144 TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL PRODUCTS. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON ANIMALS. 



Given iiy Johnson, Chief at YiNi-:KS, in the Klamath Lake Dialect. 



Ni'l w^ksa piiThka m^klaks shu'lhashluk s^o'lhok ; kt/inuapkuk 



Thd of DjaUard- pull ont the ludiauR to make pillows to lie od ; for eleepiuf; 



<lowu duck 



s;(jo'lhank ni'l ikiigank willishi'kat. 



(and) reHting tbe they are put- pillow-caseR. 

 down ting into 



Mbil'shant nilaksht wfs;{ak ha'ma. 



In the inoruing at dawn the wisxak- Rings. 



bird 



Wdtsak wAwa a gulindshisham ; le g^niig wdwa. 



Dogs howl because left behind ; for not going they howl. 



(with them) 



Y^-ukal tchagg4ya 4nkutat a'-unank ; untsa'g a-un61ank hiindshan- 



BaJd eagle aits on tree replete with after a while after depleting he will 



food; himself 



6 uapk, t6-ugshtant hundsanuapk A'-ushtat. 



fly off, to the opposite he will fly of Upper Kla- 



ehore matb Lake. 



Tchci-ii gaiikAnkatchuapk ; ti'tnak mAklakuapk, waki^nua lApgni ; 



Antelopes (people) are going to hunt; once only they will camp out, or perhaps twice ; 



shlfuk gt^pgapluapka pAlak. tjndsh mbushant pa'-uapk s;(61akok. 



after ehootr they will return at once. Some time next day they will take to induce sleep, 



ing (antelopes) a cold bath 



9 K6-i shu'ta w4sh, p411a n'sh w4sh ; k6-idshi wAsh. Miiatch kpe'l 



Wickedly acts prairie- steals from prairie- mischievous prairie- A long tail 



wolf, me wolf; (is) wolf. 



gi'tko, tidsA ne'l gitko wdsh. KinkAni wdsh fi-ushtat. 



(he) hOM, delicate fur has prairie- Scarce prairie- at Upper Kla- 



wolf. (are) wolves math Lake. 



Kai-udshish nish k6pka; kilos kd-udsis; shld-a nish tslatskdgantko 



Gray wolf me bites; iiupfinous is gray wolf; (when) mo, jumps on my throat 



sees 



12 k^-udshish. 



gray wolf. 



NOTES. 



144, 1. nl'l w^ksa stands for ni'l M-^ksam ; pu'l'hka for piil;^a or piilka: -'h-, "by 

 hand." 



144, 9. 10. These characteristics of the prairie- or coyote-wolf, which is so highly 

 reverenced by the California tribes, place him between the wolf and the fox. i!fe'l 

 stands for ni'l and miiatch for munish. Tids4 is tidsha a. 



144, 11. tslatskdgautko; the verbal adjective of tchlak^ga stands here in the dis- 

 tributive form: "each time when he sees me, he jumps on my throat." The I of the 

 second syllable is suppressed. 



