140 MONOLOGIJKS AND DIALOGUES. 



rendered by "souiething wicked" and "not to mind"; for "thy will be done" stands 

 "achieve thou". Power and glory become "force, impetuosity" and "radiance", and 

 daily bread: "flour on every day". In the Modoc version, the wording of which is 

 inferior to that of version I, the use of similar expedients will be observed. 



I. In the Klamath Lake dialect; by Minnie Froben. 



139, 6. inuhua.shkpak, i)lionetic inversion for inuhuashk^pk' i; see Dictionary. 

 139, 7. ktchiilshkash, from tlie word ktch.'il;fa, to shine, to be radiant, resplendent. 

 139, 8. gitk, in an hun gitk gi, is the verbal intentional gitki. 



II. In the Modoc dialect; by the Riddle family. 



139, 10. Gita kaila is equivalent to ge'nta kailatat ; in humashtAk gi the verb gi has 

 to be taken in the panniee sense. 



139, 11. k6-i shu'tii: "do not render us wicked." For shuta compare 111, 15. and 

 Note. 



139, 12. humasht nalaui. Between these words and the preceding ones there is a 

 lacime in the text. miiklaks=shitko, "our kindred": those who look like ourselves. 



139, 13. 14. In mi tdla litchlitchli the adjective strong stands for "strength, 

 power", while in mi steinash litchlitchli it is used in its adjective signification. In this 

 language abstract ideas are sometimes rendered by adjectives and by verbal adjectives 

 in -tko. 



DIALOaUES 

 I. 



TsEMATK. Tat4 lish sha ksiulakuapk? 



When they will dance? 



Ska'lag. Pd-ak ka-i an shdyuakta! un4 a sha nd-asht slie-^dshtat mat 



Not I know! ouce they «o (flaid), ou Saturday 



3 -sha n4nuk shuku'lki-uapk kshi'ul;tish. 



they all will aasemblo for the dauco. 



Kapuak. T4tai tchi'k sha ksbiulakuapk? Ple'nkamkshi A? tdm bak 



Where after all they are goiuj; to dancn? At Frank's house ? perhaps 



haitch 1 hii'nk shladtk? kui a sha nen hunk mashish gish shapa. 



(did) you bim see? seriously they him diseased to be eay. 



6 Ska'lag. KAyak an h4tokt gatpantk, na-asht ta'dsh toks nu tu'ragna gin 



Not I there was goiug, thus however I heard this 



mbu'shant pil, mat pa-ula: gat t6ks nu wdtch kayaktgiik, kiiinag 



moFDiug only, (that) he was eating: oat I of my while returning awny from 



there borsea from the search, any bouse 



gepgapgle. 



I returued. 



9 Kapuak. Tarn haitch i na'gsh shiwaksh shlad giinl, g^mpktch Kiiy- 



(Did) yoa absent the girl see over there, who went to 



from home 



amts^eksh, Ellen Debidam mu'kag shdtaltchapksh ma'shisht? 



Kii. am Ska'ikshi, of Allen David a baby to visit having fallen siukf 



Ska'lag. K4-i an tu'sh slileA push. Kapuak. 1 



Not 1 anywhere saw her. la that 



