CREATION OF THE MOONS. 105 



HdlASHT SHIpASH Lt>'PI SHUTEY^GATK. 



CREATION OF THE MOONS. 



Given ix the Klamath Lake Dialect by Minnie Froben, 



W^sh hunk 16p6ni td-unepant wu'nip p(5-ula shdpash shii'ta. Ldlap 



The (fetnalf) twenty- fonr moons madfi. Two at n 



cnyote ' time 



ge-upkatki giug sha shipat;(ukank; tchiii at vu'nauk iggd-idshnank g^kaii- 



when coming; up they covered each other; then finishing suspending (them) she went 



sha. K'mu'kamtch gu'hli' ka'liaiit washash, wew^ga pil tchi'shi; vu'hi 3 



ont. K'mdkamtch entered, being absent the coyote, (her) children only in the lodge; he asked 



shas: "tat' ne gtimpka?" "Ge't a genu la!'' K'mu'kamtch hemdze: "tush 



them: "where didshegotoJ" "There shu went !" K'niAkamtch said: "where 



haltch mdlam p'gi'shap tchia!" "Hit4tchia!" Tchui K'mu'kamtch hdtakt 



(does) your mother sit?" '• Heio she sits! " Then K'miikamtch there 



tchel^ank shu'shamka: "ha ha! ha hal" wakash tdtal;(ok haha'tamna. 6 



Bitting down bummed: 'ha ha! ha ha?" boue-awls sticking (into he went ou granting, 



the ground) 



Pa'n shash vu'la: '' wakaitch hu'n giug na'g tu'm haktch shdpesh shushdta? 



Again of them he inquired : " why then the absent too mai-y altogether moons did make? 



(mother) 



w^kak hunk ps^-utiwash tchi-uapk lu'ldani? tchoka^ ak huk lu'ldam hak; 



how then the people could live iu winter ? they would In such (ii long) winter; 



perish 



ati huk lu'ldam gi't tu'mi shapash giug." Washa^w^ka t;ja'wag hamd/e: 9 



too long this winter would too many moons existing." Coyote-child the oldest said : 



he, 



'*wakai Idlap a hun shueku pkashtkak i?" Tchui K'mukamtch heme^^: 



"whynot twoatatime shining np there do yoti need?" Hereupon K'ratikamtch said; 



'*k4-i nu shanaho'le tu'ma shdpash gi'tki giug." 



"not I want too many moons to exist." 



Tg4\x3i i't^e t4t%6lampani sh4pash, tchui pekewa K'mukdmtchiksh, 12 



Started up, took dowu one-half (of the) moons, ihen smashed (them) K'miikaratch. 



to pieces 



tchui g^mbgle. Ma'ntch-gitk wash gdtpampgle; t^aVag shapiya p'gi'sha 



then left again. Long after this the (mother-) returned home; the oldest told mother 



coyote (child) 



m'na: "K^nu'kamtch a gatpanu'la gi'ta." WAsh vu'la: "tu'sh haitch 



its: "K'mukam ch has been here." The coyote asked: "where (did he) 



tcha'l^a?" "Hrt a tcha'lza", shapiya m'na p'gi'sha. Tchiii h4tokt tchdl- 15 



sit dowu?" " Hero he sat down", said (it) to its mother. Then right there sitting 



%ank ti'lankanka tdlke-ug K'mtikdmtchiksh. Kltl'ta pitAk nkdsh. 



down she rolled forth and jnkinu about K'mdkamtch. (Then) burst her own bowels. 



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