Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxv. Orig : p. 237 XXV. ORIGIN OF THE KINALD DANCE. 1 p. 239 Ymantwiyai and his daughter lived by themselves. He used to fish for eels and when he had caught some he would say to his daughter, "Cook plenty of them and carry them to your uncle." When she had gone with them Ymantwiyai would take the house...
Myths And Tales. I. Yimantuwinyai. Cre : p. 96 MYTHS AND TALES. I. YMANTWIYAI.--CREATOR AND CULTURE HERO. 1 p. 123 It was at Tcxtewedi he came into being. From the earth behind the inner house wall he sprang into existence. There was a ringing noise like the striking together of metals at his birth. Before his coming smoke had settled...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxviii. Formul : p. 305 XXXVIII. FORMULA OF WOMAN'S LOVE MEDICINE. 1 p. 308 The young men of the Kxnai used to come to a certain rock that stands in the ocean at the mouth of the Klamath. They used to hold there their sports and shooting matches. But notwithstanding all the attractions, a modest woman lived there...
Myths And Tales. Ii. Xaxowilwal. Dug : p. 135 II. XAXWILWAL.--DUG-FROM-THE-GROUND. 1 p. 146 An old woman was living with her granddaughter, a virgin, at Kintc"w"h"w"ikt. The girl used to go to dig roots and her grandmother used to say to her "You must not dig those with two stocks." The girl wondered why she was always told that. One...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxi. Orig : p. 229 XXI. ORIGIN OF THE JUMPING DANCE. 1 p. 231 1It was at TakimiLdi the Indian who became Kxnai used to live. He liked dances. When it rained much he used to say, "Come, let's dance, I don't like heavy rains." He went over the world looking at dances. Finally he went around the world. Over here...
Myths And Tales. V. Naxkekosnaduwul. Two Neck : p. 162 V. NAXKEKSNADWL. 1--TWO-NECK. p. 167 Owl used to kill deer by driving them into the river and then sitting between their horns until they landed. When he had the meat dressed and packed up ready to carry home, Two-neck used to come along and carry it off for himself. One day Coyote came...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxvi. Directions : p. 241 XXVI. DIRECTIONS AND FORMULA FOR THE BRUSH DANCE. 1 p. 248 Directions and Formula for the Brush Dance. I always get up at dawn. I go to the south corner of the house and rap and call 1, then I do the same at the north corner, and last at the west corner. I do this to notify the people...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxvi. Formul : p. 292 XXXVI. FORMULA OF MEDICINE TO INSURE LONG LIFE FOR AN INFANT. 1 p. 297 A man lived in the middle of this world all alone. His stool always lay in the sweat-house. Once when he came in and looked at his stool he was surprised to see a baby's track near it. The next day when he looked ag...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxiii. Formul : XXIII. FORMULA USED AT THE TCEXLTCWE ROCKS. 2 na-xL-t na-xL-t d-wes-y n-xs-ti Let it get soft Let it get soft I don't like frost. FOOTNOTES 233:2 Told at Hupa December 1901, by Senaxon. Said by the priest while bathing the Tcexltcwe rocks with incense root, "Leptotaenia Californica", and warm water...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xli. Formul : p. 317 XLI. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR GOING AMONG RATTLESNAKES. 1 p. 318 While at Tcexltcwedi Ymantwiyai felt dissatisfied with something. "How will the people live?" he thought. He started out and walked up along the Klamath. When the sun went down, rattlesnakes which had wings flew about. He...
Introduction : p. 91 HUPA TEXTS. INTRODUCTION. This collection of texts is offered primarily as a basis for the study of the Hupa language, which seems to differ considerably from the other languages of the Athapascan stock in the Pacific division. Connected texts furnish the most satisfactory material...
Myths And Tales. Vi. Litcuwdin Yadeltse : p. 169 VI. LITCWDI YADELTSE. 1--AT SAND-PLACE THEY LIVED. p. 172 Three sisters were living at Sand-place. Their father was very old. Once it turned very cold and snowed. "The old man might sleep in the wood-room near the fire," suggested one of the daughters. "No, he might be cold there," said...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xvi. The Scabby : p. 207 XVI. THE SCABBY YOUNG MAN. 1 p. 212 At Kintc"w"h"w"ikt there grew ten Kxnai and one woman. One of the brothers who was covered with scabs lay next to the steps in the sweat-house where the others stepped over him with their dirty feet. Once the head-man of the family commanded him...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxv. Formul : p. 288 XXXV. FORMULA OF MEDICINE TO CAUSE THE INFANT TO GROW STRONG. 1 p. 291 A Kxnai woman lived at Tcexltcwedi with her grandson. The boy used to go every morning to the sweat-house where he worked fastening the feathers to arrows. He used to go back into the house and get sinew from the case...
