MYTDIO TALE OF OLD MARTEN. 109 



Skelamtcuam shashapkeleash. 

 MYTHIC TALE OF OLD MARTEN. 



Obtained in thu Klamath Lake Dialect from Minnie 1'koben. 



W^wauuisli mat tu'mi meya ka'sli sbaigatat yaki shka'shkatgaltk. 



Women, they say, many were dig- ipo on prairie, baskets carrying ou back. 



gins 



Shka'lamtch mat. tchia shet^^-nnalt;: TchasligAyaks. Shka'lamtoli shtuH 



Olil Marten, so thoy lived as the older hrntlur of Little Weasel. Old Marten sent 



say, 



ta'pia m'na Tcli4sgayaks i'ktchatki giug kma' shtchu'shtch^apkam. Tchui 3 



younger his Weaalet to obtain the sknll- of the onc-ej'ed ones. And 



brother '^"'P" 



Tch4shgayag gdna; g4tpnank i't^a sliash nanuk kma' k4-i shtchu'shtch- 



Weasfet went; comin<; there, he took from them all sknll-caps. (bnt) oftheone- 



away not 



yapksham tclii'sh, itpampgli Tcliashgdyak, sh^wana Sk^lamtchash kma'. 



eyed (women) .ilso, brought Little Wea«cl (and) gave to Old Marten the caps. 



Sk^lamtch ham(i;fe: " t4ta mi'sh ml tpewa k4-i shtchushzapkam epkatki 6 



Old Marten said: "when you I ordered not of tbe one-eyed to bring? 



giug? Icipuk mish nu (jpkatki gi'ula shtchu'shtchxapkam pi'l." W(iwanuish 



of both yon I tohrin^' had told of the onc.eyed only" Females 



nanuk gdtpa Sk^lamtchamkshi shkashkAtkaltk ka'sh. Sk^lamtch shewana- 



all came to Old Marten's boms carrying on back ipo. Old Miii-ten re- 



pftle kma' w^wan'shash, puakampgle ladslieshtat, ha'meta Tchashgdyaksh: 9 



turned the caps to the wi>men, threw (them) back ont of his lodge, (and) s.iid to Weaslet: 



"tdta mish nu tpa'wa tum kma' ii'pkatkl giugf lapok drash m a'pkatki!" 



'when von I ordered many caps to bring! ofboth yon I to bring (told) I" 



(only) 



W^wanuish tchik tchiii gi^mpele, Idpuk shtchu'shtchxatk tchi'dsha. 



The women after this returned, (but) both one-eyed ones remained. 



Tchui huk shtchu'shtchzatk w<^vvanuish wewa'kala. Shu'hankshitk 12 



Xlien the o:jeeycd women bore children. At the same timi- when 



mu'mkak gi'ulza Sk^lamtch nteyakaliya, m'na u'nakag mu'ak t'shi'sht. 



thi) inf.ants were born Old Marten made a little bow, for his little son, taller when he would 



grow. 



Tchashg4yak tchi'sh nteyakali'ya m'natak unakag. Tchiii tchatchtikiag 



Li tie Weasel also maile a little bow for bis own little boy. And the little boys 



Id-utcha ; hi'shla ntc^-ishtka tatAldshiak. L^watkuk tatakshni gatpampgli ; 1.5 



went to play; tboy shot with their bows little arrow.s. From the play the boys returned; 



,lt tlie mark 



Tchdshkayagalam unakag hemeze : "hilt dn'sh tti' shli'kshga." Tchash- 



Little Weasel's boy remarked; "he me oat well nigh shot." Little 



there 



gdyag wfi'la m'na unakag: " tdm hai tchi' m'sh Wnk Uyank tewi f" 



fi-pnsol a-iked his young son: "really thus at you tftking aim he shot)" 



