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3- (CONTINUED) ,red in exchange for the I libraries. Complete lists I ;t. For sample copies, lis A- ;he University Press, Berl UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS Be addressed to The Excl A. IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND y, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.) ETHNOLOGY [I, and X completed. Vol Vol. 10, No. 7, pp. 289-379 November 25, 1914 Volumes I (pp. 418), II ogress). Merrill, Herbert C. Nut 0) completed. Volume II ice per volume $2.50. ring Departments. This s Lfics, Mining, and Civil I CHILULA TEXTS *ew C. Lawson and Johb 1 (pp. 428), II (pp. 450), ;s), completed. Volume V L progress. BY volume, $2.50. Volume I PLINY EARLE GODDARD ), completed. Volume II 00. Volume I (pp. 217) c pp. 197) completed). Vol ress). per volume $3.50. Volum and V (pp. 440) comple olume II, this series contL Biological Association of rto). to the American Forms, 1-18; 154 text-figures. ............................................ 1; plates 85. December, Ll record of University I Price, $1.00 per year. C F CALIFORNIA.-Edited the President's Report, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS he above publications to I BERKELEY ad Ethnology, Classical P: Philology, Otto Harrassow. logy, Zoology and also Am in. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY Vol. 10, No. 7, pp. 289-379 November 25, 1914 CHILULA TEXTS BY PLINY EARLE GODDARD CONTENTS PAGE Introduction ............. ................. ..... .............. ... 2.1........291 Sound Values of Characters Used . 291 TEXTS PART I. From Tom Hill and Dan Hill. I. The War with the Lassik Indians ......... ... ------- 293 II. Panther and Grizzly Bear ............... .. 295 III. Love Medicine-Yimantfiwiflyai . .. 297 IV. Love Medicine-Yidetfiwifiyai .298 V. Love Medicine-Yimantfiwifiyai's illegitimate Son . 299 VI. Love Medicine-The Mt. Shasta Women ............ ......... .... 302 VII. Deer Medicine-Panther and Wildcat ... ......................... ...... 304 VIII. Deer Medicine-The Naslindifi Young Man .305 IX. Deer Medicine-Young Man Becomes a Shrub .307 X. Deer Medicine-Raven .307 XI. Deer Medicine-Blaek Wolf .308 XII. Money Medicine-The Scabby Boy .309 XIII. Money Medicine-Kinnax6nta'dif Illegitimate Man 310 XIV. Good Luck Medicine-Ylddkat6me Young Man .311 PART II. From Wife of Molasses. XV. The Coming of Indians .312 XVI. The Two-Headed Monster .319 XVII. Panther and Grizzly Bear .325 XVIII. Skunk's Theft .328 XIX. The Escape of the Captured Girl .328 XX. The Bewitching of the Old Woman of SeLgaikalindifi 332 XXI. Bewitching of the Littc0>whwinnauwdifi Girl .334 XXII. Flight of the Murderers .338 XXIII. Rejuvenation Discontinued 340 XXIV. The Flood .341 XXV. Mink's Gambling Medicine 342 XXVI. Eagle's War Medicine .... .... ... .... ... 344 XXVII. War Medicine of the Seky6xatinnit Youth ........ ....... 346 XXVIII. Purification of the Bereaved ........ ............................................ 347 XXIX. A Supernatural Experience ........... ......... _--.................-350 -.- U -- - - _- I - __ ---- - S E r r 290 University of CaliforniaPublications in Am. Arch. and Ethn. [Vol. 10 1914] TRANSLATIONS PAGE PART I. From Tom Hill and Dan Hill. The texts pr I. The W ar with the Lassik Indians ....-............ ........................ 351 rescue the folk 1 II. Panther and Grizzly Bear ........ ..--........................................ 352 The first par III. Love Medicine-Yimantdwiflyai -353 who were the la. IV. Love Medicine-Yidetdiwifiyai -354 in Hupa Valley V. Love Medicine-YImantfiwifiyai's Illegitimate Son - 354 4 VI. Love Medicine-The Mt. Shasta Women. 355 formulas, but, a VII. Deer Medicine-Panther and Wildcat - -356 that the myths E VIII. Deer Medicine-The Naslindift Young Man -357 of Bald Hills. IX. Deer Medicine-Young Man Becomes a Shrub -358 the Hupa and t X. Deer Medicine-Raven -358 to be important XI. Deer Medicine-Black Wolf -358 XII. Money Medicine-The Seabby Boy --------.. .......................... ..359 The texts fi XIII. Money Medicine-Kinnaxonta'dii Illegitimate Man - 359 obtained from E XIV. Good Luck Medicine-YIdIkatbme Young Man . 360 south of Bald I securing of the: PART II. From Wife of Molasses. J XV. The Coming of Indians ................ .................................-....... 361 middle and up] XVI. The Two-Headed Monster .... 364 surviving nativ( XVII. Panther and Grizzly Bear - - ... 366 and use the Hu XVIII. Skunk's Theft .................- - - - - . ...................... 367367.. Hupa has x, al XIX. The Escape of the Captured Girl .. 367 the region imrn XX. The Bewitching of the Old Woman of SeLgaikalindit -- 369 XXI. Bewitching of the Littcfuwhwinnauudifi Girl . 370 words, but this XXII. Flight of the Murderers . 372 impossible to re XXIII. Rejuvenation Discontinued . 373 interpreter, 0'] I XXIV. The Flood ........................ 373 and sentences. XXV. Mink's Gambling Medicine 374 To one fami War Medicine . ... ............... ......... 