, to pay a sum owed, to repay a debt, ef. s;fu'kta, to pay cash. — 

 ])i'sh : to himself, as the chief of the Modoc tribe. 



35, 21. papalla. The subchief Dave Hill positively denies tliat such an amount of 

 i-ails was ever abstracted by his people from the Modocs, and declares it to be a gToss 

 exaggeration. 



36, i. shne-i])aksh and shn6-ilaksh are two terms for " tire-place, hearth", differing 

 only little in their meaning. 



36, .5. iimtcli, former, previous, is not often placed in this manner before the substan- 

 tive which it (pialifles. 



36, o. gempele, etc. The former Modoc encampments on the lower course of Lost 

 Iiiver were distant from Modoc Point about 25 to .30 miles, those on its headwaters 

 about 50 miles, and those on Modoc Lake and Little Klamath Lake about the same 

 distance. 



36, a. t/iilanipanki, or -kni, Blodoc for tat/alampani in Kiamatli. 



36, !>. Vainakshi gishi' im])lies that Applcgate was living at Yiineks at that time; 

 tlie Klamath l>akcs would say instead: Yainaksaksi, or Vainakshi, Yainak.sh. Snper- 

 int('ndent Meaeliani had tlien temjjorarily dixided the reservation, leaving the Klamath 

 Lakes under (he control of the acting agent al KJamatli Agency, Captain O. C. lvnai)p. 



