IN THE KLAMATH LAKE DIALECT BY MINNIE FROBEN. OBTAINED BY A.S.
GATSCHET.
É-ukshkni| lápa |spû'klish|gítko.| Ḵúḵiuk | ḵĕlekapkash|spû'klishla
The lake | two | sweat- |have. |To weep over|the deceased| they build
people (kinds lodges sweat-lodges
of)
yépank| käíla; |stutílantko| spû'klish, |käíla|waltchátko.|Spû'klish a
digging|the ground;| are roofed| (these) | with| covered. | (Another)
up sweat-lodges earth sweat-lodge
sha |shû'ta| kué-utch, |kítchikan’sh|stinága=shítko;|skû'tash a|wáldsha 3
they| build|of willows,| a little | cabin looking | blankets | they
like spread
spû'klishtat |tataták sĕ|spukliá.|Tátataks a hû'nk| wéas |lúla,|tatátaks
over the |when in it| sweat. | Whenever |children|died,| or when
sweating-lodge| they
a híshuaksh|tchímĕna,|snáwedsh|wénuitk,|ḵû'ḵi|ḵĕlekátko,|spû'klitcha
a husband | became |(or) the| (is) |they |for cause|go sweating
widower, wife |widowed,|weep |of death
túmi |shashámoks=lólatko;|túnepni|waítash|tchík| sa |hû'uk|spû'klia. 6
many | relatives who | five | days | then|they| | sweat.
have lost
Shiúlakiank a| sha| ktái | húyuka |skoilakuápkuk;|hútoks| ktái |ḵá-i tatá
Gathering |they|stones| (they) | to heap them | those|stones| never
heat (them) up (after use);
spukliû't’huīsh.|Spúklish| lúpĭa | húyuka; |ḵélpka a| át, | ílhiat |átui,
having been used| Sweat |in front|they heat| heated |when,| they bring | at
for sweating lodge of (them); (being) (them) inside|once,
ḵídshna ai| î | ámbu,|kliulála.|Spû'kli|a sha| túmĕni|"hours";|ḵélpkuk 9
pour | on |water,|sprinkle.| Sweat | then|several| hours; |being quite
them they warmed up
géka |shualkóltchuk |péniak| ḵō'ḵs|pépe-udshak|éwagatat,|ḵóḵetat,|é-ush
they |(and) to cool |with- |dress|only to go | in a | river,| lake
leave|themselves off| out bathing spring,
wigáta.|Spukli-uápka|mā'ntch.| Shpótuok | i-akéwa | kápka, |skû'tawia
close | They will |for long|To make them-|they bend|young pine-|(they) tie
by. sweat hours. selves strong down trees together
sha | wéwakag | knû'kstga.| Ndshiétchatka | knû'ks a|sha |shúshata. 12
they| small |with ropes.|Of (willow-)bark|the ropes|they| make.
brushwood
Gátpampĕlank |shkoshkî'lχa|ktáktiag| hû'shkankok |ḵĕlekápkash,| ktá-i
On going home|they heap up| small |in remembrance|of the dead,|stones
into cairns stones
shúshuankaptcha | î'hiank.
of equal size | selecting.