375 XXVI. Eagle's an ancient and XXVII. War Medicine of the Sekybxatinnit Youth 375 XXVIII. Purification of the Bereaved 376 ticular spot he XXIX. A Supernatural Experience ...--- ---- --------- .... - ................. 379 or that these rc whom certain i the stranger th so a as in fathei ai as in aisle. e as in net. e as in they, ' i ei as in ey in i as in pin. i as in pique. o open o, nea 4 Page 265. 1a Her portrai h.andEthn. [Vol.10 1914] Goddard: ChiZula Texts 291 INTRODUCTION PAGE The texts presented here are the results of an attempt to ................. ............ 351 rescue the folk literature of a disappearing group of Indians. ... .................. 352 The first part consists of texts secured from the Hill family, ................. ............ 353 ............................ 354 who were the last to leave the Bald Hills and join their kindred mate Son .. 354 in Hupa Valley.' Tom Hill, the father, knew many medicine ................. ........... 355 formulas, but, as he claimed, few myths. It is known, however, ........-..... - ..............356 that the myths and tales of the Hupa were shared by the Chilula Ln ... ........ 357 of Bald Hills. For the general student the differences between 1hrub . .......... 358 .. ........................... 358 the Hupa and the Chilula of that region are too small and few ................ ...... __.. 358 to be important. ........ --.............. 359 The texts forming the second portion of the paper were aate Man ......... 359 obtained from a very aged woman, a native of Redwood Creek, Man . .... 360 south of Bald Hills, the wife of Molasses.1 " Her age made the securing of these texts very difficult. She spoke the dialect of ..-. - .. ......__....... 361 middle and upper Redwood Creek. The larger number of the ..... .............. 364 surviving natives of that region were with the Hupa when young .................... 366 and use the Ilupa pronunciation. This informant used k' where ................. .... 367 Hupa has x, agreeing in this respect with the Athapascans in ...................... 367 raikalindifl ....... 369 the region immediately south. She also used a for e in many rl ........... 370 words, but this is considered a personal peculiarity. It was ............................ 372 impossible to record a complete text directly from her lips. The ..................... 373 interpreter, O'llaniel Bailey, a Whilkut, supplied many phrases . ................... 373 and sentences. These are Hupa in their phonetics. ........ ...... ..........374 ... -.----.--... 375 To one familar with the region these myths and tales give it ........................ 375 an ancient and supernatural atmosphere. As one passes a par- ... .......... _.... 376 ticular spot he is reminded that here such a monster used to live, ..................... 379 or that these rocks are still the abode of hostile spirits to placate whom certain medicine formulas are used. It is feared that to the stranger this impression can not be conveyed. SOUND VALUES OF CHARACTERS USED a as in father. ai as in aisle. e as in net. lacking the vanish. J e as in they, but ei as in ey in they. i as in pin. ! as in pique. o open o, nearly as in on. 1 Page 265. '1 Her portrait is shown in plate 40 of this volume. I L. m l 292 University of CaliforniaPublications in Am. Arch. and Ethn. [Vol. 10 1914] 6 as in note. oi as in boil. -a as in rule. fi as in but. y as in yes. w as in will. w an unvoiced w occurring frequently at the end of syllables. hw the preceding in the initial position. I as in let. L an unvoiced sound made with the tip of the tongue against the teeth, Obtained fro the breath being allowed to escape rather freely between the sides of the tongue and the back teeth. L made in the position of the preceding sound, but accompanied by I. THE WA: glottal closure. It also begins with a complete contact revealed in a t which closes all weak syllables preceding it. mane tes yai yi m as in Engish. War party went E n usually as in English, but sometimes short, due to a glottal stop kyf wifl ya in yan nm following. Indians used to live f as ng in sing. h somewhat stronger than in English. y6 yI nfik kil Iiun x6 Ithe preceding after vowels. way south Kil x a palatal voiceless spirant like ch in German nach. yi sin teifi terni x6 kit s as in sit. lower side Iaqui butt. c as sh in shall, occurs only after t. d formed in the dental position; sonant after the release of the tongue. kyfi wini ya in yan When it is preceded by a weak vowel a t is heard. Indians all we t in the position of d, surd and strongly aspirated, much as in tell. t in the position of d, surd, unaspirated and accompanied by glottal hai ya a' tini closure. there all came k a surd stop having the contact on the posterior third of the hard x6s tfn dim min Llf palate, when it precedes a front vowel or y; before a back vowel sixty there were, the contact is on the soft palate. It is accompanied by glottal closure giving the sound considerable harshness. hai ya xa teit kyf i k' a strongly aspirated surd palatal stop. It is found only in the Then they danced. second part of the paper, being used where the Hupa use x.