GAMES OF THE KLAMATH LAKE PEOPLE. 79 



77, 1. The name Piil is ]H()iioiuice<l in very different ways, and most people think 

 it is the English name Ball; Polnk is PO'l hu'k; tchia, "lived", would be preferable to 

 t'shin in this connection. 



77, 2. 3. kii'tsa, ketsa properly means to cast away ; here : to abandon, leave ; 

 almost identical with wutodsna occurring below, 78, 2. 



77, 4. saw4na sas : he did not give many horses for her to her parents. 



78, 8. piillank sas. This shash properly refers to PAmpi and his family, for Pul's 

 wife took the dug-out canoe of Pampi and rowed with it to tlie soldiers. This was in 

 the northeastern part of Upper KHamath Lake, and occurred in the winter of 187G-'77. 



78, 1.3. fi-ustat is the location of tlie old agency buildings at Kohdsliti, in northeast 

 corner of Upper Klamath Lake. 



78, 14. hi'-i. On that occasion Ball left his wagon in the midst of the woods ; hi, 

 hi-i means "on the ground". 



78, 15. na'ul;^a sha pii'n. About the middle of September 1877 a strong escort of 

 Indians bi'ought Ball and his wife to the "law-house" at the Klamath agency to be 

 tried by the chiefs. A delay of several days occurred before he was confronted with 

 the judges, and during the time he was imprisoned at the " skukum-house", a strong log- 

 cabin at the agency serving as jail. He is still a very young man, and on being- 

 brought there he was allowed to ride on horseback with a rifle on his shoulders. His 

 father is an Indian from the Spokane tribe, and Spiikan is his name. 



78, 16. s;f6kta, to pay a fine; to be fined (by the chiefs). See: "Legal Customs", 

 62, 5. 



GAMES OF THE KLAMATH LAKE PEOPLE. 



Obtained in the Klamath Lake Dialect prom Minnie Froben. 



I. 



E-vikshikni sh4keluk shi-i'xaga yamnash, watch, skutasih tcMsh. 



Tlie Lake people in gambling win frora eacii beads, horses, blankets also. 



other 



Vu'iiip shulsheshlank ; 14p mu'meni, s%ii'tash tchish 1dpi udshekdne. 



With four they play the stick-game ; (there thick (sticks), skincovered also two slender. 



(sticks) - are) two sticks 



Ndsh^kansh sha s/^tchashtka shlin, mu'menish toksh a yiVshakgnank 3 



At the slender they with index and mid- guess, at the thick (ones) however (they) with index finger 



(slicks) die linger 



shlin; vti'ish slia kMtchnank shlin, t%opow4tka tch It^nank shlin. Wu'ishtka 



guess; at the they moving hand side- guess, with the thumb also making a they guess By the vdish 

 viiish - ways side move at. 



toks sha na'shak kshe'sh wi-uka; s^etchashtka sha lap -vvi-uka kshe'sh, 



they only one counting- (can) win ; with index and mid- they two win counting- 



stick die finger sticks, 



3^u'sh;fish spelshisht. Tcluii sa kele'wi iiduiwishaui i'^aguk n4nuk. fi 



the index having put for- Then they stop, from the losers when ihey all (stakes), 



ward. - have won 



