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the ground, both ends being bent over. The process gone through while sweating is 

 the same in both kinds of lodges, with the only difference as to time. The ceremonies 

 mentioned 82, 4-13., all refer to sweating in the mourners' sweat-lodges. The suda- 

 tories of the Oregonians have no analogy with the esttifas of the Pueblo ludians of 

 New Mexico, as far as their construction is concerned. Cf. N'otes to 70, 1. 75, 11. 



82, 1. lapa spiVklish, two sweat-lodges, stands for two Idncis of sweat-lodges. 



82, 5. shash^moks=161atko forms one compound word : one who, or : those who 

 have lost relatives by death ; cf. ptishJulsh, pgish=lfdsh; hishu4kga ptish=lulatk, male 

 orphan whose father has died. In the same manner, kelekiitko stands here as a par- 

 ticiple leferriug simultaneously to hishuaksh and to snawedsh w6nuitk, and can be 

 rendered by '^bereaved". Sliashiimoks, distr. form of sh4-amoks, is often pronounced 

 shesb^maks. Tumi etc. means, that many others accompany to the sweat-lodge, into 

 which about six persons can crowd themselves, bereaved husbands, wives or parents, 

 because the deceased were related to them. Cf. le'pk'le;fa, le'pk'lekatko. 



82, 6. Shiulakiank etc. For developing steam the natives collect only such stones 

 for heating as are neither too large nor too small ; a medium size seeming most appro- 

 priate for concentrating the largest amount of heat. The old SMcat-lodges are sur- 

 rouuded with large accumulations of stones which, to judge from their blackened 

 exterior, have served the purpose of generating steam ; they weigh not over 3 to 5 

 pounds in the average, and in the vicinity travelers discover many small cairns, not 

 over four feet high, and others lying in ruins. The shrubbery around the sudatory 

 is in many localities tied up with willow wisps and ropes. 



82, 10. Spukli-udpha nia'ntch means that the sweating-process is repeated many 

 times during the live days of observance ; they sweat at least twice a day. 



LUATPISHLA SNEWEDSH m'nA. 



LAMENT OVER A WIFE'S LOSS. 



Obtained fkom Davk Hill in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



Snaweds k'lek^. Tsui tsik slip6tu hissuaksuk, pa'wa tsiii, pa'nS 



A wife dies. Upon this stiebgiheDs (ber) busband alone, plunges then, again 



himself 



mAkiial, sta-6taiik kaltua pAt; tsiii tuti';^ yainatat tu'tshna. Tsui shlaa 



camps out, furnished nothing eats'; tuen (be) dreams, on the mount- he dozes. Then he sees 



(and) ains 



maklaks, tuti'% hunk nd-asht ; tsui ga'mpgle Udsashtat, tsiii psin hushli'k- 3 



ptople, dreams (he) thus; then be returns to (hie) lodge. and ^t night he frequently 



tamna, tsui shla'popk, tsiii at shla'popk siunoti'sh tchkash. Tsiii at shufsh 



dreams, and has visions, and then be has balluci- of (female) also. And magic songs 



nations cliortiees 



hti'k na'slrt ki: ^'tcha'kgli g^kanuapka, siimat tsuk at g^ka tchdkgle"! tsiii 



iheee thus say: "blood will come up, t-Mho in time come» np blood"! then 



throat 



