VAKIOTJS ETHNOGRAPHKJ NOTICES. 91 



Nka'kgiiiga t'slu'sha]) p'ki'shap taunapni waita k&-\ tchii'leks pAn, 



After a childbirth the fatlier (innl) the mothni ten Aay-^ nn meat oat, 



shdpgle mdklaksani tclii'sh p^sh p4n; tiinepni waita lomk6ka, nadshksap- 



bread, the Indians also food eat; five days they sweat, Bixth 



tdnkni at wait61aii shulutlsh p'ntllam nAnuk puedsha. 3 



then day over, garmeuts ihrir own :ill cast away. 



TishiwApkash wa'k gltko shueutchaga p'gl'shap hu'nk^lam wa'k tkuyA; 



Crooked limbs having a babe mother its the rubs ; 



limbs 



ha lish kad kalMlisli lu'lp gitko hiVnkelam p'gi'shap lu'lp tkuyd nepatka, 



if too rounded eyes having its mother the eyes rubs with hand, 



kikaniK^ga lu'lput nepatka, tchui shishatchelo'tka; at tidsh tchek shutu'lan G 



applies to the eyes the hands, then spreads (thein) apart : then well finally after arranaing 



kel^wi. Hiiniasht taks Jul Mo'dokni giuga ktaktanapatko shitko shk'-ish 



bhe stops. Therefore the Modoes sleepy- alike to look at 



iiAnuki. Ha lish k6-idshi wawakish gi suentcham, p'ki'sliap taks tidsh 



all are. If misshaped the ears are of the babe, the mother aright 



shu'ta, patadsha suentcham wawakash, nenpaga, peptchaga. Naishlashlak- 9 



shapes she stretches the babe's botli ears, little hands. little feet. Toads- 



(tbem). 



gish-gitko ktchayash tchi'sh wektat ita ni'sh tchi'sh. 



horned beetles with fangs also on the slie on the also. 



arms lays, neck 



NOTES. 



With the excei)tion of the first, these ethnographic notices concern the people com- 

 posing the southern chieftaincy as much as those of the northern. 



I. The four items of section I are worded in the Klamath Lake dialect, and were 

 obtained from Frank, a young Indian settled at Kuyamska'-iksi, "the Crab's Eiver- 

 Trail," on the Williamson River. 



90, 1 etc. The census figures given in the first paragraph refer to one of the latest 

 counts made of the individuals in the tril)c, probably to that of 1870. 



90, 1. \-rinepni lah^ki gitko. Correctly worded, this plirase would lead vunepa'nash 

 lal4kiasli, or vunepnisli, or at least vnn^pni laWkiash gitko. 



90, -'. p6-ulatko ought to be used only wiien units are mentioned after the decads 

 of figures. If the relator wanted to say, 180 men were counted, the verb shii'tui, 

 sh^tui would be the proper term. Cf. Wote to 70, 8. 9. 



90, 3. Tuiiii'mtka, "by the many", by the crowd: by the majority of the men in 

 the tribe. 



90, 7. hisliuiitch;/ash is a form for the word man., male, common to Klamath Lakes 

 and JNIodocs, but more frequently used among the latter. The reverse is true of the 

 form hishuaksli. 



90, 10-13. Part first of the fourth notice refers to dances at the communal dance- 

 lodge, organized and directed by chiefs. The chief starts the songs ; sometimes the 

 men, sometimes the women sing in chorus ; or a song may be sung by all present. 

 When the chief sees one, who does not sing, he cries out : "i tchuin; tiila shuin i!" 

 All dances are accomj>anied by songs or other music. 



90, 10 ul probably stands for iin, ii'n, ii'na, a conjunction more frequently used in 

 the Modoc than in the Klamath Lake dialect. 



