1 20 HarsJibero er. — Maize : 



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Micmac peaskumun, nao-aktook, ear of corn. 



oosaboon, corn-silk ; literally, head of hair, 

 peaskumuna, egadakim, corn-field. 

 Narraghansett, ewachim-neash (R. Williams). 

 Ottawa, mindamin (Brinton). 

 Passamaquoddy, piaskomin (Sturtevant). 

 Sac, tamin (Long's Sec. Exp. St. Peter's River, n). 

 Shawnee, tame ( Johnson ). 



dame (Journ. Antiq. Soc, I, 287). 

 tarmi (Whipple, Ewbank, Turner), 

 tami (Jefferson) (A. S. Gatschet). 

 lena-wi-wi tami, Indian corn, 

 tami-skui, corn-cob. 

 nikutik-kah-knimi, corn-ear. 

 kulaskwa, corn-stalk, 

 kti-ka (Gatschet). 



There is an apparent similarity between the Algonquiari and 

 Iroquoian words for maize. This either establishes an earlier 

 connection between the two nations, or points to a derivation of 

 maize from a common source. The latter view is supported 

 by tradition, which relates that both stocks united their forces 

 against a common foe, the Alligewi, or mound-builders. 

 Conquest changes not only the conquered, but also the con- 

 querors. Insensibly, it may be, but deeply, they are affected 

 by the character of the absorbed races. A powerful inter- 

 tribal imitation must have been constantly at work, imitation 

 of the culture of the more highly evolved though less warlike 

 tribes; and this imitation and absorption prove very powerful 

 when conquest takes place. Duponceau 1 long ago compared 

 the words for maize in the two languages : 



Algonquin. Iroquois. 



chas-quem. on-atschia. 



There seems to be a probable connection between chas 

 (ask, aski), Algonquian, and atschia, Iroquoian, for the Seneca 

 drops the last portion, and calls maize onaa. 



The following list gives the words for corn in Iioquois: 



Cherokee, allo-selu (Journ. Antiq. Soc, 11). 

 selutikatunung. 

 kungwisitung (S. A. Worcester). 



' Duponceau, M€moire des Langues de l'Am£r. du Nord, Paris, 1S38. 



