54 HISTORICAL TEXTS. 



BIOGRAPHIC NOTICES OF MODOC CHARACTERS. 



GrvKN BT J. C. D. Riddle in the Modoc Diaibot. 



I. TOBY RIDDLE. 



Toby ketchkdne mdklaksh gdtpa Ya-dga k6ke Yamatkni'shlim kafla 



Toby a little Indian becaiuo on William- Rivtr of tLo On-gonians in conn- 



• son try 



pa'dshit sko' 1842. HunkgLlm t'shi'shap T-shikka; hunkglam p'ki'shap 



iusi then in sprinj; 1843. Hei father (is) X'sblkka; her moiher 



3 k'leka hu nda'ne ill61atko. Hu p'nd t'.shisha td-unapni ill61ash tula tchfa, 



(licil sho three years-old. She (with) father ten year.s toj;ether lived, 



(hoins) her 



at tu g^nan T4-uni wigdtan p'^adsha p'lia tula tchia. 



Iheu far soi'J? Yreka close by con&in her own with she lived, 



off 



Ndankshaptdnkni t^-unip M6atuash m^klaks Modokishash watch 1857 



Eifihty Pit River Indians from the Modncs the hordes 1857 



6 illoiash palla. Mo'dokni w^tcli haitchna, at pshi'n m/ikleka ; mbu'slian 



in the year .stole. The Modocs the horses pursned, and at night they camped out ; next day 



pii'ktgisht M6atuash gu'lkl. Mo'dokni tchdmptakian luibiitchna; Toby 



ill the dawn the Pit Kivers attacked The Modocs frightened started to flight ; Toby 



(them). 



lieiiikauka: "kd-i huhdtcbantgi ", nda'ni t(i-unepni Mo'dokni sliellual- 



cried; "not they must rnu ", (and) thirty Modocs to fight- 



9 tdmpka. Ma'ntchtoksb shisho'ka, at M6atuash tpudshd, lu'luagshla vu'nipni 



recommenced. For a long time they fought, then the Pit Rivers they lepulsed, (and) captu ed for 



t^-unep Moatudshash i'pkan lu'luagsblan. Pan pshi'n M6atuash gu'lki, 



ty Pit Rivers keeping (and) enslaving (them). Again at night the Pit Rivers attacked, 



tii'mi tchiii M6atuash. lll-ukshikni at ModokishSsh shidshla, pen vui^e 



many (more) Pit Rivers. Klaiuath Lakes then the Modocs helped, again they con- 



qnered 



12 yimeshgapalan p'nAlam wdtch, M6atuasham tchi'sh watch idsha. Ldpgni 



taking hack their own horses, of the Pit Rivers also the horses they drove Twen- 



away. 



te-niiep pan tiinep M6atuash shuenka, tu'm kd-i shl^a; lap Mddokishash 



ty .and five Pit Rivera were killed, many not found ; two Modocs 



shuenka, ndan shlfuiya, tunep E-ukshikishash uge'she-uiya. At maklaks 



they killed, three they wounded, five Klamath Lakes they wounded. Then the Indians 



15 T6biash sheshaloli'shash sh4yuakta. 



Toby a fighter knew her to be. 



ShAlam ill61ash 18'i9 at hu hishuatchkashla Tchmu'tchash. I1161ash 



In the autumn in year 1859 then she married Fiaiik Riddle. In the year 



1862 at sha'hmu'lgi SlidshtiSsh E-ukshikishas ]\Iodoki'shash tchi'sh, at 



I860 she called together the Sh.istis the Klamath Lakes the Modocs also, when 



18 lApeni waito'lan hemkdnka ndnnk mdklsks : " at ndnnk tchdkfili vfhni' 



alter two days declared all the tribes: "now all bUwd is buried 



