82 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 



SWEAT-LODGES. 



Given in the Klamath Lake Dialect by Minnie Fkoben. 



£-ukslikni Mpa spu'klish gitko. Kiikiuk kelekApkash spu'klishla y^- 



Tbe Lftke people two swcat-loclgea have. To weep ovor the deceased they build sweat- "ilij;- 



(kinda of) lodges 



pank kaila ; stutflantko spu'klish, kiiila waltchatko. Spu'klish a sha shu'ta 



King up the ground; are rocifed (tlicse) sweat- with covered. (Another) sweat- they build 



lodges, earth lodge 



3 ku(^-utch, ki'tchikan'sh stintlg'a=shitko ; sku'tash a waldsha spu'klishtat tata- 



of willows, a little cabin looking like; blankets they spread over the sweating- when 



lodge 



tak s6 spukliti Tiitataks a hu'nk w^as liila, tatataks a hishuaksh tchimena, 



ill it the.v sweat. Whenever children died, or when a husband became wid- 



ower, 



suawedsh wt^nuitk, ku'ki kelekatko, spu'klitcha tiimi shashamoks=161atko ; 



(or) the wife (is) widowed, tho.y for canse of death, go sweating many relatives who have 



weep ■ lo.st ; 



6 tunepni Avaitash tchik sa hil'nk spu'klia. Shiiilakiank a sha ktdi hiiyuka 



five days then they sweat. Gathering they stones, (they) heat 



(them) 



skoilakiuipkuk; hutoks ktai ka-i tata spukliu't'huish. Spuklish liipia 



to heap them up (after those stones never having been used for Sweat-lodge in trout 



use) ; sweating. of 



hiiyuka; k^lpka a at, ilhiat atui, kidshua ai i ambu, kliulala. Spu'kli a 



they heat heated (being) when, they bring at once, pour on water, sprinkle. Sweat then 



(them) ; (them) inside thera 



9 sha tumeni "hours"; k(ilpkuk gdka shualkoltchuk peniak ko'ks pepe-udshak 



they several hours: being quite they (and) to cool them- without dress only to go bathing 



warmed up leave selves otf 



^wagatat, k6ketat, e-ush wigata. Spukli-uapka uia'utch. Shpotuok 



in a spring, river. lake close by. They will sweat for long hours. To make them- 



selves strong 



i-ak(jwa kdpka, sku'tawia sha w(3vvakag knu'kstga. Ndshietchatka knu'ks 



they bend young pine- (they) tie together they small brush- with ropes. Of (wi]l(iw-)b.irk the ropes 



down trees, wood 



12 a sha shushata. Gratpampelank shkoshki'l^a ktaktiag hu'shkankok kele- 



they make. ()u going home they heap up into small stones in remembrance of tho 



cairns 



kdpkash, kti,-i shush uaukaptcha i'hiank. 



deadi stones of equal size selecting. 



NOTES. 



No Klamath or Modoc sweat-lodge cau be properly called a sweat-/toM«e, as is tlie 

 custom throughout the West. One kind of these lodges, intended for tlie use oi' niourn- 

 ers only, are solid structures, almost underground; three of them are now in existence, 

 all believed to be the gift of the principal national deity. Sudatories of flic other 

 Uiud are found near every Indian lodge, and consist of a few wiliow rods .stuck into 



