118 MYTHOLOGIC TEXTS. 



and on that account the myth makes it watchful at nijrht. This is another bird- 

 species than the Merula, known in Great Britain as blackbird. 



114, 3. huhashtiipkuak. They suspected each other of the trick, by which they 

 had been tied together by the hair when in danger of being consumed by the raging 

 flames, and in revenge stabbed each other. Huhashtapkuak is vocali(; dissimilation for 

 huhashfcipka ak; cf. shiw^kuash, 80, 11. 



114, 8. ka'hhian. Weaslet missed the heart in the fire when striking at it. 



114, 10. shiiyuaksh: "You will not be able, or not be powerful enough, to <lo mis- 

 chief." The last heart that flew up is a meteor going through the skies, while the four 

 other hearts indicate successive thunder claps. When a meteor is seen flying west, 

 the tribes of the Columbia River will say: "That's a deceased big man's heart going 

 to the Great Sea." Cf. NoU to 41, 7. 



ShASHAPAMTCHAM TcHEWAMTCHAM TCHfSH shashapkel]6ash. 



THE MYTH OF THE BEAR AND THE ANTELOPE. 



GrvEN BY Minnie Fkoben in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



Shilshapamtcli Tcht^wamtch tu'la tchfa. Slidshapamtch 14pa wevv^ash 



01(1 Grizzly Old Antelope with lived. Old She-Grizzly two children 



gitko, Tchewamtch tchish 14pa wew^ash gftko. MbiVshant un4k sha gena 



had, She- Antelope also two children had. One morning early they w. nt 



3 m^-idshuk ka'sh, kl^widshnank m'nalam wew^asli tclii'shzeni. Tchui Tchd- 



to dig iporoots, leaving their children at home. And Old 



wamtch shtagi m'na ya'ki lu'piak Shdshapamtchash kayutch tua ka'sh 



Antelope filled her seed-basket sooner than She-Grizzly (not) yet any ipo 



me-isht. ShAshapamtch hii'uk shp^-ukitchna; tchui sha ge'mbgle tchi'slital. 



bad dag. Old Grizzly (them) kept on eating tip ; then they returned bomiwards. 



G Pa'n sha mbu'shant g^na md-idshuk ka'sh; tchiii pa'n lii'piak Tchd- 



Again they next day went nut to dig ipo; and again sooner Old 



wamtch ya'ki sht4gi, Lu'kamtch gi'nka mtjya; pa'n sha gii'mpele. Gat- 



Antelope (her) basket filled, Old Grizzly little dug; again they returned (homo). After 



pampelank sha ka'sh sh(ishiian' a m'ndlam weweka. Tchui sha lu'lal^ank 



return thev the ipo each gave to their children. And they when going to 



bed 



9 shtull' m'n41am weweka; Shashapamtch na-asht shtuli' m'na weweka: "ka-i 



left orders to their children ; Old Grizzly thus enjoined to her cnlis : " not 



a't shuhu'lule-uapk hitchashtat: stemasli ma'Ish ndi'-ushkuapk! kd-i a't 



yo sh.all skip down from the lodge: the hearts to ye -would get loose ! not yo 



shampatia^i^-uapk : bu'walakuapk a't ankutat; kd-i a't shiki'kiuapk 



shalljnmp over the logs: would nin against ye (some) sticks; not ye shall dive 



12 4mbutat: pu'tank a't k'la'kuapk." 



under the smotherlo^ ye might die.'' 



water: 



