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122, 15. ga tuii uiuk for kA-a tuii ni giank ; kd-a means here " vehemently, ci-uelly, 

 sharply", tud: "in some way or other". 



122, 16. shash geuuisli : after they had left the cave. 



122, 2U. "aishiug ta'dsh i shiish nen". Here uen stands for some tinite verb; 

 either shana-uli i: you want to conceal them; or for na-asht i shapiya: "you speak so, 

 in order to conceal them". 



122, 23. spii'kua. The spread out legs of the Crane liad to serve as a bridge to 

 the Grizzly Bear, for there was no dug-ont canoe at their disposal to cross the river. 



122, 23. miiksha n(5klank. Old Crane carried on his leg a vase or skullcap that 

 belonged to a dug-out canoe, but did not possess a canoe himself. 



123, 3. u'hlitcha. Grizzly shook (jut the remainder of the water to let the skull-cap 

 become dry. Skull-caps are used throughout as drinking vases. 



123,6. taldshitko. This sentence has to be construed : wiwalag, sho'ksham wewt'i- 

 kalam taldshitko, nge-ishan, and tiUdshitko stands for taldshi gitko: "the young- 

 antelopes, ai-med with the arrows of the Crane's children, shot" etc. 



K'mukamtchiksham shashapkeleash. 



THE MYTH OF K'MTJKAMTCH, THE FIVE LYNXES AND THE 



ANTELOPE. 



Obtainkd from J. C. D. Riddlk in the Modoc Dialkct. 



K'nuikaiutchiktch hunk gentko kailatat, kiiilasli shutulaii, tuuep shl^a 



K'miitaratch w.ilking eartb upon, the world having created, five be saw 



shloa ankotat wawakayapkash. Kailio skutatko K'miik6mtcliigsh shpakdgra 



lynxfS on trees sitting. In a rabbit-blank.-t clad K'nuikamtcli tore to pieci'S 



p'nd kailioskiitash, hem(i%c*u : "tidshi' Cm ge-u sku'tash gitak shlii'a lue- 3 



his rabbit-skin robe, (and) said : " a good tome robe will be the lynxes when 



16ka." Ktai pe-uyegau shlua kai'hho'ta; nash shloa hnt;(idshiian hudshna. 



I kill." Stones picking nj) the be missed; one lynx janipingdown ran away. 



lynxes 



Heme;{en : " e, ka-i tidshi skutash gi-viapka ! " Pen kai'hh5'ta ktayAtka, 



Hesaid: "oh! not a good niar,tle it will become!" Again he missed with a stone, 



pe'n nash shloa hut/idshuan hu'dshna. K'mukointchigsh hem^;^en : "pe'n 6 



another lynx jumping down ran off. K'miikamtch said: "again 



nash hutxidsha ; at ge-n ketchgdne skutash gi-uapka." Ndani shl6a wawag- 



one skipped away : now my small mantle will become." The three lynxes sitting on 



g'dyan K'mukamtchash shushaluakta ; p^n ktayatka shl6a kai'hha. Na'sh 



{t,rees) at K'raAkamtch scofied ; again with a stone the he missed. Another 



lynxes 



pen hvLt/idshna hudshna. K'miikouitchiksh h'Amiyj^ : "k^mat ptia nisli 9 



one Jumped down (and) ran away. ICmiikamtab iiiUd: "the back only tome 



