126 MYTHOLOGIO TEXTS. 



un wfildshtiik." Pen ktai luyegan shl6a kai'hha, 14puk hiihatxfdshnan 



it will cover." (vVuother) stouo picking up tbe lynxes he niiased, both skipping down 



huhiltchna. K'muk6mtcliiksh sliuaktchtdmpka : 



rau away. K'intikamtch crying-comiuenced ; 



3 "16-i loyan 16yak, 16-i 16yau 16yak," 



pen kaflio iidandkalkAnkan hahashtatchmayun ankutka kaflio p'na, pen 



a^aiii (of liis) ;iatbeiiii(; the pieces be pinned together with spUntors blanket hie, then 



blanket 



skii'tan kuluishgdsha. 



puttin;; it atiirteil (iff, 



around himt)elt' 



6 Wiga hak g(5nau tche-u kimAdsham pdtko klddshat gshi'kla. Kailio 



Not far having; an antelope tooth-aching cm a clearint; lay. Mamie 



walked, 



p'nA tch^-u waldshan tchewash hllnk Idu'pka tch^keli tilktgi. Mbushaksh 



hia over Ibe spreading, the antelope he kicked to make it bloodshot. For a stone-knife 



anielopo 



kayaktampka nashgiil'tna ; tchd-u tapitdnna hu'dshna; le'ltki hunk tchiii 



be begun to si-arcli tn skiu (it) with; the antelope beliind (him) ran off; looking at it forib- 



with 



!i hein^^en : "gd-u tchi'sli bumtchi ki." Tch^-u K'n2u'kamtchS.sh buyd- 



hc H;nd : "mine also like this is." The antelope of K'luiikamtch ran in 



edsba. K'muk6nitcbiksb kaflio tch^wat sbleklapkasb shlea, bem^%e: '*tg^l%, 



front. K'miikaratch (his) on ihe ante- lying perceived, (and) said: "stop, 



blanket lope 



tgfilx ! Psbe-utiwash mlsh un sbushaluaktantak, ko-idsba mish kafliu 



stop! The people yon will deride, the miserable you rabbit 



12 Amptchiksh g^-u skutasb skutdpkash." 



old my garment wrapped in." 



NOTES. 



125, 1. kailash is one of the few instances where inanimate nouns assume the 

 ending" -sh in the objective case. This is, however, no instance of personification. Cf. 

 pdplishash 94, 5. Concerning the signification of kaila, cf. Note to 96, 23. 



125, 2. kailio, kailiu, rabbit skins sewed together to form a garment, mantle or 

 blanket. As the name indicates, it was originally made from the fur of the kai-rabbit. 

 Skutash may be rendered here by different terms, since many Indians used their skin 

 robes, in which they slept at night, as garments or cloaks during the day. 



125, 3. lu('l()ka. The plurality of the lynxes is indicated by the verb liiela, which 

 can be used only when many are killed; its singular form is shiiiga. A similar remark 

 applies to pe-uy^gan and to wawaggdya. Lynxes are usually spoken of in the West 

 as wild cats. 



126, 3. 16-i loyan 16yak is probably an interjectioual and satiric variation of the 

 verb lualui;i^a: "they make fun of me", the distributive form of luai^a. 



126, G. Wig4 hak: only a little way. Subject of g^nan is K'miikanitchiksh. 



126, 11, 12. Pshe-utiwash etc. This sentence shows the following structure : The 

 human beings will laugh at you, dressed (as you are) in my miserable, good-for-nothing 

 rabbit-fur robe, iimtchiksh here means worn out, old, good for nothing. This word is 

 l>honetically transposed from dmtch gish: "old being", "long existing". As such it 

 appears also in K'mlikamtchiksh, a Modoc form for K'uiiikamtch. 



