134 MYTHOLOGIC TEXTS. 



Kdk t%u't%at.kish; tsui sa luluk sa kt'ikam txu't;t^tkasb, tsiii sa 



A raven is aflonthsaycr; and they beliovlnp the raven's repeated prepheoy, tliey 



shen6tanka; pits hfi'nk pdu kdk m4klaks. 



light ciobotber! it also eats, the (dead) men. 



raven, 



3 Tutlksh ruAklaks shulna tchu';ijapkam m'ndlam sbasluimoksham; 



Dreams thonativoa siu^ about dead their rolalivea; 



hiimasht sli4hunk giug kfukayunk flags. 



tor this same reason they stick ont flags. 



Tm^lhak gftko shaklo'tkish tfdsh tinxn; tii'm Izaga. Tuielbak ta'dsli 



A tmfilhnk. h.ivin*;, the gambler well succeeds; ranch he wiiiH. 'riuWmflhak (is) 



aquim^l certainty 



<« alii'iyuaks; shakalshtat laki, ti'ds sualaliAmpkatko. 



of niuoli account; iu the g:ime (it is) well raan.aging (it). 



chief, 



TchAsliash mu'iia lushdntsnanlc mbawa ski's; tsiii iiuiklaks njiiiulc 



The skunk dcei) down while scratching a hole omitted a blast; njion this ]HH)pIp ;tll 



busbtsoga tsAsbasb=kinks. Sn4wedsb sbanab6buk spii'iisbna p'biiwcisbam 



killed the ekunk-conjnri'r. A wife seeking he carried oif the eaglo's 



y tu'paks ktan4pkasb. Shl^auk tcbawika p'laiwasb, wi-iidsna unkntka 



sister when asleep. Seein;j (this) became furious eagle, beat with a cltili 



tch^ises, wf-udsisb k'lakA, tsiii k6-i pilui. Ndop6g ktso'l bjimetslpka: 



the skunk, the beaten one died, then badly stunk. Smelling (it) tlio star.s said ; 



"ptitkal!" at p'biivvasb patkalp'le, stopatcbka, tsiii gempele tiipaksbasb 



•'get up!" and eagle rose up again, washed the face, then went home sister 



12 m'na ^nank. 



taking wi til 

 him. 



II. 



Ha sbaklo'tkisb pi'sbam sbnu'lasb ntdggal, sbaklo'tkisb tidsb vmiii', 



If a gaml>ler (pf humming- the nest finds, (and) the gambler well hidtvs (i() 



bird away, 



kaitoks kani vuini'^i. Ha k<5-e sbl^a pabdpkasb, pe'tcb ktdkta ska'tisb 



not anyone conquers (him). If a frog ho finds dried-np, the leg he cuts off left 



1.5 tapi'dsbnisb vumi'; biiinasbtak sbu'ta sbaklo'tkisb, kaitoks kani vuini'^i. 



hind (leg), hides away; (if)thus acta the gambler, (then) not anyone beats (him). 



Hii kani tcbatcblalptcha sbla'-a (kinkAni tiit wa), tidsb ti'ii^a. Ha kani 



If anyone a kind of flre-l)ug finds (scarce there they are), good luck it If anyone 



brings. 



ma'ntcbnisb maklaksara alit4p sbualka, pabapkasb kiiila-sbusbati'sbasb 



oldfiishioned Indian arrow-head saves, dried-up a mole 



18 tcbi'sb, bu'kt bum^sbtak tidsb ti'ii/a tchi'sb. 



also, ho in the same way well succeeds also. 



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£-uksbikni Mo'dokni 161a p'laiki'sbasb bikiasb, sbtinta tcbisb wengar 



TheKlauiath I.akis (and) Modocs believe in the heavenly rnler, revere also ofthedi; 



kani sbko'ksbasb. 



ceased the Hi)iiits. 



21 Mo'dokni sbtupuyiika tiinapni waita tiinapni psbiii gsbiiilaka kayak 



The Modocn at first menstru.ition flxe days (.and) five nights dance never 



kttikt'nan ; wew4nuisb ta-unii'pni wiiita ka-i tcbtl'leks p4u. 



sleeping; tte females for ton d.ays no meat eat. 



