OEIGIN OF HUMAN EACES. DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. 103 



101, 8. p'tisA m'ua for p'tisha m'nalam. 



101, 10. kaUo belat for : kako pil at. 



101, 11. p'tissap sam. Sham, sam "tbeir", is found standing instead of m'ndlam, 

 p'ndlam, or bi'mkelamsliam in tbe conversational form of language. Cf. 107, 13. 108,4. 



101, 13. liwatkal. Tliey lifted up tbe famisbed Aisliisb, almost reduced to a 

 skeleton, and seated bim uprigbt in tbe nest; tbey imparted new strengtb and life 

 to bim by feeding Lim. 



101, 10. keklsba, to grow, forms k^dsbna, kedsbntita; n's is : nu'sb, to me, with me, 

 under me ; a sort of dativus commodi. 



ORIGIN OF HUMAN RACES. DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. 



Given by "Captain Jim" in the Klajiath Lake Dialect. 



K'mu'kamtch hii'nk at ne-i;]xa n4-asht gen: Hu'nk E-iikshikishash 



K'miikamlch ruled as follows: Tbe Klamath Lake 



tcMk maklaks shu'ta; tchui pdn Ka'kakilsh tcluigsli maklaks sliii'ta ; 



from a service- people he made ; hereupon ihe Kahakilsh from skuuks people m.-ide; 



berry bubh 



Y^matala gdnuta sluislitddshua. E-ukslikishash ktclial^ishtat i'l^a, B6sh- 3 



noithwards > hilo ho ho created (thorn) ou Tbe Klamath Lakes io tbu suu-heat ho laid the white 



had sono liis way. down, 



tinash toks shut61ank miiliieshtat i'lp^a; humasht giug na'd mdklaks mu'- 



people however after cr. at iug in the shade laid down; therefore we luoians (are) 



(Ihcm) 



makmukli, Boshtin toksh papdlpali. ]il-ush guni'gshta kiiilali'a. 



dark, the white race but liphtcom- The sea beyond he made a 



plexioned. world lor Ihcm. 



At sha pii'n ne-ulakiega, K'mukamtcli niii'nk tchi'sh slikishki'sh tchish 6 



Then they bi-gau to lecislute, K'miikaiutcb, mole also. fly-bug .also, 



wishi'nk tclush. Mu'nk bamd^e : "Nu a gu'ggamtcbisbash m<4klaksbash 



gartor-snake also. Mole said: "I of old ago th.- human beiugs 



gi'tki gi!" Hunkanti wisbink nti-asbt bam^%e: "nu'toks gdmptcba 



to become w:mt!" Ou that sulject garter-snake thus spoke: "audi thu.s.made 



mdklaksbasb gi'tki gi!" Tcbibunk wi'.sbink sbkintcbisb;^ag6ta : "ga-ash 9 



the men to become order ! " Thus garter-snake while shedding its skin : "this way 



nu bii'nk mdkUiksbasb k'ldktgi : ti'dsbok ndtnak git k'mu'tcbatk gi'ntak 



I the men to bi-come having grown then to be of old age though 



(want) : 



tchiltgipeletdm'nuk." Hunkanti mu'nk na-asbt bem^;^e: "nu a g(imptcba 



always to grow young again." On that subject mole thus said: "but I thus-made 



pshe-utiwasbash gi'tki gi : gii'ggamtcbisbasb ! " Pi muimii'yuk: "ga-asbt 12 



the human beings to become want: decrepit by age!" CAnd) it ebivering (said) : "thus 



nu pse-utiwasbasb gi'tki gi!" Ski'shkisb tcbish na-asbt tok na'-ul%a 



I the human beings to become -want 1" Fly-bug :ilso thus voted 



