VERBAL CONDITIONAL. ' 603 



From the large number of instances which could be extracted from our 

 Texts, I select what follows: 



ts'u'ks kd-usht tchekele kiuks itkal tvhen a leg is fractured, the conjurer 

 draws the (infected) blood out, 71,8. 



nde-ul%an shla-ank hu'nkt layipakst (for layi'pkast) / let myself down, 

 perceivinff that he had (his gun) pohded at me, 30, 13. 



sawika watch m'na mba-utisht he became angry because his horse had 

 been shot, 1 9, 9. 



kii-i g(i-isht, tpiidsbantak! if they do not go, expel (them)! 37, 2. 



hushts6xa sha kiuksas k'leksht hu'nk snawedshash they killed the con- 

 jurer, since this woman had died (bewitched by him), G9, 1. 



shawi'gauk k'lepgi' kekewelaksht shash heme'^e angered at their having 

 wasted red paint she said, 121, 2. 



shapiya ka-i tchu'leksh p;itki, shpautish itampkash gi'sht he told (them) 

 not to eat of the meat, poison having been put on if, 13, 17. 



The following examples refer to causalities and conditions of the main 

 act, which can be fulfilled in the future only: 



Ske'lamtch nteyakaliya, m'na iinakag mu'ak t'shi'sht Old Weasel made 



little bows for the time tvhen his boy would have groivn taller, 109, 13. 

 M6atuash m'hiV ka-i luela sko tchialash tchuk/i k'le-ugtki-uapkasht the 



Pit River Indians do not kill the grouse in spring, unless the salmon 



woidd cease to come up stream., 135, 3. 

 pu'tank ndlsh k'lekuapksht (our mother forbid us to dive in the 



water) lest we might smother and die, 120, 6; cf 120, 2. 4. 



More instances may be found in Texts 13, 4. 7; 55, 17. 120, 17. 



• b. Verbal in -sht in a circumstantial function. This verbal is often em- 

 ployed in sentences not purely causative or conditional, nor strictly tem- 

 poral, the act expressed by the main verb showing a connection with that 

 of tlie verbal, which recalls a very distant causal nexus, and as to time 

 generally precedes the latter. The term "circumstantial function" will 

 hence be found acceptable. 



