70 MANNERS AJ!^D CUSTOMS. 



SHAMANIC DANCE-DIRECTIONS. 



OlVBN BY DaVB HiIX in THE KlAMATH LaKE DIALBCT. 



" Wdlok mat tu'uepni wait61at nAt g^nuapka ksliiulaktsudpkuk we- 



" For sweating during five days we sbaU go to have a dance the 



wala'ksh tchlsh. At g^ntak I'lksat p/m a. Wu'sa ni luskuapkug. Kilank 



old women also. Ye shall go on a feast to eat. 1 fear I may get too warm. Loud 



(men) 



3 at tsufnuapk; tunepni at nuti'sh tsui'uuapk. At tchish hfhashuaksh kslu- 



yo mast sing; at five ye fires ye have to sing. Ye too (women and) fellows begin 



laktampka litstakiank; untsa'g na'tnag pd-uapk tu'm mbu'shant. "Silalsh 



to dance with exertion ; l)y and by then ye shall eat plenty tomorrow. " Dist-ase 



mat na'bakuapk" kiuks nA-asht shapa, ya.yay4-as mat nd-asht sapa; "ku't- 



willcomeon" the sha- thns say.', some tam&nnash- (tofaim) "it is so" says; "of small, 



man medicine 



6 kaks mat sfssalaluapk" yayaya-as mat nd-ast sh4pa. Sudssuaktch mdk- 



pox it says will suffer (the peo- the tam&nuasb jnst so says. Ate weeping peo- 



ple) " 



laks luinuk wuss6ga ku't%aks. N4-ast kiuks wdlok sapa: "Tilnui llksh 



pie all afraid of smallpox. So the sha- before speaks: "How many food- 



man sweating buckets 



sha' til at? tankgni at I'lksh? Ldpni td-unepanta pa'n tunep pc^-ula; 



do ye count? bow many already baoketst Twice ten and five; 



9 kdnk a ni sii'tu." 



so ni.nny I count." 



NOTES. 



70, 1 etc. This is a fair specimen of the careless, jargou-like conversational style 

 in vogue among the E-ukshikni, and without commentaries and glosses it would be 

 impossible to get at the true meaning. 



These dii-ections are intended to gather the people at the communal dance- 

 house for a dance lasting five nights. The dance is performed around the fires with 

 almost superhuman exertions, in order to produce profuse perspiration and to prevent 

 thereby any infection by disea.se. The coujuier or shaman is charged with the inaugu- 

 ration of all dances, most of which are of a religious character. This kind of sweating 

 is called " w41a", while sweating in a temazcalli or sweat-house is "spiikli". The kiuks 

 is introduced as speaking all these words. The i>article mat indicates that the words 

 given are those of another than of the narrator. 



70,1. waitolat; in common parlance: tunepni waitash gi'ulank, or : tiinepiii giu- 

 lank, or in Modoc tunepni waitolan. 



70, 1. kshiulaktcha difl'erent from ksiul6;^a; see Grammar (List of suffixes). These 

 dances take place in winter time and are held from two to four times every season. 



70, 2. wewala'ksh. This is one of the festivities from which old women are not 

 excluded ; they often take part in the dance themselves. 



