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|[/a]tui, |heated (being)| when,| they bring |at once, (them) inside [k=][/i]dshna ai|[^i]|[/a]mbu,|kliul[/a]la.|Sp[^u]'kli|a sha| pour | on | water, | sprinkle. | Sweat |then | them they |t[/u]m[)e]ni|"hours";|[k=][/e]lpkuk 9 | several | hours; | being quite warmed up g[/e]ka|shualk[/o]ltchuk|p[/e]niak|[k=][=o]'[k=]s|p[/e]pe-udshak| they | (and) to cool | without | dress | only to go | leave | themselves off bathing |[/e]wagatat,|[k=][/o][k=]etat,|[/e]-ush |in a spring,| river, | lake wig[/a]ta.|Spukli-u[/a]pka|m[=a]'ntch.| Shp[/o]tuok |i-ak[/e]wa| close by. |They will sweat| for long |To make them-| they bend| hours. selves strong down | k[/a]pka, |sk[^u]'tawia |young pine-| (they) tie trees together sha |w[/e]wakag|kn[^u]'kstga.|Ndshi[/e]tchatka|kn[^u]'ks a|sha | they| small | with ropes. |Of (willow-)bark| the ropes |they| brushwood |sh[/u]shata. 12 | make. G[/a]tpamp[)e]lank|shkoshk[^i]'l[x]a|kt[/a]ktiag|h[^u]'shkankok| On going home |they heap up into| small |in remembrance| cairns stones |[k=][)e]lek[/a]pkash,|kt[/a]-i | of the dead, | stones sh[/u]shuankaptcha|[^i]'hiank. of equal size |selecting. NOTES. No Klamath or Modoc sweat-lodge can be properly called a sweat-_house_, as is the custom throughout the West. One kind of these lodges, intended for the use of mourners only, are solid structures, almost underground; three of them are now in existence, all believed to be the gift of the principal national deity. Sudatories of the other kind are found near every Indian lodge, and consist of a few willow-rods stuck into the ground, both ends being bent over. The process gone through while sweating is the same in both kinds of lodges, with the only difference as to time. The ceremonies mentioned 4-13. all refer to sweating in the mourners' sweat-lodges. The sudatories of the Oregonians have no analogy with the _estufas_ of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, as far as their construction is concerned. 586, 1. l[/a]pa sp[^u]'klish, two sweat-lodges, stands fo
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