MYTH OF THE MAETEN AND THE WEASLET. 107 



Sk^LAMTCHAM TcHASHGAYAKALAM SHASrAPKf.L^ASn. 



MYTH OF THE MARTEN AND THE WEASLET 



Given in the Klamath Lake Dialect by Dave Hill. 



K'mukcimtch Ydmsi tchia. S4tapealtk Tclidshgay aks ; Idpiak tchfa 



K'lniikamtch iu thn North lived. His youuitei- brolher Weaslet; only two they 



m'ln (was) lived 



kailiak wiiVans. Tsui sa saikan g^na wdwansh i'ktcha; tu'mi saikan tchia 



without wiveB. Aud they to the went wives tobrinj;in; many on the field were 



prairie 



mftklaks tdnkt. Tchui sgiiyue Skiiiaints Tsdsgayaks i'ktchatki snaweds: 3 



Indians then. And dispatched oM Marten Little Weasel to fetch a woman : 



"kd-i 1 labe=lu'lp=gipksh shpunshipk, shtchokApsh 1 a'pka!" Tsui g(ina 



"not yon a two-eyed one brin^ along, a one-eyed one yon bring!" Then went he 



nAdshiak i'ktchuk w^wans, tsui tu' md-ipks gAldsui. Saigatat tu'mi 



alone to letch women, and far off digging (roots) he met (them). On the prairie many 



wdwanuish mijn; shtd saika; hihashuaksh ka'gi, gdnkanka sha. At 6 



females were digging; fnll the prairie the men were away, hunted they. Xow 



was (ofthew); 



w^wanuish iMyula ti'tatsa pi'la, ka-i hu'shkank K'mukamtsam stu'leols: 



women he picked out pretiy ones only, not minding tf K'luilkamtch the order: 



shtchu'shtszapksh K'mu'kamts ^pkatki gi'ulatki; at i'tpa tvi Mdsastat 



oneexedoues to K'mtSkamteh to bring enjoining; then brought over to the lodge 



(them) 



Tsdskai: "g^n m's ni spunshipkfa." At hamt^xe K'mukAmts: "kani u4-asht? 9 



Weasel: " this one for yon I brought." Aud said K'mtlkaraich; "who (said) so! 



kani nd-asht tidsa ii'pkatkif shtchu'shtskapksh mi'sh nil a'pkolatkik; kaftoks 



who so (said) pretty to bring 3 one-eyed (ones) yon I to bring told ; and not 



ones 



mi'sh ui ti'dsa ii'pkatki gi!" 



you I pretty ones to bring told!" 



Tchiii at wii'wanslank shash, tsui pdlakak n^Akgi lapuk; tchui tit'sha 12 



And took as wives them, and pretty soon became both ; and grew up 



mothers 



wewdas, at mat sa washila. Tchui si'ssok hvl'k wewdas sham; tsui stuli' 



the children, and, it is they hunted And quarreled boys their; and advised 



said, chipmunks. 



Tsasgdyak: "shli't i lui'nks!" taltsidgatat sa-uli'a. At sla'popk hii'nitak 



Weaalet: 'shoot you him!" (and) on the little he put stone And was aware by himself, 



arrows heads. 



K'mukdrats stuli'sht pi'ts. K'mukdmts stuli' wa'ka m'nd: "shli'sht m'ndlsh 15 



K'miikamtch that had ad- him. K'mtikanitch ordered son his: "in case ho him 



vised shoots, 



! shlin!" At la'-udsha htl'k tdtaksni, tsui shli'n Tsasgaydkalam vu'nakag; 



yotiobootl" rben went t« play the children. and shot Little Wea.sel'9 Httleson; 



