88 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 



nAsh tunslnsh. Na'sh kiiflatoks nadshiislifik tchpi'nualank, nAnuk titads- 



In ono row. On one Kmuiid hU ta;>oilier tbo\ nro barying, cvury provided 



%^itko i)il ilktch spuslipaktchc^nipka, shushtedshpjc'itko wdshash wuwatu^p- 



wiili boardn gravo they rmiki' njound-shoiieri, fenced iij pralrie-wolvea lo keep 



3 kasht k(^-utchishash tchi'sh. KA-i ma'ntch gitko sha hu'nk spu'klitcha 



"ff pey wolves also. Not long after this they go to sweat 



tiiteniipni waftash. Wdtch a luluagsh tchi'sh k4-i tat4 ma'ntch gfnkanka 



for flvo (lays. Horses s aves also no longer they bi ing 



th- re 



hi(ilkish, m'ntUoks sha w/itch shiishatui shkutashtat i'l;i:utchhlk. 



to kill, but bis own tbey horses tradeoff for blankets to bury him in. 



NOTES. 



This abort uotice describes a funeral (islia) of the Klamath Lake tribe in the morlc^ 

 as adopted from the Americans not long after the treaty of 1804, when cremation of 

 bodies was abolished. Whatsoever of the ancient customs in disposing of tlie dead is 

 still observed, the render will easily gather from the present sketch. 



87, 3. tiilaka means to go forth and back with the hand ; hence to rub with the 

 l)alm of the hand, to rub paint on, to paint. 



87, 5. Ha' nen wii'g'n. In this connection they can also say: ha' nem wa'g'n; and 

 for wdtchatka: watchetka. 



87, 11. tanktak, in tliis connection, is a compound of t/iukt and ak, not of tAnk and 

 tak : "just at that time." 



87, 17. lilp kimbaks gashaktchna: they follow the corpse, which is placed on the 

 wagon, in two files on horsehaclc ; kimbaks is apposition to shashdmoks. 



88, I. Na'sh etc. The appearance of their graveyard (tchpinu) near the William- 

 son Eiver does not dlfier much from that of our cemeteries ; it lies in the midst of the 

 woods. Epr titads;^6tko see Dictionary. 



FUNERAL OF WARRIORS. 



Given ix the Klamath Lake Dialect by "Sergeant" Morgan, an Indian from KonisHTi. 



6 Ni'shta ha'ma mu'kash t^u't^uk: "miiklaks k'la'k!" Tsiii gatpa 



AU night screeches the hig owl presaging: "people die!" Then com© 



long 



mAklaks ktaklfshj tsiii shnesbual%o'ta hushts6;tok. Na's wipka hu dmbotat, 



men i)arfle8h- and while hnrning down munter they. One escaped into the water, 



cuirassed, lodges (man) 



tsui shti'ldshna tu' sa-amoksanikshi m'na ; gen4 shtl'ldshnuk. Tsiii g^pka 



and leported ovtT at relative's house hia; he went to announce. Then came 



there (there) 



9 tumi' m4klaks wa-u'htakiug-; tsui shen6tank ge'kshta tiinlp hushts^;^ shen6- 



many people to disperse (tin-nil : and while flghtin^:: on ono side live were killed in 



tankok. Ge'kshta Uhkash luishts6;{a turn, ndnka g6ia ka'ktsnnk vft'shuk; 



battle. On oih*'r side also wero killed many. some Mtarted to rnii away Irtmi tear; 



