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149, 6. tii'ksli is probably the adessive case of t6ke (5) fire-place, hearth: t6k-kslii. 



149, 12. Tchuit is the long, cylindric root of the Sagittaria sagittifolia, an aquatic 

 plant couiinon iu the West and East of the United States. In Oregon the term potato 

 or w4patu (Chinook jargou) is most commonly heard for it. The name of Chewaukau 

 Marsh, a sink and low ground situated east of Upper Klamath Lake, is a corruption 

 of Tchua/e'ni: "where the arrow-leaf is found." The flower of the wapatu varies 

 between red, reddish and whitish. 



149, 17. Tsuni'ka. The flower has a diameter fi'om two to three inches. 



149, 21. Ku'l;^amsh is put on strings by the women and thus serves to atti-act the fish. 



149, 21. ptchi'nk: after this word ought to be seen the picture of a tiny vegetal 

 cylinder, about one inch long and slightly curved. 



150, 1. Skdwanks or wild parsnip, a poisonous plant growing in wet places to the 

 height of three feet. 



150, S. p'na'sh, contracted from p'nalash, is the direct object (reflective) of shkuk- 

 lu^pkasht: to guard themselves against becoming chapped by sun -burns. The wakinsh 

 seems to be a kind of resin and furnishes a red paint, as does also the k'16pki. 



E-UKSHIKISHAM KIUKSHAM SHDl'SH SHUINo'tKISH TCHiSH. 



INCANTATION SONGS OF THP: KLAMATH LAKE PEOPLE. 



1. Introductory song: 



Ya'ka ni, yji'ka ni, ya'ka ni etc. ^ | - 



I sing, I sing, I sing (in chorus). 



2. Song, reference unknown: 



Wiwiwa ! ni shdv^'alsh witnauk ! ~ _;. | _ _ _ -i | 



Blo\vn oflf! the plume-crest has disappeared from me ! 



3. Song of the ivind: 



Kanitala m'sh u shlewitaknu'la ? „ ^ | _ _ -l | -. 

 n^paksh a-i ni'sh shlewitaknu'la. - - 1 — | - 



Who, I wonder, is blowing out of my mouth ? 

 The disease is emanating from my mouth. 



4. The conjurer's song: 



. Tu4 ki nu shatashtaknu'la? ^ ^ | _ _ | - ^ [ - ^ 



na'paks nu shatashtaknil'la. -^^ | — I - — I - - 



ink ki' nu shatashtatp^i'sh? ~ - I ^ — I ~ - I 



na'paks nil shatashtatxi'sh. - — I - - 1 



What do I remove from my mouth * 

 The disease I extract from my moutli. 

 What is the thing I take out? 

 It is the disease I am taking out. 



