I^AMES OF UPPEE KLAMATH LAKE LOCALITIES. 143 



"Nak6tk Wi'tlas koketat hi tcbi'sh ludlks-kiam gi'-uapk; na-dst she- 



" By (its) dam WltlasL in 'William- there also a fl8h-kiUii,g place shall be; thus 



•on Kiper 



sbasli ^l^a ni: Kta-i=Tupaksi. Mbu'saks na'st sli^shatk maklaks gi'-uapk; 



name give I: Eockewheresland. "Obsidian" ao called a people shall exist; 



Sma'k na'st s^satk gi'-uapk rndklaks gi'ta. Kii'katils na'st sdsatk gi-uapk 3 



"Hairy" so named shall exist a people there. "Armpit-hairy" so called shall exist 



gi'ta maklaks." 



there a people-" 



NOTES. 



All Mdklaks admit that K'lniikamtch created their country, the earth and the 

 universe, but as to the special process by which he created them they seem to have no 

 definite idea, though they jiossess a nuiltitade of myths for special creations. 



Most of the phices mentioned in this item are situated around Upper KUimath 

 Lake. That they are localities inhabited ibr centuries past, and identified with the 

 history of the tribe is proved by tlie fact that their naming is ascribed to K'niiiliamtch. 

 The most noticeable of them are no doubt the three sweat-houses, all of ^\'hich are of 

 remote antiquity, and were put to use only when families were mourning- the loss of one 

 of their members. Two of them are quoted here: Waktiksi or Kailalkshini spiiklish 

 on west side of Lake and E-ukalksi, a short distance south of Fort Klamath. The 

 third lies about three miles south of Modoc Point; it is called K4-ashkshi spiiklish. 



142, 1. kaila. About the meaning of this term in creation myths, cf. Note 96, 23. 

 In other connections, in the present text, kiiila or kii'la means spot, locality. 



142, 2. 3. Tuhsh. To enable the Indians to catch fish at that place, K'uuikamtch 

 built for them, as tradition has it, an obstruction resembling a beaver-dam. Cf. 

 nakotk, 143, 1. ; giti for gifa hi. 



142, 3. 5. Tiikua and Koh^shti aie camping- and fishing-places on the eastern shore 

 of the Lake. At Shuyake'kish the Indians leap over rocks for amusement. 



142, 5. nft-asni, na'sni stands for na-asht ui: "thns I". 



142, 5. 11. Giimbat is called Rocky Point by the white population, and lies on the 

 western shore of Ui>per Klamath Lake. A-usmi is an island of the Lake. 



142, 6. Wakaksi or Waka is named after the tu^kish-fowl whose cry is waka waka. 



142, 6-10. 12-10. These mourning customs are gradually dif ajipearing at the pre- 

 sent time. One reason for this is the progressive assimilation of the tribes to Americair 

 customs, another is the circumstance, that all of the three ancient sweat-houses are 

 situated outside of the reservation limits. 



142, 1.5. ndanuantak is composed of ndaunanti or ndannantat ak : " onl.>- for three 

 (kinds of relatives)". 



143, ]. Nakotk is the instrumental case of nakosh, lumber-dam: "on account i)f 

 its dam Witlas will be a fish-killiiig locality." A loon destroyed that dam by forcing 

 its way under it; one of our texts gives this myth. Cf. 132, 1-S and Noic to 74, 2. 



143, 2. 3. MbiVsaks, Sma'k and Ka'kafils are names given in contempt or derision 

 of the respective tribes; the latter to Indians living at the Dalles of Coliiiiibia Kivei-, 

 Sma'k to a tribe bving south of that locality. Cf. 103, 2. 3. Mbu'saks is a name for 

 the Snake Indians. 



