THE SPELL OF THE LAUGHING EAVEN. 131 



the souls of all dead Indians continue to exist in the living fish, in all kinds of living 

 fish only." 



130, 2, ts6;fatk. This refers to Indians who have perished by a violent death, as 

 well as to those who died in the natural way. 



THE SPELL OF THE LAUGHING RAVEN. 



OivxN BT "Captain Jim" in the Eiamath Lakb Dialect. 



L 



Shuyu^alkshi tchuyunk fi-ukshikni mdklaks hdtokt shuyu%ela, tunii 



At "dauce-place " when the Klamath Lake people there pilpil-danced, nianv 



huk hdtokt maklaks gi. K'mukamtch hatokt a gena. Tchiii Kd-akamtcli 



there people were. K'raiikamtch there went. Then Old Raven 



shash h4tokt w^tanta shuy^alpksh, tchui hil ktd-i k'la'ka ndnuk mdklaks 3 



at them there laughed whou they danced, and rocks became all people 



shiiyukaltk hdtokt. 



dancing there. 



II. 



Ydmakni hu'k Kdyutchish gatpa Ki'uti ktiitit; tchuyunk i'-uag 



lYom the North Gray Wolf arrived Kluti above; then he stopped 



shku'l;^a kdyak tchi'sh g^tpeiiuuk, niinuk shulu'tamantk hdtkok ydmnasli 6 



(and) lay down not yet home having reached, in full dresH at that spot beads 



(to sleep), 



wdwakshnatk tchish; tiila tchish hu'k gdkatpantk i'uag sha hu'nk tu'kel;Ka. 



with moccasins on too; together with (him) those coming stopped they (and) rested. 



Tchiii Sh4shapamtch hu'nk gdldsha-uyank Kci-utchiaratchash sku'lpkank 



Then Old GriZ7,l\- approached Old Giay Wolf lying (and) 



ktdmpsh. Tchiii ShAshapamtch pdlla Ke-utchishash wakshna y4mnash 9 



asleep. And Old Grizzly stole from Gray Wolf the moccasins beads 



tchish shulu'dshuank wu'ksh^en g(^nuapkug. Tchui Ke-utchiamtch 



also, (and) ]tat them on, to the fishing-pl.aco forgoing. Upon this Old Gray AVolC 



s^ishu'lank kti'ukuela Shdshapamtchash; vud'hitakuc^Ia ktdyat pAUapkah 



waking np throw down hill the Old Grizzly j he rolled (him) down over the for having 



rock.s robbe'l 



pdsh wdkshua yamnash tchish. Tchui hii'nk shiuga pi Shashapamtchash, 12 



him n£ mocc.i.siTi.s ncckwe.ir also. Then killed ho the Old Grizzly, 



tchui fi-ukshikni maklaks shelhudtampka Yamakishasli, .Shtishapamtchash 



where- the Klamath Lake people commenced fighting tlio Northnriier,"*, (brcanse) Old Grizzly 



npon 



hflnk Ka'-utchishash shiiig.sht. Tchui Ka-akanitc]i wc^tauta shash sh^J- 



by Gray Wolf Ii;mI liocn killed. Then Old Kavon laughed at theui when 



lualpksh, ktA-i sha k'l(^k;i. 15 



flghting, uiid i'«fck» llioy buvniiio. 