Myths And Tales. Xiii. The Coming Of White Men : p. 198 XIII. THE COMING OF WHITE MEN. 1 p. 199 It was winter when they heard they were coming from the south. "Let us make a dance or do something else," they said. "Something is coming." Then they heard that they had already reached Southfork. Southfork men ran down to Medildi and told them th...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxix. Formul : p. 310 XXXIX. FORMULA OF MEDICINE TO SHORTEN PERIOD OF EXCLUSION AFTER MENSTRUATION. 1 p. 312 A body of water came into existence here to the southeast of us. The deer frequent that water in bands. From the east the does come and stand in the water all night. Here to the southeast from us the deer...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xlii. Formul : p. 319 XLII. FORMULA OF A DEER MEDICINE. 1 p. 320 A Kxnai lived in the middle of this world. He came into existence just before the coming of Indians. "How will it be," he thought, "when Indians come into existence and a mikilen eats of the venison they have killed?" Then it happened that a wom...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Li. Formul : p. 360 LI. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR THE PURIFICATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE BURIED THE DEAD. 1 p. 366 They say Ymantwiyai lived with two wives at Leldi. One of his wives was a Yurok, the other was from Redwood creek. Each of them bore a child, one of them a boy and the other a girl. Ymantwiyai went away...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xv. The Young : p. 202 RELATING TO DANCES AND FEASTS. XV. THE YOUNG MAN WHO THREW HIMSELF WITH THE ARROW. 1 p. 205 At Kintc"w"h"w"ikt grew a Kxnai. By one side of him grew a son and by the other side grew an arrow. This arrow was to fly with. When he threw it he stuck to it. He delighted in throwing himself...
Myths And Tales. Xiv. The Coming Of White Men : p. 200 XIV. THE COMING OF WHITE MEN. 1 p. 201 When they first came along with a pack-train we ran away and hid. They came up on to the flat cast of Medildi and went around among the houses of the village. They began to buy Manzanita flour with small blue beads. Those with brave hearts traded with...
Myths And Tales. Xi. The Cause Of The Lunar : p. 195 XI. THE CAUSE OF THE LUNAR ECLIPSE. 1 p. 196 The one who always travels at night has ten wives in the west and ten wives also where he rises. In the distant west he always comes out to the ocean and hunts the deer which live on the water. He calls them by saying "w w w w" He always kills...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xlviii. Formul : p. 340 XLVIII. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR GREEN VOMIT. 1 p. 343 The sun, here at the end of the world toward the south, did this. He it is who always went over the world by day and at night came back home. The next day he did the same thing again. After a time he listened at the place they talk...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxiv. Formul : p. 234 XXIV. FORMULA OF THE SPRING DANCE. 1 p. 236 Everybody sang a song. One of them sang a song. The cloud of disease went back a little way. He stopped and another sang a song. It went back a little way. While he was singing it went farther back. Again one of them sang a song and it went back...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxiv. Formul : p. 286 XXXIV. FORMULA OF MEDICINE TO CAUSE THE INFANT TO GROW FAST. 1 p. 287 Here in the eastern corner of the world grew a maiden by herself. She lived all alone, seeing no one. After a time without cause she became pregnant. She had seen no one. She had not even seen the tracks of people. "...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxvii. Formul : p. 252 XXVII. FORMULA FOR THE EEL MEDICINE. 1 p. 261 Across the ocean towards the south were three bodies of water. Ymantwiyai went there. He saw there the red eels which never come to this world. "They will come," he thought. The bank of the lake slid out and some of the eels went out with...
Myths And Tales. Xii. Origin Of Fire : p. 197 XII. ORIGIN OF FIRE. 1 It was the Old-man-across-the-ocean. He picked up stones and struck them together. Nothing happened. Then he picked up a willow root and whittled it down to the dry part. He bored holes in it and then setting another stick in one of the holes, rolled it, between his...
