LEGAL CUSTOMS OF THE KLAMATH LAKE PEOPLE. 61 



liu'niasht mish ni giug skuyu'shkuapk. Ha ni skuyu'shkuapka m'sli, 



therefore ye I will separate. If I sbonld separate (her) from yon, 



tsu'shni m'sh ni skuyu'shkuapk. 



forever from yon I shall divorce (her). 



Kd-i misli ni hu'nk kl'tgik; uanuktuauta kaktak pila m's u hu'nk h.4n\- 3 



Not voa I that to tell lies ahout overythin;; to tell the alone to you I that to 



told ; truth 



kanktgik; nii'-ulakt gi'tki i snawa'dshash tclii'sh kaktak pil. Kd-i u 



tell said ; to observe the laws vou wife also to tell the only. Not I 



truth 



hu'nk gi'tkik m's pila, hihashuakshash tchish iidnukansh. 



this to do tell to yoo only» (bnt) to meu too all (others.) 



III. 



Sndwe(3sh tchik shil'ldshasli shet61;{a, tsui nat ktoktatska; at hunk 6 



A female (if) with a soldier copulates, then we cat her hair off ; she 



yaka'wa na'-ulaks, kd-i hil'nk tu'mena shunu'kanksh ndlam lalakiam. 



broke the law, not she listens to the behests of oor chiefs. 



Tchui tchik titdtna heshs^dlpeli s^satuish m'ndlam, tsiii s^o'ktnank tcha'k 



Also sometimes she reubtains the price paid to them. and by paying 



Through barter (for her) 



h^shs;^alp6h*. Tsiii snawa'dsh tchish ndsh hishuaksh wut6dshish m'na pa'n 9 



she reobtains it. And wife one hn.Hband who repudiated his again 



hil'nk snukp'la, tsiii na'-ulekau titatnan hii'masht=gisht shnu'kp'Hsht la p 



her takes up, then chastise I (him) sometimes I because he took her back for two 



shdppash spii'lhi, titatnatoks ni ndan shappash, titatna tchfn ndsh shappash 



months imprison, but sometimes I for three months, at times and I for one month 



spii'lhi. Tsiii tch' hishtchdkta hii'k kat laldpa wii'wans gitk; tsiii tsin na'- 12 



imprison And quarrel they who two wives have; and thus I or- 



(him). 



ulka skuyii'shkan. Kd-i ni na'-ule;ja, sguyushkuyd ni ; ga'tak. Titatna 



der (and) separate (them) I. No more I try (them) in separate jQst I; that's the Sometimes 



court, end of it. 



tch pdlla shash nd-ants hihassudksas sndwadsh, tchiii ni na'-ulkan nddn 



also seduces (them) other married men a female, then I try (her) I (and) for 



three 



sdppash spii'lhi. 15 



months imprison. 



Tchiii shish6ka titatna, tchiii ndyans wudsdya; hu'nkst ni ndsh siVnde 



And they fight sometimes, ,and others they injure ; him I one week 



spii'lhi, kdt sas hii'k wudshdya. Titatna tch shishoka shipapglankstant hak, 



imprison, who them has whipped. At tinie.s also they have among each othei only, 



fights 



kd-i shii'tka, sissukiiya hak; tsiii ni ne-uleka hii'nkiasht kdkat liiik siss6ka. 18 



not injare, but scuffle merely; then I try those who had the row. 



Lap sii'ndin lapukdyans ilhi'. Titatna udti'pka hissudksh snawa'dsh m'na; 



For two weeks I both parties lockup. Sometimes whips a husband wife his; 



hii'nks ni hissudksas spii'lhi nddn sii'nde ; hti kaa ud6pkpakuapk sudwedsh 



that I husband lockup for three weeks; if roughly he should whip wife 



m'na, hii'masht n'unk giug nddn siinde spii'lhi. Titatna tch sndwadsh -1 



bis. on that account 1 him for three weeks imprison. Sometimes also a wife 



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