74 MANNEBS AND CUSTOMS. 



THE MONTHS OF THP: YEAR. 



Obtained rnoM "Pete" in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



Giiptsatka E-aksliikni mdklaks pdha udsaks; liiela kapto Yii-ag; 



In the month of tlir L!il;i' Indians dry the hirge kill gudgeons at the 



the snmll flncer " sncker; Bridge; 



Ktaf=Tupakshi tMlmakstant oti'lks Mela ho'ank. At sa k(')-i;{aktcluiapka, 



ol'SlandmK-Eock to the westward flsh-dam kill when jump- >7ow they will leave home (soon), 



in;;. 



3 at kiimals pah4 ; k6-i%aga, kii'shla sa, kolalsuapk mat sa, tawiksalsuapk 



and dry fish thfy pre- they leave, go after ipoa thev, will gather kol thev. will gather tawika 



pare ; 



mat s at, p5'ksalsuapk mat sa, at sa p6pakuapk satnalluiapka sa, suaitlal- 



they, will dig camas.-. they, they will bake (it), roast it (:i ilays) they, roast it 



uapk ; sakA a po'ks. 



(I day) ; cat raw cnraass. 



6 T;j6powatka pah4 at po'ks iwidshat, at E-uksi gdnuapka woksalsuap- 



In the thumb-month dried then camass theypntun- now for Kla- they will start to gather 



der ground, math Marsh 



katki g'mg; kayudsh nii'ka wokash. At nu'ka w6kash, w6ksalslia at tunepni 



lily-seed; not yet is ripe pond-lily seed. Xow has lily-seed, they gather (it) for five 



ripened 



waitash, kanktak w6kslat Eukshikni. Snikanua nadshgshaptAnkni waitash; 



days, 80 long may t^ather the Lake people. They let it ripen during six days; 



'(it) 



9 nadshgshaptdnkni waitash w6kash shutii'shlat, awo'lat, p^ksat, shlulfna, 



during six flays the niipbar- tliey grind, cook, nib fiue, winnow, 



seed 



lulina. Na'sh willishik palasham-wa^oksh lap tala, l%al;^amnishti lulinash 



make fliiur. One aack of the flour-bags two dollars, iu a lung, heavy eack ihf-pronnd-up 



■w6ka8h 



tiinep tdla. Nu'^atk \v6kash iwi%re ka-itua nu kaila. "Tank a iwi;fa i? 



five dollars. Roasted lily-aeed filled in none in the "How many did fill youl 



sacks coQutry. 



12 lapkshapta kan iwt'yj\ willishikr' "nu te-unip willi'sliik iwi'^a!" W^- 



seven who did fill sacks?" "I ten onck.s have flll-d Wo- 



up!" 



wan'sh pi'la wo'kshla, hi'hassuaks gdnkanka paxo'\es, tcha'-u. At sa hewi- 



men only gather w6kash, the men hunt mult-deers, antelopes. Now th* y will haul 



uapk, skiiya w6kash. At a sha i hi'wi-uapk ; awalues skdna, maktsina 



(il) home, crunh lily. seed. Just they home will bring it; to the island thiy row, camp thire 



1 5 Nu'shkshi, wo'ns i'lktsat Lem^-isham Nute'ks, Vushi'nkam Tinuash, Lal'laks, 



at skull. place, canoes thev imt away at Thunderhoit, at "Snake-Drowned", at -Shipe- 



in lake bottom steim" 



Lk5'm A'-ush; kdkokish 161oksgish ktdlza, St<5palsli=Tama'dsh, T6-ilkat 



BtBlackLake; at the ford the rifle ilrop, at I'eeleil-Pine, at Rail-Pyra- 



mid 



pi'la wi'hla; tchia ndnuk Kdk=Kshawaliaksh ; njinka tchi'a Tchikass= 



stops everyone at Raven's Place; some (will) stop at Bud's 



18 Walakgishtat. 



Lookout. 



