190 POETIC TEXTS. 



9. Amgta tciwank vu'ya teiniwash ii--.|-i-|-i_[j.__ 



The young girl shakes her body -whuii nUintiiij,' the criiiiiiss-stiok into the ground. 



10. Am6ta ya'kuank viiyamna -l |-i^_|_l^ ^ 



Sliiikiiig her body she broke the camass-spade. 



11. Ldkiam pc-ia mat sha kafla kiwakipata 



The chief's daughter, they say, was dragged along the ground. 



12. I haktchauipesh wenni tchik61al;ta, -L-p^[j.-_|_L__ 

 klitisham weash wdnni tchikokilx' i. ^|-l.-|j._|_l__|_l__ 



You always strangely stride on on your long legs. 

 The crane's progeny, you walk strangely long-legged 



1 3. £-iikshivvash tenuydga ha'la-a hala -L--|-i__|-i_|_L__|__ 



A young woman from Klamath Marsh is swallowing, swallowing. 



14. Wika^t(^lantko tcha'li.sh pdwa hu ^^|--i|_-i|-^|„_ 



Short-faced like a porcupine that fellow is eating. 



15. Liielat hu'nksh lii't; yanta, vAnta jl_,|_!._|_l_|_l_ 



Kill yo that fellow on the spot! down with him, down, down ! 



1 6. Kii'utcliish gu'lo sAmgnaki' wo'n laki 1\ i| _l|__ 



When the female wolf has devoured the elk-buck she cries for more. 



17. Shunui-uya shuaktcha ■~.--.s\~ ■ l|_ 



I feel unwell and hence am sobbing. 

 II. 



18. Ledsh4ntak wiwakni'ka; galgaikanka ^j.\^-l\j.^\^^±\^^ 



They whipped a telltale ; he is now sobbing. 



19. Bl'nash miit liii hlfvash tilankdnsha! -i_|-!._|-i^^|j.^_ 



The root-basket, they say, ia swinging to ami fm on Bi'ns back. 



20. L6-i 16yan 16yak, 16-i 16yan ]6yak 



21. £-ukshikni tenuy^ash hald, hald-a l( l ^\^ ±\^ ± ^ 



A maiden of the Klamath Lakes is swnlldwing, dcvoMrinj;. 



22. Nigg-a heu6 li<^yo, ui'gga Wyo h^we _^|-i_ ||-_|_i 



tumi niggS, tiimi nfgga j.~\.. - || ^ - |_ _ 



NOTES. 



The feelings which dictated these sarcastic song-lines are those of derision, satire 

 and criticism. The majority are of a drastic, some even of a crude and voiy offensive 

 clinractev, scourging mercilessly the infirmities observed on iellow-men. Many of thoui 



