Dictionary entry
'O Sche-gep' • pn • a reddish cliff north(west) of the mouth of the Klamath
Lexicon record # 4735 | Source reference(s):
YG:A47 YM435
Semantic
domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "where boats land" (schep-'oo "land (from a boat)")
Geographical story
- Johnny Shortman, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy", YM445 ('O Schegep' 2) • "A 'woogey said that he would make red obsidian. That is why the cliff beyond the mouth of the river is red. One can see that it is striped, as some obsidian is. He who said this was one of those who later went off into the hillls. When the 'woogey went off into the hills, they stopped turning the cliff into obsidian. If these human beings had not arrived, the 'woogey would have made obsidian there. Because they withdrew, back from the river, hey no longer wanted to see that place be obsidian and stopped making it so."
Sentence examples (6)
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Kwe-lekw wee-tue see nue-mee 'o hlko'y k'ee neee-gem 'O Sche-gep'.
Obsidian would actually have been gathered at 'O Schegep'.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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Tue wee-tue 'o tek-to'y, tue wee-tue see nue-mee 'wo-'o hlko-yek' k'ee neee-gem, k'ee 'O Sche-gep'
That's where it stands, that's where obsidian would actually have been gathered, at 'O Schegep'.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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Tue wee nee-nee yo goo-luue-lo-wee' k'ee 'wa-'aagk'ee reeek-'ew k'ee peesh-kaahl, k'ee 'O Sche-gep' 'o tek-to'y.
He was carrying his rock around at the sea-shore, the one that stands at 'O Schegep'.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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'Ee-mokw wo' pyekw-che-nee so-ne'm 'we-tek-to-yek' wee k'ee 'O Sche-gep'
But it did look right where it stood at 'O Schegep'.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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Peesh-tue wee-tue 'o le-see', Chuehl, Weet kue 'o tek-to'y we'y k'ee 'O Sche-gep', tue wee-tee' e-mehl rek-'eee-ne-wor.
Then what he thought was, Well, it will stand here at 'O Schegep', that is where it will sit.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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he-seeerk 'e-mehl te-po'n k'ee 'O Sche-gep' he-seeerk e-mehl te-po'n, mo wee see 'o le-goh-kue' we'y kee s'ok-top'.
off 'O Schegep' on the shore, when he was going to make it red.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)