128 MYTHOLOGIC TEXTS. 



na'shak piislipii'shli gil'shu kshl'ta, tdnktchik hunk gu'shuash k<S-idshi 



ono only black hog escaped, that time into hops a wicked 



shkii'ksli gutkta. Ka-i tAdshitoksh hii maklaksh pupashpu'shlish gil'shu 



spirit entered. Not therefore the Indians black hogs 



o liiela. 



kill. 



IV. 



Tfna mdklaks wash shldan shiukash shanahull, shku'ks w/ishash yu- 



Once a Modoc man a coyote finding to kill (it) wanted, a demon the coyote in- 



hit-na gi'sht 161au ; wash padshayamat gakayapkan ka'kin. Pelakag mu'ni 



side to 1)0 thinking; the Co; oto into a mauzaDita- entering dinappeared. Suddenly 8 large 



thicket 



(i wj'tam ktchikayfi'la. Kt'shga kani hunk wita'ni shiukash, shtu'ishtat gat- 



hrownliear eiinio out iiC i(. t'ould not .'inylindy (this) brown lieai- kill, a (gopher's) den en- 



paiuiuni at ka'kin Nt'mkn gnkankankish shfshahi. 



terinj he disappeared. Sever.il hunters became sick. 



TinA maklaksh tu'ma wash shl^a kshiul^Apkash wigatan tchlsh ; tchd- 



Onco an Indian many coyotes siiw dancing near (his) camp; ho be- 



9 wika ma'ntch shle-iiga. Tanktchi'kni M-i w.ish lu^lsh hamgni. Hii'k 



cnme IVir some time for seeing Since then not coyotes to kill they tried. These 



insane <them). 



Ava.sh iiiaklaks=shitko shk^sh gi, tapi'tni tchu'kasli nush pa'ni. 



coyotes men-alike to look at are. from behind the hip the head up to. 



NOTES. 



I. lu mythology the bat is sometimes regarded as a symbol of watchfulness at 

 night, and this is expressed here by the adverb unak. 



127, 2. 3. 4. shlei-ek for: .shl<;a i gi, "you cause to .see;" shl6-etki for shl6atki in a 

 passive signification : " to be seen, in order to be .seen"; -shl^-ek for shl^a gi: "make 

 it to be seen, let it see." 



127, 2. .skiilaps, a Modoc term for a hat of .some kiml. The verb Int/a, used in 

 coiiiicction with it, indicates its rounded shape. 



127, 4. ka-i tche uii iiiisli iicii. Tche is abbreviated from tchek, particle i)ointing 

 to the future, or to the termination of an action or state ; the verb gi to do or shl6a to 

 see or to be seen is omitted : " I will not af all show (it), as you say." 



127, G. yankiijishtia, to place into the entrance in order to impede or ])revent 

 egiess. The radical in this lorm is tkip, stalk, straw, little stick; yiina, "down, down 

 into", serves as a prefix. 



II. This story of the skunk is manifestly a mere fragment of a longer one, for the 

 omission of motives renders it as silly as can be. 1 have inserted it here to show the 

 various verbs formed from niwa, "to drive into the water, or upon a level ground". 

 This is a verb applying to man;/ objects only; speaking of one object, shuwa is in use. 

 For all the derivatives of botii verbs, see Dictionary. 



127, 12. pitakmani stands for pi tak m'na hi'. 



III. This hog story is evidently tlu^ result of the consolidation of aboriginal super- 

 stitions witli the evangelisfs ivlatioii of the Gergesene swine throwing tliemselves into 

 the Lake of Galilee from the hea*llands of Gadaia. In Chapter X VII of his " Winemu '\ 



