DIALOGUES. 



141 



Ska'lao- ffuhuashktclia; Kaptindmkshi tchkash sha vulankia: "T4t 1 



St«ak° left- at the Captain's lodge alto they inqnireil "where yon 



■=" " ' (of him): 



tamnutka?" 



come from?" 



Ska'lag. Ge't an w4tch kdyaktka, ksiulakshzen genu'tuapkuk. 



Tbrongh I of (my) returned from towards the dance- while iDtending to go. 

 there noriso tnesearuii, honse 



Captain. T4ta had tchi'k sha kshi'ulaktchuapk? 



Where finally they are going to dance ! 



Ska'lag. Mbu'shant a sha she-ddshtat kshiulaktchuapk Mbu'shak=Shi- 



Tomorrow they on Saturday will dance the dwellers at Mbii- 



w^shkni, kk tchish nanuk g^pkuapk. 



shak-Shiwash, prob- too all will come, 



ably 



Tchiii guhudshktcha g^mbaluk. 



Then he started off to go home. 



II. 



Hlekosh. Tat lish mi u'nak? 



Where (i.i) yonr son? 



Pepakli. Le-utch61an kanf una gekno'la; le-utch61an tunepa'nish 9 



For playing outdoors awhile he went out; for playing five 



tatdkiash tula. 



children with. 



Hlekosh. Wakaitch g^-uga kai gdpgaple? 



, Why not returns he ? 



Pepakll Tiitaks ati l^wa; hotaks tatdksni wafta Uwapka; Ktki gat- 12 



Awav far they play; those chUdreu the whole will play; in the they 



■^ J F .1 • jjj^ evening 



pampeli-udpka. 



will return home. 



NOTES. 

 I. Dialogue about a dance to be held on the Williamson Eiver; in the Klamath 



Lake dialect, by Minnie Froben. 



140, 2. P4-ak k^-i an sh^yuakta ! is interpreted by " what do I know ! " 



140, 9. na'gsh shiwaksh gempktch stands for negsh shiwaka.sh genapkash. It is 



very rare that diminutive nouns, like shiwak, shlwaga, assume the ending -ash in the 



objective case; cf. 23, 10. Bui shiwak means not only a little girl; it means an adult 



girl also, and is therefore inflected like sndwedsb. 



140, 9. Kuyamts/eksh. For this local name cf. Page 91, first JVbte. Frank and 

 Allen David live both at that place, close to the steep western bank of the WQliamson 

 River, while the communal dance-house, a spacious, soMd earth-lodge, Ues further to 



the northeast. 



141, 5. Mbu'shafcShiwAshkni, term corrupted from Mbii'shaks=Shawalshkni : "the 

 one who lives, or those who live at the locaUty of the obsidian arrowheads." Jlbu'- 

 shaks=Shdwalsh lies on the eastern shore of the WUliamson River. Cf. Note to 134, 17. 



U. Dialogue in the Modoc dialect ; by Toby Riddle. 



141, 9. L6wa, to play, forms the derivates 16-utcha to go to play; 16-utchna to 

 play while going, to play on the way, cf. shu^dshna 99, 2.; le-utchola to go to play in 

 the distance. 



