OF THE LENNI LEHAPB INDIANS. 



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Note. — Kittapachki, from kitta, great, properly means the great hun- 

 dred. 



Kilt.tn, a great river 

 Kittahican, the great ocean 



IKittoaltewall, the great ships 

 Kitt.iiiitiowii, the Great Almighty Uod. 

 And so on in many other in.-t, 



Able. — Although few of the Indians an- accusi id to calculate, so far 



as »■!_■ have seen. and in general they do not trouble themselves much ul><>ul 

 it, because they have no use for it, yet their language lias the means of 

 doing it as well as ours. Since the Europeans have been among them, and 

 particularly since the wars, they have got more into the use of it. the 

 armies having afforded them more frequent opportunities. The number 

 of times is thus expressed : 



N : ten, once 

 Nischeo, twice 

 N i. Inn, 3 times 

 \ tea, 4 times 

 Palenach tchen, 5 < 



• ■It tchen, 6 times 

 Nischasch tchen, 7 timed 

 ( b isch tchen, 8 times 

 Peschkonk tchen, 9 times 

 Tellen tchen, 10 times 



reDen tchen attach gutti, 1 1 timi - 

 Tellen tchen attach nischa, 12 times, be. 

 Nicbinachk tchen, 20 nines 

 N.i. h. ii i, lik tchen, •'!" times 

 Nouciiaehk tchen, 411 times 

 Palenach tchenachk tchen, 50 times 

 Guttasch tchenachk tchen, 60 times 

 Nischasch tchenachk tchen. 7" limes 

 t'li.i-ili tchenachk tchen, 90 tines 

 Ngutta pacliki tchen, 100 times, &c. 



Speaking of inanimate tilings, as towns, rivers, houses, &c. they say 



Mawal, ngutti, one, only one 



And ui Hit Plural 

 \i>< henol, 2 

 ! NjschenoD oteneyall, wikwahcmall, tiposall, 



wachtschawall, two towns, houses, rivers, 



mountains, ice.) 



N.iclieni'l. 3 



Nl'IM'lM'l. I 



I ' a ich tchennol. B 

 Guttasch tchennol, 6 



Nischasch tchennol, 7 

 i Ihasch tchennol, 8 

 r.-.hkonk tchennol, 9 

 Tellen tchennol, 10 



TelleO tchennol attach gntli, 11 

 Tellen tchennol attach nischa, 12 

 Tellen tchennol attach Dacha, 18 

 Nischinachk tchennol, 30 

 Nachenachk tcbenn 

 Til. -ii ai htchennachk tchennol, 60 

 pacliki tchennol, 100 



When men, animals, or other things are spoken of, which among the 

 Indians are considered as belonging to the animated class "I beings, 



tin \ say : 



M uchsa, mayauchsu, one i>.r-"n. or a person, 

 or living being 

 It is truly incorret ' to - .\ . 



tan, Dgutti ochqueu, a woman. 



In the Plural tht y ray 

 Nischowak lennowak, ochquewak, amemensak, 

 wdallemanaaJt, tipaaak,8Lc. two men, wo- 

 men, children, beasts, fowls, i*c. t^c. 

 No hoik, 3 

 N. \ uwak, I 



'. tchoak, .*> 

 'Jullasch tele 



Nisch i-ili tchoak, 7 

 <h .-eh tchc i 



■ I, k ii boat . 9 

 Tellen t. noak, 10 

 Tellen tchoak attach cutti. 11 

 Tellen tchoak attach m-, ha, 12 

 i, I... ik ittai h ii... h.i, 18 



u lik tchoak, 20 

 boak, 80 

 Ngutapachaowak, 100 



' n h iwak, 200 



■ h l. h i|i i. I. iwak, ".HO 



1 .11. i, i. b ipachawak, loon 