Myths And Tales. Ix. Mimedakut Kyuwintsit : p. 185 IX. MMEDAKT KYWINTSIT. 1--AT MMEDAKT SHE POUNDED ACORNS. p. 186 1 p. 187 A woman was pounding acorns at Mmedakt. Her baby while playing near her became hungry and tried to crawl up on her. She pushed it off. Again it crawled on her and again she p. 188 pushed it off. All was quiet. After...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xx. Daily : p. 228 XX. DAILY PRAYER OF THE PRIEST AT THE JUMPING DANCE. 1 It will be pleasant weather everywhere in the world. The clouds which used to be, will be no more. Everything will be as it should be. The good food will come again; it will grow again. By means of it the people will live happily. This...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. L. Formul : p. 351 L. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR PURIFICATION OF ONE WHO HAS BURIED THE DEAD. 1 p. 357 Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha. "I come to you who have made your abode at Xaslindi. They say you are the smartest of all. I am suffering from that evil (death) which has been left to us of the Indian world...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxi. Formul : p. 276 XXXI. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN (BEAR'S MEDICINE.) 1 p. 277 While walking in the middle of the world Bear got this way. Young grew in her body. All day and all night she fed. After a while she got so big she could not walk. Then she began to consider why she was in th...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxvii. Formul : p. 299 XXXVII. FORMULA OF MEDICINE TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN STRANGE PLACES. 1 p. 302 In the middle of this world the birds flew together in a flock. They were the children of an old woman. "Let me go and look about," she said. When she returned she said, "Come, run into Tseninme (Burnt Ranch...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xvii : p. 215 XVII. THE PASSING OF THE KXNAI. 1 p. 218 At Leldi he grew with one son. He painted the wrists of the boy and then buried him. The Kxnai who used to live there were afraid of what he had done and fled. They went away. A white bug made medicine. The Kxnai met at TakimiLdi outside of the large...
Key To The Sounds Represented : p. 94 KEY TO THE SOUNDS REPRESENTED BY THE CHARACTERS USED. a as in father. nearly of the same quality, but of longer duration. It is used as a matter of convenience to distinguish a few words from others nearly like them. ai as in aisle. e as in net. as in they but lacking the vanish. ei...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xliii. Formul : p. 321 XLIII. FORMULA OF A DEER MEDICINE. 1 p. 323 The Kxnai lived at Southfork. One lived farther down the river on the other (east) side at Taiky"w"welsilktci. Up the river on the west side there was nothing but dogs and their barking. The dogs made the noise when they drove the deer ...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xlv. Formul : p. 328 XLV. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR WOUNDS MADE BY FLINT ARROWHEADS. 1 p. 330 At Mount Shasta he grew with his brother. He said to him, "Let us go visiting." They started out. They came to Nndilwin"t"edi, one of the Salmon mountains. They fished in the lake with a hook and caught a water monster...
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Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xviii : p. 220 XVIII. THE SPOILING OF THE WORLD. 1 p. 224 Ymankywixoiyan 1 and the two women who were to be his wives grew at Leldi. When the time was near for Indians to appear upon the earth the smoke which was a token of their coming was seen. It hung along on the mountains as far down as those which...
Myths And Tales. Viii. Datcwindin Xonaiswe : p. 179 VIII. DATCWINDI XONASWE. 1--GOOSEBERRY-PLACE BRUSH DANCE. p. 182 One time they had a Brush dance at Datcwindi. Two young women sat on the roof watching the dance. Two strange men were noticed about the place where the dance was being held. About midnight one of the two girls who were...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxx. Formul : p. 275 FORMULAS OF PRIVATE MEDICINES. XXX. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN (DEER'S MEDICINE.) 1 They say, deer, you do this way when the young grow in your body. All day and all night you chew this brush. You drop your young without harm even in rocky places. You do this way for the sake...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxviii. Formul. Part 02 : p. 265 XXVIII. FORMULA FOR THE SALMON MEDICINE. 1 p. 268 Three immortals came into being at Xaslindi. They began to talk about what would be when Indians should come into existence. One of them went away up the Klamath river. The other two remained waiting for him. "I don't think we better wait...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xlvi. Formul : p. 332 XLVI. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR GOING TO WAR. 1 p. 333 p. 334 In the middle of this world, chicken hawk grew with her younger brother. She said to him, "To-morrow a company will come to kill us." The girl always remained under the age of puberty. When the sun was here they heard the war party...
