SUBJECT LIST OF mCANTATIONS. 181 



Lti'baks, kldpki kiuksam sliui'sh, ts^-usam skii'tatk, tsd-usam tsuyatk, 



white chalk, red paint are doctors' songs, t«h6-n8h-dre8»ed, tchS-nsh-head-covered. 



tsd-usam la'sh, witkakisham la's. 



tch6-ash-feather, hawk's feather. 



Kat'sitsutsu^as kiuksam shufsh, kat'hidwash, lu'luks^sku'tchaltk, 3 



Snow flake witchcraft is a doctor's song, hair-tying, in flre-robed, 



sku'ksam ha'kskish, ha'nasish. 



spirit's walking-staff, conjurer's arrow. 



NOTES. 



All these subjects of tamdnuash songs were obtained pell-meU and jotted down in 

 a confusion. A clear insight into the quality of the songs known to this Indian could 

 be attained only by classifying them into categories, as those of natural agencies, 

 the winds, rocks, genera of animals, plants, tools and articles of native dress. Morgan 

 had heard aU these songs'sung in former years, but when I met him he could remember 

 the texts of those 71 songs only, which are to be fouud from page 164 to page 171. 

 Many songs of this subject list are suug by the Modoc conjui'ers also. 



Certain names of uncommon species of animals could not be rendered in English 

 for want of information ; to others the Dictionary will afford the best clue. 



179; 4. kdwam or kdwam is a possessive case, requiring as its complement ampii 

 or koke, kokeaga. To bathe in eel-springs is deemed to be of great influence on 

 character and personal courage, for the constant j)eril of being bitten by crabs, snakes 

 and other reptiles must necessarily make the bathers scornful against sudden pains. 



179; 6. tsu';^at7ant, or in its full form: tsu;/at/fdntko, has to be connected attribu- 

 tively with the foregoing word: tsakiag tsu'/at;fantko "a restless boy, a little boy 

 unable to keep quiet on his seat." 



180; 1. tsaskaya w<?ash, kolta w^as show the apocopated form of the possessive 

 before a vocalic sound. This is another exami^le of the rule that Klamath seeks rather 

 than avoids hiatuK. Cf stsa-usa=w,11ks 168; 45; 180; 23, and Note to 168; 41. 



180; 5. spii'in; said to be the female of the fat shka'-bird. There exist conjurer.s' 

 songs about both, which I have given in this volume, page 167; 36. 168; 44. 



180; 10. p6p=tcliikash seems to mean the " drinking or sipping bird" (cf. p6po-i). 



180; 17. La=a-iimbotkish, "the one which refuses to drink" seems to be a newt, 

 Amblystoma, according to the description given of it by the Indians. 



180; 17. koa. The toad or bull-frog tamAnuash song is reputed to be the mo.st 

 efficient of all these incantations. 



180 ; 18. Ampuam Mk is a film-like organism moving rapidly in spirals or meanders 

 through the water, and supposed by rustics to originate from the long hair of horses. 

 The primary signification of 4mbutka, to be thirsty, is "to return to the water", and 

 the distributive form a-ambutka here indicates repetition. 



180; 19. The list of plants is very small when compared to that of the animals, and 

 embodies economical plants onlj'. 



180; 22. wdsh means place of residence in general ; but since all the objects in this 

 category refer to the sweat-house, it may be referred to a removal of earth in the floor 

 of this structure ; liiloks is the fire burning in the centre of it. 



181; 1. tse-usam sku'tatk: "dressexl with feathers of the yellow hammer or red 

 shafted flicker." 



