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isnihaidshas / adorn myself with, I use as personal ornament ; 

 lit. "T cause myself to be fat with." ihvi'lit isnihaidshit his 

 enemy having- provided hhnself ivith a white feather 13, 

 29. Der. niha. 



ispogi at last^ lastly 10, 16. Der. poki. 



issi, cf. assi. 



i'ssu, i'sLi ashes; i. hayi embers^ hot ashes; \. moka dust rising 

 in the air; lit. "smoking ashes." 



ista i) 7vhich? tvhat? interrog. and demonstrative-relative pro- 

 noun : ista italuat? which town, 7iation? 10,38. ista italua- 

 tatit u'h'lanin omat which tribe would be the first (-tatit) to 

 cover 12, 4. 5. 2) whichever, whatsoever ; ista ma where, some- 

 where. 



istama-itas, istamaitas, adv. in either direction, by any way, all 

 around 16, 13. Der. ista, ma, itiis (either way). 



istan wherever; istan apiyit wherever \S\e.y were marching 16, 18. 



ista'mat, pi. istamataki i) who? intenog. pron., as in a query: 

 paksangin istin naf kayanks ! " ista'man.'"' I struck somebody 

 yesterday! ^'whom?" 2) anybody, atiyone, anything. 3) W/hen 

 connected with a negative or privative particle or verb, 

 both together form a negative pronoun, like the French ne 



pas, ne point, aucun ne ; ista'mat sigatis none 



could, no one 7vas able to 10, 21. 



isti, pi. istalgi and isti : i) subst. person of either sex, but 

 chiefly used of males: isti hatki white man; isti tchati In- 

 dian; isti Maskoki a Creek Indian ; isti Maskdki immiko a 

 chief of the Creeks. In the plural isti means people, tj-ibe., 

 nation; isti Maskokalgi or Masko'ki the Creek people 8, i. 2. 

 7. isti Natuagi the Iroquois Indians or Six Nations i. 61. 

 2) pron. somebody., some one: isti hapu somebody's camp. Cf. 

 istiga;ha'lpi and stillipai/a ; isinyiktcha'-is. 



istiga;ha'lpi scalp, lit. "somebody's head-skin." Der. isti, 

 ika, ha'lpi. 



istispapa Hon., lit. "man-eater." 



istiito'lkua, ;tu'lkua somebody's knee 12, 11 ; cf. to'lkua. 



istofan i) when? when used interrogatively. 2) at any time., 

 sotne time ; when connected with a negative or privative 

 particle or verb, it means like the French ne jamais: 

 never, at no time; istofan ili'htchikos they never kill him 

 12, 30. 



