58 MANNEKS AND CUSTOMS. 



E-UKSHIKfSHAM MAKLAKSAM n6-ULAKS. 



LEGAL CUSTOMS OF THE KLAMATH LAKP: PEOPLE. 



Given by SuBCHiEir Dave Hill in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



E-ukskni na'd tchi tchfa gitd: P'lii lakf tutas;{enini, nli'ds Dave 



Lake-people we thus live here: Blow i« chief general, and I Dave 



Hill lakf P'liiash tapi'tan, LAiik-Tchan DAvish tapi'tan, tche'k tchlsh Link 



Hill am chief to Blow second, Long John Dave after, then too Link 



3 River Jack Ldnk=Tcli/uuisli tapi'tan, Lllu ts. 



Kiver Jack Long John aficr, and Lilu. 



Pit River Charley Moatiiasham laki E-ukshf. 



Pit Kiver Charley * of Pit River people is the at the Lake. 



chief 



Ben Littlejohn lalaki, Sk6ntchiesh laki Yainakskfsham mdklaksam. 



Ben (and) Litilejohn are the Skdntchish in (anb) oftheYAneks neonle 



chiefs, chief 



fi Johnson laki Moadoknisham Yainakslii. George Kuati'lak ts M6dokni 



Johnson is chief of Modoca at Tineks. George Knatilak also is Modoc 



laki tapi'tan J6hnsonash. 



chief after Jolinaon. 



Tch4ktot S4tam laki. 



Tchdktot of Snake is chief. 



Indi.ans 



II. 



9 Ndnuk laMki A'-uksi na'dsant shiu'lgishtat tsi sa htimkank : 



All the chiefs on Klamath on one and resei-vation thus they speak: 



Lake same 



Kd-i 1 shli-uapk shash : ksaggayuapka m's ni ; kd-i 1 palludpk sas 



Not you shall shoot each other ; w ould hang you T ; not you seduce each 



other's 



sndwedsh: spulhi-uapkd m's ni, hii' 1 sas palluapk. K4-i 1 wdtsam tchl'k- 



wives: would imprison you I, if you them seduce. Not you ahorse shall 



12 luapk wanniki'sham; hii'doks i tchikluapk, spulhi-uapkA m's nl. Kd-i 1 



ride of another man ; but if you should ride, would imprison you I. Not yoa 



pdlluapk sas nanuktua, ha'doks 1 pdlluapk sas spulhi-udpka m's nl. 



shall steal from anything, for if you should steal from would iraprison yon I. 



each other each other 



(Ndnuktua kd-i i pdlluapk; ha'doks i yekii'-uapk na'-ulaks, hunkanti' 



(Nothing you must steal ; for if you ' shiiuhl bn-ak the laws, thereat 



15 m's ni shetdidktanuapk.) Ha'doks i snawii'dsh B6shtinash shii'tolakuapk, 



at you I would got angry.) If you, as a female, with a white man should sleep, 



kt6tchkuapka m's ni. Ha'doks 1 ha's^alp'luapk ndnuktua shdshatuish m'na, 



will sut olf hair to you 1. If you should haye returned the whole marriage fe« his. 



to yourself 



