MUSQUAKE, or Fox[260]

Arm, neneck.Arrow, onué.Beard, nemisstóllakan.Beaver, amachkuá (kuashort;achguttural).Bell, katúchtåoal (uchguttural).Black, machkettauaw (aanduseparated).Blanket(woolen), makunaan.Bow, matáck.Buffalo, moskutáck-nallusuá (finalashort): i.e., prairie cattle; for they call the domesticated ox, nallusuá.Child, apannó.Cool(of weather), kesü̍a.Day, kischek.Devil(evil spirit), matsché-mánito; often shortened to mallato.Dog, honémua (muashort and indistinct).Elk, maschauáwe (eshort).Eyes, naskissako; i.e., my eyes.Fire(n), ascutä̍.Foot, nassöt.God(good spirit), kasché-manité.Green, askipokáhk.Hair, minásse; the red hair-ornament or deer's-tail, kateüikúnn.Hand, nalake (every short).Head, uësche (esomewhat short).Heart, netä̍.Horse, nákoto-kaschá.Lance(spear), achtauáll (achguttural;aanduseparated).Leader(chief), hokimaw (waudible, but soft).Leg(entire), nakátsch.Man, nini̍.Mouth, nattóle (ebarely audible).Night, pachkuttáwe.Nose, nakiuólle (every short).Otter, kattatawe (wbetweenuumlaut andw;eshort).Red, meschkuáwe.Red-head(General Clark), Maskata-pate (eshort).Sun, kischés.Sword-lance(lance with a sword blade), táüan (short).Teeth, nettóne.Tongue, ninoni̍ (indistinct).Turkey(wild), mässesá (ashort); or messesá.War-club(with the iron point), pakakachkó (achguttural).Warm, nihoͣs.Water, nápch (pchalmost like Germanpich).White, wapé; wapé-mallato, the white devil; this was the nameof the Indian who gave me the words of this vocabulary.Woman(wife), ikuá; hence the word "squaw."Wood, mattäque (quepronounced separately;eshort).Yellow, assåuake (eshort).Yes, hehä.

Arm, neneck.

Arrow, onué.

Beard, nemisstóllakan.

Beaver, amachkuá (kuashort;achguttural).

Bell, katúchtåoal (uchguttural).

Black, machkettauaw (aanduseparated).

Blanket(woolen), makunaan.

Bow, matáck.

Buffalo, moskutáck-nallusuá (finalashort): i.e., prairie cattle; for they call the domesticated ox, nallusuá.

Child, apannó.

Cool(of weather), kesü̍a.

Day, kischek.

Devil(evil spirit), matsché-mánito; often shortened to mallato.

Dog, honémua (muashort and indistinct).

Elk, maschauáwe (eshort).

Eyes, naskissako; i.e., my eyes.

Fire(n), ascutä̍.

Foot, nassöt.

God(good spirit), kasché-manité.

Green, askipokáhk.

Hair, minásse; the red hair-ornament or deer's-tail, kateüikúnn.

Hand, nalake (every short).

Head, uësche (esomewhat short).

Heart, netä̍.

Horse, nákoto-kaschá.

Lance(spear), achtauáll (achguttural;aanduseparated).

Leader(chief), hokimaw (waudible, but soft).

Leg(entire), nakátsch.

Man, nini̍.

Mouth, nattóle (ebarely audible).

Night, pachkuttáwe.

Nose, nakiuólle (every short).

Otter, kattatawe (wbetweenuumlaut andw;eshort).

Red, meschkuáwe.

Red-head(General Clark), Maskata-pate (eshort).

Sun, kischés.

Sword-lance(lance with a sword blade), táüan (short).

Teeth, nettóne.

Tongue, ninoni̍ (indistinct).

Turkey(wild), mässesá (ashort); or messesá.

War-club(with the iron point), pakakachkó (achguttural).

Warm, nihoͣs.

Water, nápch (pchalmost like Germanpich).

White, wapé; wapé-mallato, the white devil; this was the nameof the Indian who gave me the words of this vocabulary.

Woman(wife), ikuá; hence the word "squaw."

Wood, mattäque (quepronounced separately;eshort).

Yellow, assåuake (eshort).

Yes, hehä.

FOOTNOTES:[260]These words were written down from the pronunciation of a Musquake Indian.—Maximilian.

[260]These words were written down from the pronunciation of a Musquake Indian.—Maximilian.

[260]These words were written down from the pronunciation of a Musquake Indian.—Maximilian.


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