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siderable number goes to show that the Creek branch of the 

 Maskoki nation had pushed over to Savannah river and vicin- 

 ity at a very remote epoch. 



-aha, -ha, collective ending of substantives, is also coll. ending 

 in Alibamu and Koassati. 



fa side^ direction; -fa is suflixed to all names of the cardinal 

 points. Cr. fatcha straight^ direct; fatchan towards. 



hi'li smooth; Cr. and H. hi'li good. 



howita, huta, hoda xvind, gJist ; ho-itale windy; hotekewiwi 

 stormy. Cr. hiitali wind., hurricane ; cf. ha-utu xvind in 

 Caddo. 



iho, t'ho potato. Cr., Hitch, and Cha'hta ahi, ahe bog-fotato. 



lati in tselati I fall on you ; \-\\\dX\ fallen doxvn. Cr. latkiis 

 I fall ; u'hlatkas I fall upon., attack. 



'la i) arrow. 2) ball., bullet; se ti'la arrow and cartridge. 

 Cr. 'li arrow^ ball ; Alibamu and Koassati 'laki arrow and 

 ball. The probable original meaning of 'li is reed., as ar- 

 rows are made from reeds. 



pi '16 cylindric; ti topi'lo I roll up something. Cf. Hitch, pi'li 

 and dimin, pi'ludshi ; Cr., Semin. and Mikasuki pi'hidshi ; 

 Cha'hta peni, pini ; Alibamu and Koassati pi'lii canoe, 

 these being round below. 



tapi salt; tapi sa" sweet. Cr., Alib. and Koassati hapi salt. 



tchissane fnouse. Cr., Alibamu and Hitch, tchissi rat., mouse. 



[tchiili pine-tree; tchii boat., canoe (because made of pine- 

 logs) ; Cr. and Seminole tcholi ; Alibamu, Koassati and 

 Hitchiti tchilye, tchiiyi ; see below. J 



CHEROKI- MASKOKI LOAN-WORDS. 



The majority of Cher, terms here mentioned were obtained from 

 Mr. James Mooney, who, in 1887, studied the dialects of the 

 mountain or eastern Cheroki Indians in North Carolina. To 

 these may be added the ones mentioned in vol. i. pp. 212-13. 



iX.?^. firewood. Cha'hta iti zvood, stick; Cv. iiu zvood., firetvood, 

 tree; Hitch. \\\ fire., ovi^imWy wood. i\ta occurs for u'ooaf 

 in the Iroquois dialects ; cf. ta'hsi. 



koe, kuhe wild-cat. Cha'hta koa panther; Cr. koa katcha 

 wild-cat. 



