94 MTTHOLOGIC TEXTS. 



93, 1. k.l-i spuni viishuk : the subject of Rpiini, l5-ukskni nidklaks, is left out by 

 iuadverteuce. Some Wascoes wanted to many iuto auother tribe; for "one Wasco 

 man" stands here for "some men of the Wasco people." 



93, ;>. 4. Aini)/;i'ni, contraction of a7nbu;fe'ui "thither, where the water is", where 

 the waters rush down in a cataract, or in rapids. Tiie rapids of the Cohimbia River at 

 the Dalles impede navigation. 



93, 7. sassagauk i gi! ye are in peril, when going to the Dalles and being Indians, 

 therefore take care of yourselves ! i stands for at; cf. 64, 10 and Note; 90, 13. 14. 



93, 7. 9. Instead of kii-i nu shtinta may be said also, in this connection, kd-i ju'i 

 shauahole; instead of tankt ni gent: ge'nteni, ge'nt a ni; instead of TidsM ha'k: 

 tidshiik, tidshi hJi gi. 



K'mUKAMTCHAM AiSHISHAM TCHISH SHASHAPKELEASH. 



K'MtJKAMTCH ATTEMPTS THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS SON 



AlSHISH. 



Obtained in the Klamath Lake .Dialect from Minnie Froben. 



Liipf na'lsh hunk K'miikamtch shutay^ga; iia-asht iia'lsh hunk ga-ag 



At first us K'oiukamtch began to create ; so to us long ago 



kemutchdtk shashapkelt-i'a genta kailatat Tchia hu'k la'pi sh4-ungaltk 



an old man told the myth vhia world about. Lived the two related as eon and 



lather, 



3 Aishish K'mvi'kaintchish; ne-ul;{a hunk ge'n, iianuktua kd-akt hu'k gag, 



Alshish (and) K'miikamtch; resolved this one, (that) all things, whichever (are) here, (and) 



ndnuktua kia'm 4mbutat \va, gitki giug. Tchuyunk pa'n I-ulal6uan 



all kinda of fish, in the water (which) should come into Then again at the outlet at 



live, existence. Linkville 



tchkash \\i-v\%'<\ paphshash gi'tki giug, mu' gint nki'lHpsh ti'wish ndu'l- 



also he caused a dam to come into exist- very there rapidly the rushing running 



once, waters 



6 shampksh paltki, mil'ash shl^-uyuk, tchuyunk maklaksash kia'm I'tklauk 



down to leave the south when bfowa, and hereupon the Indians the fish scooping up 



dry, wind 



pAlshtat patki gl. 



on the bottom t4ioiild feed 

 left dry upon. 



Tchiii pan huiuasht giulank K'mukAmtch linaka tchkash m'na Aishi- 



Hereupon having performed this K'mtikamtch son then his Aishish 



9 shash shtilta p'laiwasham shnu'lash, shl^ank kenAwatat shkulelani wewdka 



sent after an eagle's oyrie, perceiving up on a kSndwat- of a lark the young 



, stalk ones 



liil'nk shu'kayauk, shnepe'nipemuk vunakA ni'na. Snawedsh spil'ut;tashtka 



hanging (on it), in order to ontraj) son htn. A wife lo abduct (from him) 



