172 POETIC TEXTS. 



165 ; 13. It is by no means certain whether the above is the full wording of this 

 song or not. 



165; 16. neu involves the idea : *'you hear it yourselves." Cf. 167 ; 36. 170 ; 59. 



166; 17. kddsinksh was in this connection explained by lilhanksam ste'ksh. Con- 

 jurers' rattles are made of deer's claws. 



166 ; 18. This hawk is a kind of sparrow-hawk, Falco sparverius. 



166; 20. Compare the song of the weiwash-goosc : 170; (lit. 



166; 21. This song of a female conjurer or "doctioss" is quite analogous to 

 the song 166 ; 17. 



166 ; 22. The k^ls flies around in cold nights followed often by foggy mornings, 

 hence the belief that it makes the fog. 



166; 25. Compare the gray wolf's song, 165; 12., which forms alliteration to this. 



166 ; 26. Eefers very probably to the cremation of the dead. 



167 ; 30. In line 2 the same object is alluded to as in line 3, koltam s/Vl. This is 

 a broad strip of dressed otter skiu, ornamented in various ways with shells, feathers, 

 bird-scalps, etc. To all these objects a magic power is attributed severally, and as they 

 are now all united on one strip of skin, this strip must unite the magic powers of them 

 all. The conjurer suspends the sp^i'l on his neck and lets it dangle over his chest or 

 back, according to the manipulations in which he is engaged at the time. It is con- 

 sidered as one of the most powerful of all the curiae tools or niuluash. 



167 ; 32. Alludes to the grayish-whitecolorof this bird, which burrows underground. 

 This bii'd is also mentioned in 154; 12. and Note; cf. also 132, 7. 8. 



168 ; 41. S^i'pa is the abbreviated form of the possessive case in -am, as in wdsha 

 w(5ka 105, 9. and Note to 105, 7.; in: ni'l weksa, 144, 1. cf. 165; 13. 



168; 44. Interpreted by others: "I am scolding and threatening the earth". 



169; 50. Another tiiktukuash song is contained in 162 ; 3. cf. Note. 



169 ; 52. Shaikish is another name given to the tchAkiuks. 



169 ; 54. The kingfisher or Ceryle alcyon is called in Klamath Lake tchdntchan, 

 tsAntsan, tchdnshan after its ciy: tchStchatcha, and chiefly feeds on salmon. 



169; 56. The second line was referred by "Sergeant" Morgan to the otter. Cf. 

 177; 13. 



170 ; 58. This alludes to the name of the bird, which imitates its twittering. 



170 ; 62. This bird circles in the air to discover fish on the lake's surface and to 

 pounce upon them. The tchuaish is the red headed a ult ure or black buzzard : Cathartes 

 aura. The Indian name is an imitation of the bird's cry. 



170 ; 63. 64. The w4kash-crane is identical with the tudkish, the name being derived 

 from its ciy. These birds creep along the edge of thp water in search of small fish. 

 Compare the tuakish-songs 154 ; 9. 156; 33.34. 



170; 65. This song is much better expressed in the series of Modoc incantations: 

 174; 13. Here as well as there alliteration is perceptible. 



170; 67. After g6-u, the subject of the sentence, nii'paks or the disease, is omitted. 

 In the name of the duck the final -s, -sh is geminated here in the possessive case, to 

 stand for wa-u'htft'asam. 



170; 68. In the onomatopoetic word wii'ks the dissimilation of the vowel into 

 wa'-aks is frequently observed. Also pronounced w6kash. 



170; 69. The weiwash- or waiwashgoose is a long-necked white bird, commonly 

 kBown as anow-goose : Anser hyperboreus. 



