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dhe mvtks all speak ok Iks custom ok rival clicks plavinA kor sack other's people, ths dinner carrvin^ the loser and all his people awa/ as slaves, or killing them. ^Ve also kind rivals pla^inZ kor each other's eves and hearts. Ihe basket-^ame ok the Diutss is not known bv the Naidu; nor clo tke^ know the manv-stick Aame placed in various korrns bv the ^.chomaH, Lbasta, the Athapascans ok Lalikornia ancl Oregon, ancl other trides to the northward. — ^?ke Naidu divided ths ^ear into kour unequal seasons, — spring (^o^rneni, "Hower rnonth"), surnrnsr (ka^- ukati, probably related to ka'ui, "dust," "earth"), auturnn (sS^msni, "seed inonth"), ancl winter (ko^msni, "snow month"). Lprinx beZan with the appearance ok ths 6rst Howers; summer, with the dr^in^-up ok the Zrass; autumn, with the ripening ok acorns; and winter, with the 6rst krosts. further subdivision into moons or months was also em ployed; dut in regard to these divisions and their numder there is considerable diherence ok opinion. In tbs.koot-hill region ok tbs northern part ok ths Naidu area there seems to be a division into twelve moons. "?he vear, as such, begins in the spring, with ths 6rst appearance ok the tassels on ths oaks, d'he list ok moons, with tksir probable meaning, is xiven below. ^.pril (?) wi'nuti (related probably to uhj, or "black oak"). Na/ tem di'/oko (said (?) to mean "having kawns"). )iuns nem di'voko ("biA month"). ^sul/ ka'ui tsc/n po'ko ("xround-burninZ moon"). August S'slakum po'ko ("middle moon"). Lsptsmbsr. . .ma'tmsnnim pc/ho ("dread moon"). October ba'paboka (meaning unknown). November. . . bo'lvS (related perhaps to bo, meaning "trail"). December. .. .sap (related to either sa, "tire;" or sapoi, "kour"). )anuar/ i'nto ("dr/inA up"?). bekruarv. . . .o'mi ki'ntsuli ("squint-e/ed rock"?). Narcb ko'no ("wiks"?). In tbs region occupied b/ tbe Northeastern Naidu, onlv nine moons or periods were known, apparently: at least, no