624 GKAMMAK OF THE KLAMATfl LANGUAGE. 



nature much more varied than the direct object, and thus it requires differ- 

 ent modes of expression. 



A. Nouns as objects. — All the seven oblique cases and the five post- 

 position-cases of the noun may serve to express indirect objects, thou<rh 

 some are more frequently employed than others. 



1. The objective case in -ash, -sh is employed whenever the indirect 

 object corresponds to what we are wont to call the dative case, which is 

 introduced by the particles to, for, at, in behalf of, against, or the locutious 

 f)r the benefit of, to the damage of etc. This case also stands when an object 

 oi' tliino- is mentioned upon ivhich the verbal act extends ; the parts of the 

 human or animal body or parts of the dress are frequently construed after 

 this rule, which answers exactly to that of the accusative of relation in Greek 

 grammar, and is, in fact, when combined with the accusative of the person, 

 nothing else but an inanimate direct object expressed by the accusative 

 case. Whether we have to regard these objects, when mentioned in that 

 connection, as direct or indirect complements of the verb it is difficult to 

 state ; but by all means this construction corresponds to what is called the 

 accusative of relation, as previously mentioned. 



(rt). Instances of a personal or animate indirect object : 



hiilladshui K'mukamtchash he ran up to Kmukamtch, 96, 14. 



at unak na'-ulakta Aisisas then after daybreak he plotted against Aishish, 



100, 1. 

 B6shtin pi'pa nn"i'ni lakiasli shnigota Americans sent hy mail a petition to 



the President, 3C, 21. 

 maklakshash wushmush shiukit'shtka he would kill an ox for the Indians, 



13, 13. 

 mo-6we ktchidshuash hutnan the mole running against the bat, 127, 5. 

 hemta m'na tapia he said to his younger brother. 

 k'nukclga mi tiipakshash ne-i hand the thread to your sister. 

 ha a tidsh shutankuapka na'lash if ye will negotiate with us, 38, 19. 

 hii ni skuyu'shkuapka m'sh if I should separate {her) from you, 61, 1. 



(b). Instances of an inanimate indirect object; parts of the body, etc.: 



shtfe shupel6ka nu'ss she laid resin on her head, 89, 6. 



