68 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 



66, 13. g<5'hlaptchapka. The verb geldpka means to step on, to mount, ascend ; 

 with 'h infixed, to mount upon something by using one's hands ; ge'hl^ptcha is to per- 

 form this while on the way, while going or travelling; ge'hlaptchapka, to perform this 

 at a distance from other people and unseen by them. Doctor John escaped, aided by 

 his son, in the midnight hour. 



66, 14. ra'na linakam gatp6n6tash. Gatpgnota is a derivative of giltp'na with a 

 diirative signiiication, the suffix -6ta pointing to an action performed while another is 

 going on. " Ilis son having arrived close by, while he was imprisoned." 



66, IG. shnii'ntatka, verbal intentional of shnu'nta, the suffix -tka being sometimes 

 substituted for the usual -tki, -tki giug. 



PUNISHMENT OF MANSLAUGHTER THROUGH WITCHCRAFT. 



Obtained fkom "Sergeant" Morgan in the Kla.matu Lake Dialect. 



Tina mdklaks ma'ntch=gi'tk n4-asht gi: "tu salpji'ta suawedsh gd-u 



Once man long ago thus spoke : "over is bewitched wife luy 



there 



shfllalsht! i a-i tawi!" Tsui tchikash skuyui sudkitsatki glug; tsiii g^na 



bavins fallen yon bewitched Then an ol'l man besentont to call a coujurer; and he 



sick; (ber)l" started 



3 tchfka PuAkitsuk, tsiii shudkiuk nd^na, tsiiyuk tiiniena shuishuk, kiuksam 



the old to fetch the con- and to call him out halloed, and he heard the magic aongs. conjurers' 



man jnrer, 



yafnatat shui'sh; Ati ha shufshuk. Tsui g^na kluks tsutdnsuk, tu'shtaks a 



on the moan- songs; far (are) songs Then goes the con- to treat (her), to the spot 



tain away these- juror where 



sal^ita. At shu'ta hu'nk, tchui hantsna. G^tpa mii'ns siimmatka, shui'shuk 



she lies Now be works on her, and 8ncks. ('onie.sout a biglhing thronph (his) toeing 



bewitched. mouth, 



6 tp^wa, summdtka hdntsantkiug. Tsiii hdntchipka, tsiii put4, tsiii husatchip- 



he orders with (bis) month while be would suck Then he sacks out, and feels and throws up 



(those present), on. choked, 



gapgle hdnshish m'na; s^u'd^a lutatkisli. At Im'k s;{6tka, kii-i huki' tsutisli 



again sncked-ont his; swallows (it) (his) exponndcr. Now he has swal- worse that being 



article (after) hiwtd (it), (patient) treated 



gi'ntak, kii-i gl, w'lgk tels4mpka k'la'ksh. Kiuks M'k tch^-ul;{a shu'kpal- 



in spite of, worse is, almost she looks towards the Conjurer the starts to leave wanting to 



(she) spu-it laud. 



9 takiug ku-i gl'sht k4-i gi'l^isht pdsh ; tchui hCi'k nti-asht gi kdlaratak 



retire worse because (and) passing through the food ; hereupon be thus speaks whose own 



she turned not (bowels) 



sndwedsh shi'la shal^i'tnuk, klukshash: "i a-i tAwi hunksh." Tchuyuk 



wife is sick for being bewitched, to the conjurer ; "you have ber." But 



bewitched 



sakAmka ki'uks: "kd-i a nil tdwit! shiiaka hfit!" kiuks tchui na'sht 



opposes denial the con- "not T did bewitch had become ."^ho!" conjurer then so 



jurer: (her)l sick (before) 



12 h^mkank. At k'ldka .snaw^dsh. 



flftld. N"ow diftfl the woninn. 



