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42, 12. A "Sunday ki-uks", or Simday Doctor, stands for preacher, and the mean- 

 ing of the sentence is a mockery, contrasting Dr. Thomas' vocation of preacher and 

 mediator betvreen the two contending powers with his ignoble death brought on by 

 cowardly miirderers. 



42, 12-16. Skontchish's ballet passed through Meacham's coat- and vest-collar; he 

 retreated forty yards, while walking backwards ; Toby in the mean time tried to save 

 him by grasping the arms of his pursuers. He fell from exhaustion on a rock, and 

 there was shot between the eyes by Skontchish and over the right ear by Shacknasty 

 Jim.* Tliis Indian despoiled the unconscious man of his garments, and prevented an- 

 other from shooting him in the head, declaring that he was a corpse. These two left, and 

 Toby stayed alone with him. Then Boston Charley came up, holding up a knife to 

 scalp him. Toby prevented him by force from doing so, and in the struggle which ensued 

 she received a heavy blow on the head from the end of his pistol. Boston Charley had 

 completed one-half of the scalping operation, when Toby, though stunned by the blow, 

 shouted "Shtildshash g^pka!" Though no soldiers were in sight, this caused the des- 

 perado to take to his heels immediately and Meacham's life was saved. Eiddle escaped 

 the Indian bullets, being covered by Scarftice Charley's rifle, and agent Dyar was res- 

 cued by running fast, though hotly pursued by Hiika Jim. 



42, 18. After the massacre of the Peace Commissioners, the services of the Kiddles 

 as interpreters were no longer required. From this date, the report given by them 

 becomes meagre in details, because they withdrew from the immediate vicinity of the 

 battle-fields. 



42, 18. One of the two divisions was commanded by Colonel Mason, the other by 

 General Green, and the three days' fight took place on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of 

 A])ril. A heavy bombardment of Capt. Jack's headquarters in the cave (ku'mme 

 lalaiishaltko) went on at the same time. 



42, 19. ku'mme lalaiishaltko, the rocky cave, forms epexegesis to Idkiam tchi'sh, 

 42, 18 : the refuge, or stopping place of the Modoc chief. 



42, 20. ^mputala. The troops cut the Modocs off from the waters of Tule Lake, the 

 only water they could obtain to quench their thirst. 



42, 20 and 21. Wewdnuish, etc. The meaning which the author wanted to convey 

 by this sentence is : "the women and children remained in Ben Wright's cave, though 

 a portion of them were to be moved out from it." See kii'ktsna (in Dictionary). 



43, 1. Mo'dokni is here an adjective, qualifying the substantive hishuatch;fash, and 

 shelludltko is participial phrase determining the verb temporally : " two Modoc men, 

 after the fight had lasted three days, were killed." 



43, 1. hash;/e'gi is a "plural" verb used only in the Modoc dialect; Klamath : liush- 

 tuho/Sb. To kill one, the singular form, is shiuga in both dialects. The two Indians 

 killed by the explosion were boys, who were playing with an unexiiloded shell which 

 they had discovered on the ground. One of them was named Watchnatati. 



43, 3. ke'ktgal, etc. The Modocs vacated theii' cave in the lava beds on April l(t 

 on account of the terrible losses experienced by the three days' bombardment, and 

 retreated, unseen by the troops, to the vicinity of Sand Hill, about foiu- miles SSE. 

 of Ben Wright's cave. The two oflBcers who followed them with about 75 regulars and 

 30 Warm Spring scouts were Capt. Evan Thomas, Battery A, Fourth Artillery, and 



*Thi8 is indicated in tie text by the inBtrumental case of Kp'ui: Kpantka, by two shots, which 

 were fired by two men. Thii five other wounds he had received before. 



