is is one of the reasons why the term "conjurer"
or "shaman" will prove to be a better name for the medicine man than
that of "Indian doctor".

584, 4. k[^u]'tash etc. The conjurer introduces a louse into the eye to
make it eat up the protruding white portion of the sore eye.

K[/A]LAK.

THE RELAPSE.

IN THE KLAMATH LAKE DIALECT BY DAVE HILL. OBTAINED BY A.S. GATSCHET.

H[:a]|n[/a]y[:a]ns|hissu[/a]ksas|m[=a]'shitk|k[/a]lak,|ts[/u]i|k[/i]uks|
When | another | man | fell sick | as | then | the |
relapsed, conjurer

|n[:a]'-ulakta|tchu-
| concludes | to

t[/a]nuapkuk.|Tch[/u]i|tch[/u]ta;|tch[/u]i|y[/a]-uks|huk |shl[:a][/a]|
treat (him).| And | he | and | remedy |this| finds out |
treats;

|k[/a]lak a g[=e]k. | Tchi
|(that) relapsed he.| Thus

huk|shu[^i]'sh|s[/a]pa.|Ts[/u]i|n[=a]'sh|shu[=i]'sh|s[/a]yuaks|
the| song- | indi- | And | one | song- | having |
remedy cates. remedy found out

|h[^u]'mtcha k[/a]lak,|tch[/u]i 3
| (that) of the kind | then
of relapsed (he is),

n[/a]nuk|h[^u]k|shu[=i]'sh|tp[:a]'wa|h[^u]'nksht|kaltchitch[/i]kshash|
all | those| remedies | indicate|(that) him |the spider(-remedy) |

|heshuamp[)e]l[/i]tki
| would

g[/i]ug.|Tch[/u]i|h[^u]'k|k[/a]ltchitchiks|y[/a]-uka;| ub[/a]-us|
cure. | Then | the | spider | treats |a piece of|
him; deer-skin

|h[^u]k|k[/a]ltchitchiksam
| | of the spider

tchut[)e]n[=o]'tkish.|Ts[/u]i|h[/u]kantka|ub[/a]-ustka|tchut[/a];|
(is) the curing-tool.| Then | by means | deer-skin | he treats|
of that (him); |

|t[:a]t[/a]ktak| huk 6
| just the size|that
| of the spot

k[/a]lak|m[=a]'sha,|g[:a]'tak|ub[/a]-ush|kt[^u]'shka|t[:a]'tak|huk|
relapse| is | so much | of deer- | he cuts | as where| he|
infected, skin out

|m[=a]'sha.|Ts[/u]i|h[^u]k
| is | Then |
suffering.

k[/a]ltchitchiks|siun[/o]ta|n[:a]'ds[k=]ank|h[^u]'nk|ub[/a]-nsh.|
the "spider" |is started| while applying| that |skin piece.|
song

|Tch[^u]'