tlʾghishn awestern rattlesnake, northern Pacific rattlesnakeCrotalus o. oreganusneither eaten nor hunted, killed by clubbing (not shooting) when encountered; unlucky to mention the name; Rattlesnake songs sung in winter to stop rain, never sung in summer; rattlesnake bites treated by cutting the bite open to bleed, applying an angelica root poultice, and singing Rattlesnake songs, treatment by the naachʾilhnaa soul-loss doctor; those killed by rattlesnake bites were cremated, as other victims of violent death

not eaten (Curtis, p.202)
"not hunted/eaten; killed whenever met; clubbed because lameness results if shot with arrow. Unlucky to mention rattlesnake name. Rattlesnake songs in winter to stop rain; songs forbidden in summer" (Loeb, p.46)
"Rattlesnake bite. Bite cut with flint, bled; angelica poultice; rattlesnake songs." (Loeb, p.48)
"873. Rattlesnake venom as poison [for arrows] ... *+" (Driver, p.327)
"873. Kato: Only war arrows poisoned." (Driver, p.390)
"*873 Un. Rattlesnake venom as arrow poison ... [D] + [E] - May be used by shamans, never by nonshamans; too dangerous" (Essene, p.75)
"1896. Rattlesnakes associated with poisoners ... *+; 1897. Rattlesnakes ground, used for poisoning ... +; 1898. Whole rattlesnakes used ... -; 1899. Poisoner eats nonpoisonous snakes ... -" (Essene, p.43)
"1896. Kl, Ka, Yu: Any man caught killing rattlesnakes was suspected of being a poisoner; people even suspected anyone who spent too much of his time alone in the hills." (Essene, p.69)
"1955. Rattlesnake doctor treats snake bites ... *+; 1956. Charms snakes as exhibition ... -; 1957. Sucks place snake struck ... -; 1958. Image of snake made to refrighten patient ... +; 1959. Patient sung and danced over, not sucked ... +; 1960. Sun associated with rattlesnake doctor ... +; 1961. Sun helps doctor ... *(-); 1962. If sun is 'bloody,' patient will die; if clear, patient will live ... +" (Essene, p.44)
"1955. Ka: Soul-loss doctor." (Essene, p.70)
"1961. Ka: Contradicts note 1853." (Essene, p.70) "Powers or Guardian Spirits ... 1853. Kl, Ka, La, Yu: Rattlesnake shaman gets power from sun." (Essene, p.69)
"1578. Ka: [Cremation] For death by violence only, such as killed by rattlesnake, bear, in war." (Essene, p.66)
"*Un. 1578 Cremation of dead ... [D] - [E] + E: 'For death by violence only, such as in war, by rattlesnake, or bear.' (Essene, p.76)"Jaang lhʾghish lhaa-manjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii."Let there be many rattlesnakes here," he said, they say.GT02b 40.7Lhʾghish ghinlhaan-eekwaanang.Rattlesnakes had become many.GT02b 48.1Lhʾghish diidakʾ sliinʾ yaaʾnii.Rattlesnakes came into being in the east, they say.GT07 23.10Lhʾghish ninyaa yaaʾnii.A rattlesnake came, they say.GT30 1.2"Shiiyaatcʾeeʾtc, lhʾghish, doohaaʾ-ninʾindikʾeeʾ, nilh neestiin-eekwaanaang.""My daughter, do not get up! A rattlesnake has lain down with you!"GT30 15.1"Doo-lhʾghish-yee.""It is not a rattlesnake.GT30 16.1"Lhʾghish uudjiisolhtik-deeʾ, sheeʾeedin-teilee uudjiiʾolhtik-deeʾ."When you kill the rattlesnake, I will die if you kill it.GT30 16.5Naanghilghaalʾ, lhʾghish uudjiiʾghiltik yaaʾnii.He beat the rattlesnake and it was killed it, they say.GT30 17.2Lhʾghish ninʾisdikʾeeʾ, too yiighintooʾ yaaʾnii.The rattlesnake got up and drank up all the water, they say.GT30 3.1gendiishooʾ 3snake1.6.1.3.1Snakedial. var.lhʾghishBR dial.dial. var.tcʾghishGM, RR dial.dial. var.tcʾiʾishLM dial.dial. var.tcʾiwishGM dial.tłʾəʁəʃ, tłʾəʁəʃʷ 'eel; snake'tł'əʁəʃtł'iwh " rattlesnake (Crotalus), snake (in general)"tʾłi̩ɣi̩c "snake"Source forms: tlg͡hŭs͡h, Tlkŭ́s...ʟᵋ gûc, dō ʟʼ gûc yeʟ gûcL̟a gûc, La gû́c, Le+ gûc, ʟe gûc, L gûc, L gû́c, L gûc..., tce gûc..., dō ʟe gûc yetcŭʼŭcchoo´-ishtc gûccugus..., cus..., casTlʾghishn aRattlesnake (character)

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