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96, 21. kinyiifja. AisliisL held the tray over Limself, Lis TvLole family, and his 

 lodge. The same prelix ki- reai)pears iu a nasalized lorm iu n;^i'-uliga: 07, 1. It is 

 nasalized there on account of the preceding k iu hii'uk. 



OG, 23. kiiila. Where I have rendered this term by "world", as here and elsewhere 

 in creation myths and myths of a similar character, it does not signify the whole sur- 

 face ot the earth as known to us, but only that section of country which is known to 

 that tribe of Indians. Thus ancient creation myths only describe the creation of that 

 part of country where these myths originated ; the creation myths of coast tribes will 

 iuclude the ocean in their term for "world". 



96, 23. Tiilmsh talpatkola. Mud Hen, one of Aishish's five wives, looked out from 

 under the roof of Aishish's lodge or shed to see what was going on. This fiction ex- 

 plains the round dark spot visible on the mud-hen's head; its round form is indicated 

 by the prefix la- in laliga. 



AiSHISHAM SHASHAPKELEASH. 



A MYTHIC TALE ABOUT AlSHISH. 



Given by Dave Hill in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



Sliashapkele-iidpkan Aishishash : 



I am pomj; to tell a htury aboat Alahish : 



Aisliish mat sdkla tii'ma muklaks fyamnatko ; shuddshnuk mat sha 



Aisbibb, they say, gambled many people having with him -, wben gambling on so they they 



IbeiF way, say, 



slincnalu'loks. Yumiiasliptcbi mat lu'loks Aishisliam, Wanukalam kakli'kli 3 



biiiU fires. Purple-blue (waa), a.s re- iho fire of AUbish, of Silver Fox yellow 



parted, 



lu'loks, K'mukamtcham sliluyaksak. Tsiii sa slo'kla; Aishish slilin talaak, 



IIh' fire of K miikiimtch (il wa) smoke only. Tlieu Ibty sbntattho Aisbisb hit (it) stra'gbt, 



(was), mark ; 



Wanaka yu'tlansna. K'mukamts tu' hak yiVl'ka, nanka toks tii' Iiak a-dti 



LiiilSilver misstd ihe mark. Kmtlkamtch tbisaidoof struck, tbootbeisbut far th s side of 



Fox mark ibo m-irk 



liakyuTka; tuf sa liumaslit giulank sakaliiiga. Tum sa lidsliku, tsiii sas 6 



tli UL-k ; I i-rbt ibey after so di<iiig commcticed gam- M:tny tbej bet on, then ovit 



Ibeu bli:^ tbiugs them 



Airtliish i'kak; scwatkaslitka nanuk watclipka, tsui sa gli'mpele. At tu' 



Al.sliisb Won ; about iiuun all men had lost all ibey then they went borne. Ever 



had, 



tsiissak \'xnk nanuk sas. 



8in<-e bi- wi>u them all. 



'^ru'iiipnisli WL'wan's gitk Aisliisli : Tiiliu'sli nash sndweds Afsliisham, 9 



Fivo wives hud Aishisb: Mud Urn (was) oue wife (f Aishish, 



Srukua nasli snawudsh, Kli'tish nasli, Wa ks ndsh, Tsfka nash sndwedsh. 



Long-tail one wile, S.<ud-b.ll one. Mallard one, Chaffinch one wife. 



Squirrel Crone 



