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asi, assi (<? short), a shrub called Ilex cassinc^ from which the 

 Indians made the "black drink," an intoxicating, or, when 

 much water was added, exhilarating beverage, served up 

 at solemn occasions, and used as a medicinal drug by con- 

 jurers 25, 14. 



as6walis I pursue, chase; as6wak tvhile -pursuhig 25, 7. 8; 

 asowahin then chased^ pursued them 23, 25. 



^spi, ashpi maize, Indian coru ; aspushka even tnaize (they 

 had not) 24, 4. 



atabaksalis I ?neet, Ji7id^ fall in with; atabaksik ya///«^ 

 in xvith, Ji)iding 25, 8 ; atabaksiktawats they met zvith, 

 found 21, 12. 



ata'lalis i) I learn, 2 acquire knowledge; ata'laktawats 

 they learned 21, 15. 16. 33 ; ata'lak in order to leartz, to 

 fnd out 23, 10 ; ata'ligun akelik trying, wanting to find out 

 21,6. 24, 17. 2) to know, like novi from nosco : ata'lo- 

 wats they know it 25, 33 ; ata4a/;hi'lut knowing it quite 

 xvell^ for a certainty 25, 32. 



ata'li, pi. ata'lagi one who diagnosticates diseases; in Creek 

 ki"la. Der. ata'lalis. 



ata'lka ti/tchi \^ Jinknown ; 2) stranger. Partic. of ata'lalis, 

 with the privative particle -ti, q.v. ; yati ata'lkati/tchut um- 

 migma although he was an tmknown person, a stranger 



25» 32- 33- 

 atasi war-club of wood, with a stone point inserted in its flex- 

 ure 21, 29. 25, 16; atasiintun imalostud inclined towards 



the war-club 25, 18. 

 ati, postp., down, in reference to rivers, valleys; ha'htch^ati 



down the river. Verbified in ahi = tala/ut ata°yas hatchun 



tJie log drifts down the river. 

 atchiban, atchiba, atchibi dtiring, for a long time 22, 27; 



atchibahin after a long ti?7te 22, 29. 

 a-ulitkadshilis and it; a-uHtkadshilis i) I kitidle a fire, as 



a camp-fire 22, 2; 2) I encamp, strike camp; it;a-ulitka- 



dshik encamping 20,30. Der. \\a fire ; cf. autilis. 

 aiitilis and it;a-utilis, it; autilis I make fire ; I build a camp 



fire, itautik tnaking a fire or fires ; aiitis ! or itun aiitis ! 



make a fire! Der. iti, autilis ; cf. vol. i. 74* 



