INOANTATIOJSIS OF MODOG OONJUREES. 173 



MoDOKISHAM KIUKSAM SHUl'SH. 



INCANTATIONS OF MODOC CONJURERS. 



Obtained from Toby Riddle in the Modoc Diai^ect. 



1. ShJco'ks or spirifs incantation: 



FlaitaL4ntnish nii shufna lj_jl|-^^ 



I am singing to the heavens above. 



2. Another of the same: 



Nulidsba nulidshii nulidshd ^--!.| i| l 



ko-idshdntala kiiildtala kailpAkshtala, — tchi4. 



I am sliding, slipping, sliding. 



Towards that wretched land, towards that burning region, to remain there. 



3., Another of the same: 



Tu4 hak t41a? tua hak tdla? 

 hu'-utak t41a, hu'-mtak tdla! 



What was itt what was it. It was he, it was himself t 



4. Song of the dry water-spring: 



W^lwash kal nlsh paMUa -i~-|-i-|-:L_|^_ 



Indeed my spring has dried up. 



6. Song of the old frog: 



K6-e welji'kash nu tchaleklya, ^|-_l| l^ 



welwdshtat nu tchalfka. _ .i | - j. | ~. _i. - 



I, the decrepit she-frog, sit down here by the water spring. 



6. Song of the wind: 



Shl^wish nu vuydmna, _l - | .x _ ] j. - 



ndnukash ml vuydmna, -l — | j. ^ | ^ _ 



p'lafna nii vuyt'imna. _i _ | -l _ | j. - 



I the wind am blowing, 

 Everywhere I am blowing, 

 In tiie skies I am blowing. 



