108 MYTHO LOGIC TEXTS. 



shli'n K'mukjimtsam hu'nk unakag; tchui sa hfshlan. Tsaskaj'akalam 



shot of K'lurtkamtch Iho littleson; then they shot nt ouch oihtr. Little Weasel's 



vunak hi1nk slili'ii lii'pi K'muk/imtcliam vundka; tcliiii hu'nk hu'tkalpalank 



''O.v shot first nt K'mtikaintch's son; then (that one) jampiog up again 



3 shlfn Tchashgdyam linaka, tchui ts6ka Idpuk. 



shot Weasel's son, then peiisheil hoth. 



At sAleki ptissisap sham. TsashgAi at kdyaktsa, K'mukamts kd-i 



Then missed fathers their. Weasel went searching, (biil) K'mi^kamtch not 



(them) ^ 



kdyaktcha, sku'l;ija ta'dsh s;i-utamank; sla'bopk hu'nitak tiV sas hisho'kst. 



searched (for them), laid himself but, wrapped up ; he knew by himself, out them to have killed 



on bed there each other. 



NOTES. 



Compare with this myth the fli'st part of the "Mythic Tale of Old Marten" 

 (Sk61amtcham shashapkCl^ash), which contains the same subject-matter. 



107, 1. Yilm.si, contraction of Ydmashi. Tliis is the name given at present to a 

 mountain North of Klamath Marsh; from this direction the cold wiuds (ytimash) blow 

 over the highlands on Upper Klamatli Lake. 



107, 1. 3. 9. Tcbiishgai sometimes occurs in the diminutive form TcJiashgAyak, 

 because the Weasel is regarded as the yovnger brother of the Marten. 



107, 2. sailviin, a contraction of saiga;^e'ni: they went to the prairie, where the 

 women were digging the edible roots. 



107, 3. Skji'laints. 1 have given this mytl> elsewhere in a longer relation, where 

 the part played here by K'lin'ikamtch is played by Sktilamtch. Even in Dave Hill's 

 relation the Marten is called, but once only, by its real name Skelamtch; K'mukamtch 

 and Skelamtch are mentioned here as identical. The term ske'l, when not employed 

 in its mythologic sense, means a long piece oi' strip of tanned otter or marten skin, 

 used for tying the liair, or for other purposes. 



107, 3. 4. i'ktchatki snaweds etc. One woman only is mentioned here, instead of 

 the two, whom Weasiet was ordered to bring home as wives for his brother K'mu- 

 kamtch and himself. 



107, 5. w^wans a very common elision for wewanuish. 



107, 9. kani na-asht°? ellipse for kani Uii-asht gi? 



107, 10. nil ii'pkolatkik. Instead of this may be said also, a'pkatki giula nii; "I 

 strictly told (you) to bring in." 



107, 13. sa waslalA. The two boys went together hunting chipmunks. 



107, 14. sliawala to adjust stone-heads; shawalia, sauliii to adjust stone-heads for 

 or in the interest of somebody. Flint-, obsidian- or iron heads are placed only on war- 

 arrows or on arrows used in killing large game (ng6-ish, ngii'i.sb); but the t^ldshi or 

 lighter arrow, used in hunting birds, and the taldshiaga, arrow used as boy's playtliing, 

 are usually pro\'ided with wooden points only. 



107,15. K'undcamts stidi slit pits stands for K'raukamtchash stuli'sht pi'sh, the 

 pronoun referring to the little son of K'mukamtch. 



107, 15. shli'sht. In this sentence m'ualsh is the subject of shli'sht, and the direct 

 object of shliu is not expressed. 



107, 10. 1ft -udsha: they went out to play, from l^wa, la'wa to ptey. 



