DOCTOR JOHN TRIED BY THE CHIEFS. 67 



64, 1. TetgrnAdshish or Aunt Susie is one of the numerous female "doctors", who 

 eke out a scanty living from some patients of the Klamath Lake tribe. She received 

 the above name for having been a washerwoman to the soldiers stationed at Fort Kla- 

 math, and the nickname Wiiya-ak was bestowed on her on account of her predilection 

 for small sucker fish. 



64, 2. samts41;/a. The means employed by her to discover that Dr. John had 

 cast upon the patient a spell of a deadly character, were the singing or recital of taman- 

 nash songs, and the dreams which she had on that subject. Her taraanuash songs had 

 see)i those of the accused conjurer. See 65, 9. The great majority of the tribe still 

 believes in the possibility of witchcraft. 



64, 7. The two sentences contained in this line anticipate the result of the whole 

 ti'ial, and the popular verdict. The proper place for them would be after 65, 15. 



64, 9. Tuii ni etc. The defense made by Dr. John in his o\vn case is not an unable 

 one, nor is it devoid of oratorical powers. But if the arguments were delivered in the 

 order as given by Dave Hill, they ought to have followed ea<5h other in a more logical 

 order to attain their full eftect. 



64, 10. w4k lish etc. The logical connection existuig between this sentence and 

 the foregoing has to be supplied by : " why should he have been my personal enemy?" 



64, 10, 11, 15 etc. i, ik stands here for at {ye); because, when the headchief is ad- 

 dressed in council, all the others are addressed also. Loli stands for 161a i. The trial 

 took place on Williamson River. 



64, 13. kukamtchish. The distributive form is used here instead of the absolute 

 verbal k'mii'tchish, because old age comes on gradually, by degrees. 



64, 16. tchi insh instead of tchi nish; the language likes juxtaposition of two short 

 equal vowels, even when a metathesis is required. 



65, 8. K4tak etc. Aunt Susie's opinion, given just after Piikish's death and some 

 time before the trial, did not fail to have a striking effect on the superstitious judges 

 and tribe, for her arguments perfectly agree with the national ideas. But to us the 

 arguments seem so weak, that no conviction .seems justified, if not based on other 

 evidence. 



65, 9. nji'nsak etc. " Your defense does not disprove any of the points advanced 

 against you." 



65, 11. K'mukaintsam nti'-ulaks : " the old customs of the i^eople." 



65, 16. The second account of this tam4uuash-case was obtained a few weeks after 

 the trial ; Dr. John was present at the agency buildings at the time of the dictation, 

 furnishing the facts to my informant. 



66, 4. k^.-ishnauk etc. This underground jail was in such an unhealthy condition 

 that Dr. John could not have lived in it through the tenth part of his long term of 

 imprisonment. 



66, 5. Tchikeskni and Skelag, names of two watchmen (i-41hish) ; the chiefs appoint 

 watchmen from time to time. Sk61ag is "the young weasel" and Tchikeskni "man 

 living at Tchikesi camping-place". They were armed with pistols to foil any attempt 

 at escape. 



66,10. na'dshek for na'dsh ak : "the only one". Compare nMshiak, 60, 21 ; waitak, 

 56, 7. and Notes. 



66, 12. shishi'tilatk. The past participle often stands for forms of periphrastic 

 conjugation: shishitilatko gi, they were carrying in their dress. Cf. illolatko, 55, 20. 



