1:1S MONOLOGUES AND I ) I ALOO 1 1 I5B. 



WATLINOS AT THE APPROACH OF THE FATAL HOUR. 



OiVKX iiY DocTOu John, ou KXkash, ix the Ki.amath I^akk Diai.f.ct. 



"Ngli'-ish a ni tii'l%apksli, ge-n ta'lak, shlin antsa; shk(ik antsa nu'sh, 



"Aiiarrow nio striking, my arrow, shotthoy: thfiy broko (iiiyi lieftil, 



shlfn nisli. Kan tsli slili'n? Tsuyii'sli ni shlfn, g6n isli tsuya'sli nipata, 



tln<y allot inr. Wlui ini' shol ( Throngli the rap I was si nick, tliis nm cap kills, 



,'5 inasha n'sli, .shliii isli iiu's^li, ka-a n's ma'sh', guliua iiisli, a iiish k.'i-a ma'slia! 



it niiiiis iiH\ thfv shot inn in the intnnwi'lv nio it pains, am swollen I, now mo hard itpaine! 



head, 



Piish isli sliewau i; k'lekiiapkau panuk; palak shewaii i, a iiish ka-a mil'slia, 



Food mo pive yon; I will die after eatinj;; (luicUly give j'ou, mo very it paiii,'^, 



hard 



tiii'iiiatk ka-a, pdlak shii'wau i." At sliewana nii, at pan; shnuk' at mi'dsu. 



(I am) hungry very, ([nieUly ilive yon." Anil ;iive (him) I, and lie eats; ho takes now the spoon. 



6 "At k'leka, ateiii k'leka; tsia at, k'leka taks nu; slilin nish nu'shtat. 



"Now 1 expire, now I die; I live yet, dyin;i but (am) I: they shot mo in llie he;ul. 



A ni k'leka, a'tgni k'lekala." xVt k'leka. Sliu'dsha luluksla sa hl'lokslitat 



Now I die, now! am sinking Then bodies. Kindle a tirp (and) cremate tbey intbefire 



fast," 



lui'nk k'l(^kapksh. 



the decensed nian. 



NOTES. 



This short incident of war is full of the most dramatic interest, and gives some 

 idea of the oratorial powois of the average Indian. It was obtained from a man who 

 uii(h>uhtedly had witne.s.sed more than one similar .scene during tlie numerous raiding 

 e\|»Mlitions made by bis tribe before the conclu.sion of the treaty in 18(54. 



138, 1. ngii'-ish a ni tii'l/apksli shiiii antsa, forms of the conversational language 

 ,st;iii(liiig for ngii'-ish a nish talp^ajikasli .shlin a .sha. ge-u tii/Iak "my arrow," a ])oetic 

 syinbolism for tlie arrow that causes my death. 



138, 1. slikelc antsa for shk(^ka a sha, but nasalized like shlin antsa. Shkt^ka 

 proixuly moans to pierce, but is u.sed in a medial sense. 



138, 2. iiii)ata i)roporly n^eans to dry u]) by heat. The <'a]) or hat is said here to 

 kill the man by exciting an intolerable fever heat within him. 



138, 3. ma'slia n'.sh. Some im])ersonal verbs can also assume the personal form of 

 iutransitive verbs: ma'sha nu and ma'slia nish: "it i)ains me"; k^dshika nii and nish: 

 " 1 feel tired". The Modoc dialect prefers the per.sonal form. 



138, 6. 7. ateni for at a ni. Of. s6, 82, 4. tcha'l;fet 90, 11. atgnish, ateni 90, 12. 

 13. ge'uteni, Note to 93, 7. 9. 



