PUNISHMENT OP MANSLAUGHTEE. 69 



Wudokd hushtsoxa sha, kluksas sdl^itnuk kl^ksht hunk snaw^dshash. 



Strnck (and) killed they the conjurer for being be- having died this 'Woman. 



witched (and) 



Tsui sa liiluksla snaw^dsh kiuksam siuks ; M'nk sa kiuksas a'mpgle 



And cremated the woman by the conjurer killed; him they the conjurer brought ba«k 



tchi'shtal, tsui sa liiluksla mAklaks. 3 



to (hiR) lodge, and cremated the people, 



(him) 



NOTES. 



68, 1 etc. This is a pretty good illustration of the method of doctoring by suction 

 adopted in similar tami'muash cases. Persons sent out to call for the conjurer do not 

 enter his cabin, but loudly halloo outside till he appears ; in this instance he is sup- 

 posed to sing his medicine songs amidst the solitary wilds of the mountain sloi^es. 



68, 1. ma'utch=gi'tk. This temporal adverb places the mode of punishment de- 

 scribed by the informant among the ancient customs of the people. Compared to what 

 is stated here, the trial of Doctor John shows a material modification in the dealings 

 with suspected conjurers, attributable to the influence of the white poi)ulation. 



68, 1. 10. sal;fita is always used in a passive signification, " to be afflicted with the 

 tamanuash spell or bewitching power", which conjurers can send out at will. 



68, 1. 2. The word.s inclosed ia quotation marks anticipate all that follows up to 

 68, 10. 



68, 2. 8. a-i. This particle has the signification: "undeniably, evidently". 



68, 5. shu'ta hii'nk. The "working" of a conjurer on a patient's body consists in 

 rubbing, pressing, magnetizing, in blowing on it, and in pouring water over the face or 

 other parts. Sucking out the object which caused the disease is of course the principal 

 operation called for to effect a cure. 



68, 5. mu'ns; it is not stated whether this hdnshish was a frog, a worm, a small 

 stick, or any such thing; this is immaterial, for the Indian strictly believes that the 

 article was removed from the patient's body and that it caused the disease. 



68, 6. hantsantkiug and 68, 8 : shukpaltakiug stand for hdntchantki giug and 

 shukpalitki giug ; cf shu'kpeli. 



68, 6. hautchipka properly means : " he sucks towards himself" ; husatchipgajjgle 

 " he throws up again to himself" ; viz. into his mouth, so as to be able to take it out 

 with his hands. 



68, 7. liitatkish is the conjurer's assistant. His ofBce is to repeat his tunes or 

 speeches before those present in the lodge, to expound or explain his sayings, to start 

 songs and tunes in his stead, and to perform such manipulations as mentioned here. 



68, 8. k'lii'ksh, contracted from k'liikapkash, the dead, the deceased ; k'lekdpkash 

 telsh4mpka, to be on the point of death. 



68, 8. tch6-ul;fa : he rises from his seat on the ground, or on a blanket near the 

 patient's couch, for the purpose of leaving. 



69, 1. hushts6;^a. The killing of a doctor or doctress by the relatives of the pa- 

 tient who died under his or her treatment was nothing unusual in the Columbia Basin 

 until quite recently. In some tribes the third failiu'e in curing brought certain death 

 on the conjurer, especially when he had received his reward in advance. 



