90 MANNERS AND CITSTOMS. 



VARIOUS ETHNOGRAPHIC NOTICES. 



I. 



E-ukshikni vuiK^pni laklki gitko. I'ina hundred ndanksbaptdnkni 



The Lake people four djiefs bave. Once Imndred (flnd) eight times 



tt?-unip hihashuatch;^ash p(i-ulatko p]-ushtat, tunepni ta-unep m;iklaks 



ten men (are) at. tlie I^ake, tive times ten persons 



3 E-ukshikni Yainakslii. Tina hundred pen hi]) pe-ula latoliash. Tunuuitka 



oftho Lake people at YAneka. Once hundreil and two (are) lodges. Ity the crowd 



shute-Ucipka laki. 



will be elected a chief. 



E-ukshikni hushmo'khi huslimoklo'tkishtka ; kinkan' sm5'k gi'tk, 



The Lake men remove the beard with hair-pincers; spare beard they 



have, 



6 atinsli hik gi'tko. Shiashgatko hlk; snawedshasli kailish pan hik gitk. Ha 



long hair having. Is cut (their) a woniau belt ilowu hair wears. If 



hair : to 



snawedshash hishuatchj^ash mbii'shni, hunk ktu'tthka ; hishuakshash w4tch 



a female with a man consorts, they crn]i (ler) hair; the man for horses 



s;j6kta : tu'm wAtch wux<'>-we. 



they fine: many horses he has to give up. 



9 Shu'd.sha loloks slikuishtka; tsiissak m'nalamtana hltchash shu'dsha. 



They kindle the fire by tire drill : constantly chtse to their lodges they have a 



lire. 



Laki kshiulakgish^eni gena nanuka'nash nddna : " tids ul wdwal- 



A chief to the dance house goes (and) to iill cries out: "straight stand 



%at! tchiii^et nanuk! wawal^at ! shvxinat ! hishuaksh pil shuinat ! Nu 



up! sit down veall! stand up! sing! the men only mustsing! My- 



self 



12 tchuinuapk ! i tchui'n ! tiila shuin ! Tia'mantk shui'sh. Atenish ew4 



1 will sing! you sing! with (iuo)8iug! (I am) hungry for songs. Xow I have 



enough 



shui'sh; 4teni kgldwi shui'sh." — "Shimuapk i ndnuk! shu4ktchuapk i nAnuk! 



of songs; now I qait singing." " Stop singing ye all! cry and weep ye every one ! 



Ka-i i shhimuapk, shuinuapk i nanuk. Nfinuk tids wawal;^at ! shlii-udpkat 



Not ye cease to sing, but sing all of ye. All straight stand up! (and) look at 



15 k'lekapksh!" 



the corpse !" 



II. 



Ka-iu B6shtinash gatpish, Mo'dokni mba-ush shulo'tantko, pupuit- 



Bcfore the Americans arrived, the Modocs in buckskins (were) dressed, with 



hmtchainpkash ka-ilahlpsh=kitko, viinam mba-ush tchutchi-eshaltko. 



fringes on in leggings dressed, (of) elk's skin dressed in caps. 



18 Sheloluka shtdtniashtka nge'shtka shenotanka; tchiktchikashtka sna- 



(Wh'n) fighting with poisoned arrows they fought; for hatchets a wo. 



w^dshash shkda. Ha' tchilloydga lo'k shiuka amka tdslatch, &t hilk 



man they bcjught. If a young man a killed or a cougar, then 



grizzly 



sheshal61esh kgl^p^a. 



a warrior ho became. 



