A SKETCH OF BALL'S MAKRIED LIFE. 77 



^yi these diftereut kinds of sacks or bags were originally made of bulrush-stalks (tule) 

 and the tayash was made of straw. 



74,11. kaitua nil ka'ila. The sense is iucomidete. Probably shayuakta is left out : 

 "I do not know of any in tlie whole country", kiiila often standing for kailatat. 



74, 14. awalues. There are several islands in the .shallow watiM-s of the vast 

 extent of Klamath Marsh, but only one is meant here. 



74, 15. wo'ns llktsat. They submerge theii' dug-outs at several places on the beach, 

 where they are certain to find them in the next wokash-season. 



74, 17. pi'la wi'hla (or pila willash) contains perhaps a proper name of a locality, 

 or stands in connection with Toilkat, "at the Eail-Pyramid"; wilhaslash means top, 

 apex. The stations from the "Ford" to "Bird's Lookout" are passed by the tribe when 

 they return home with the lily-seed harvest-ci'op. "TJiey drop the rifle" is: they take 

 a rest. All these localities are either on the open waters of Klamath Marsh or on 

 Williamson River, which forms its outlet. 



76, 1. iwi-idsha wokash. The distance between Klamath Marsh and the William- 

 son River is from 20 to 25 miles, and horses carrying wokash can make it in one day. 

 The next day they return to carry another load. 



75, 2. natoks waituapk : we will lie over one day to let our horses rest, or recover 

 from the swellings on their backs. Ndtoks stands for nat toks. 



75, 5. klil-ads is probably a kind of wild i)runes. See Dictionary : kglMch. 



75, 8. widsika iwam. " Some are economical with their own berries, and prefer not 

 to scatter them in the hands of others"; iwam, huckleberry, has become the generic 

 term for all berries, and i-umii'mi is " berri/season". 



75, 11. spu'klish here means the large communal sweat-house; it is used frequently 

 for dances and kshiuwiil;^ishtat, contr. kshiu'l;fishtat might stand instead of spiiklishtat. 



75, 11. i)ai)ia'na, vocalic dissimilation for papa-6na; derived from pAn, to eat. 



75, 13. ati'sh etc. "Heap ye up that hay in two stacks, which must have a lengthy, 

 long-stretching, and not a high, cone-shaped form!" For heaping up long stacks 

 one verb is here used, and another for making the high, round ones. 



Pu'lam shumshe-elshtat shashapkeleash. 

 A SKETCH OF BALL'S MARRIED LIFE. 



Given by Dave Hill, Subchief, in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



P61uk ka'liak snawads t'shln. Tsui snawii'dshla Pampiara pa'-ia lupi' ; 



Ball he wlthont .a wife grew up. Then he m.arried P.impi'H daughter at first; 



tsui wa'kala, tsui tatA mdntsak rabusa'lau gi. Tsui kii'tsa, tsiii mbusa'- 



.inrt she bad ii babe, and then quito a while he lived with (her). Then he left (her), and lived with 



alpgli pan, tsui pan k^tsa sissu'kuk tsu'ssak. N^sh wa'ka sham klak4, na'sh S 



(her) .tgain, and again left (her) quarreling coutinually. One babu tothent died, another 



tchia; at .sa sipi't/a, tsui na's shnawa'd.shla piiu Ldtsam pa'-ia; wats siiwtina 



lived; 8tiH they separated, then one he married after I.6irhnph's (langhtor; boreefl be gave 



(woman) (this) 