Myths And Tales. Vii. Xonsadin Kuntcuwiltcwil : p. 174 VII. XONSADI KNTCWILTCWIL. 1--XONSADI YOUNG MAN. p. 177 A young man who was living at Xonsadi said to a young man living at Miskt, "Let us go visiting. Very well," said the Miskt young man. "Tomorrow then we will meet at NiLtkalai," said the Xonsadi young man. The next morning the Miskt...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxiii. Formul : p. 280 XXXIII. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CHILD. 1 p. 284 Ymantwiyai lived at Tcexltcwedi. He went down the river to TseLtcedi. He followed the beach south for some distance and then he went along the ridge. He sat down to rest. Two women came from the south. "You sit down...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxviii. Formul : p. 270 XXVIII. FORMULA OF THE RAIN-ROCK MEDICINE. 1 p. 273 Ten brothers lived at Yastsime. One of them went away toward the south. At the end of the world to the south he stayed. After a time he felt the wind blow on him. Frost rolled out of the ground in big chunks. "What is it going to do?" he...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xlix. Formul : p. 346 XLIX. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR SPOILED STOMACH. 1 p. 349 Ydetwiyai lived here at the end of the world toward the south. He travelled over the world all day long. He took care of the people who died. He ate whatever he found along the river, even the dead things. One time when he came...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xix. Formul : p. 226 XIX. FORMULA OF THE JUMPING DANCE. 1 p. 227 When that Indian was becoming a Kxnai he worked making kiseaqt. He worked on them every day. He finished one each day without eating, so quickly he made them. They did not see him any longer. They thought he was dead. Then after a while he came...
Relating To Dances And Feasts. Xxii. Formul : p. 233 XXII. FORMULA OF THE ACORN FEAST. 1 Whatever has grown any where in the world in time past let it come back here. The people must eat but little. If one eats but little he shall feel as if he had eaten much. Birds must not like the food. Let every kind come back here which used to grow...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xlvii. Formul : p. 336 XLVII. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR ACQUIRING WEALTH. 1 p. 338 A young man grew at Xotwaikt. 1 There was no water. Gulchs came out there, but there was no water in them nor anywhere in the world. He always went to get sweat-house wood in the morning. He always cried. When the sun went down he...
Myths And Tales. X. Todin Keitlo. By : p. 189 X. TDI KETL. 1--BY THE RIVER SHE MADE BASKETS. p. 193 A young woman, a virgin, who lived at Kintc"w"h"w"ikt used to make baskets by the riverside. After a time she became pregnant. She wondered about her condition for she had not even seen a man. She gave birth to a girl and took proper...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xxxii. Formul : p. 278 XXXII. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR CHILDBIRTH. 1 p. 279 He came to the middle of the world where two maidens were living. He smoked himself all day. When the sun went down they came out to look at him. The next day they were pregnant. Their brothers went into the sweat-house after him. They...
Myths And Tales. Iii. Xontcuwditcetc. Rough Nose : p. 150 III. XONTCWDITCETC. 1--ROUGH-NOSE 2 p. 154 Rough-nose lived with his younger brother. He used to say to him, "Never put the short ribs of the deer in the fire to roast." One day when Rough-nose was away hunting the younger brother got to thinking about it. "Why does he always tell me that?"...
Myths And Tales. Iv. Yinukatsisdai. He Lives South : p. 157 IV. Ynkatsisdai. 1--He-lives-South. p. 160 At Orleans Bar there lived a maiden. She always brought wood for her fire in the morning before breakfast. The rest of the day she used to spend making baskets. One morning when she was after wood she heard a baby rolling about in a hollow tree...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xl. Formul : p. 314 XL. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR GOING IN DANGEROUS PLACES WITH A CANOE. 1 p. 315 Snipe lived across to the south. His canoe was very narrow. It was so shallow it did not come above his ankle. "I am going in it," he thought. "How is it going to be?" he thought. He took the paddles out...
Formulas Of Private Medicines. Xliv. Formul : p. 324 XLIV. FORMULA OF MEDICINE FOR MAKING BASKETS. 1 p. 326 A Kxnai maiden did this at Isdiname (the south head, at the entrance of Humboldt Bay). She used to go down to the water every morning and sit on the beach facing the west with her legs half under water. One time as she was sitting there...
