THK BAT, THE SKUNK, TUE UOG AND TUE i'llAllilE WOLF. 127 



Ktchidshuam, Tchasham, GrusHUAM, Washam SHASHAPKELEASH. 



THE STORIES OF THE BAT, THE SKUNK, THE HOG AND THE 



PRAIRIE-WOLF. 



Obtainkd fuom J. C. D. Riddle m the Modoc Dialect, 



Ktchl'dshd uuak skAlaps sMlti'latko tcliawal ktayat Mo-6\ve hunk 



A bat early a hat holding onder its sat onamck. A mole 



arm 



hut4p6nan ; mo-6\ve hunk hem^^e: "hdgga mi skdlaps shM-i-ek"- 



ran past; the mole (to it) said: "well, your hat let see". 



Ktchi'dsho vul4: ''ka-i nu shand-uli s^alaps shl^-etki." — *^ Hagga ta 3 



The bat replied : " not I want the hat to show (yon)." "Well, 



shl^-ek". Ktchidsho hemd;(e: "kd-i tche nu mish nen." — Mo-6we ktchi- 



fchow it". The bat said: "not I yon as you The mole on the 



say." 



dshuash hu'tnan skdlapsh lu't%a; lu't^an kawakaga, tchiii wa'shtat hu'lhe. 



bat leaping the bat took away ; having ripped (it) with then into a den ran. 



taken (it) its teeth, 



Ktchi'dsho hunk Anko turn shiu'lagian, tchiii wa'shtat yankdpshtian wi-uka. 6 



The bat wood much gathered, thereupon the den putting (it) before blew on the 



«moke. 



Mii'-ue pu'tan hukdnsha, pen nayanta wa'shtat hu'lhe. Ktchi'dsho tchiii 



The molo smothering ran out, and another into a hole ran. The bat then 



k^shga hushdkish. 



conld not drive it out. 



II. 



Tchashash tu'ma watchAltko na'sh wafta ndnuk watch ktchinkshtat 9 



A skank many horses-owniDS one day all horses into an incloniire 



ni-ule. Nash tcha'shash tch6kash nkewatko gatpa. Tchdshash=laki nanuk 



drove. ADOther skunk (with) a leg cut olf arrived. The skunk-owner all 



p'na watch ni'-uknan shtiitka ni-udshna kuke yulahna, kuketat tchiii ni'wa. 



bis own horses driving out on the road drove (them) a river alongside, into the river then drove 



(them). 



Ndnuk wdtch tchla'l;(a, pitakmani. 12 



All horses were drowned, itself too, 



III. 



E-uksliikni Mo'dokni 161a k6-idsha sku'ksh gu'shutat washtat tchish 



The Klamath (and) Modocs believe a wicked spirit in the hog, in the coyote also 



Lakes 



w^nkogsht. Tatatakti gii'shu uauuk uiu'ni e-ushtat ge-upgan wt^ngga, 



luivside. That time, when hogs all into the sea rnnnin*; perished, 



