Hoffman.] d70 [March 19, 



22, £Velo'penexs s'sel'. 80, XeneTno'pen. 



30, Tshg'xl'n'o'pen. 90, Xex'tfo'pen. 



40, M'a'ln' o'pen. 100, N'kake n . 



50, T&Wxl'na'pen. 101, X'ke n exsn'go . 



60, T'&'ntshilo'pen. 200, S'l'n qo'qi. 



70, S'j eltsh'lo'pen. 1000, O'pens'tshit'nke'. 



Game played with pieces of bone, Mi'tshumtske'. 

 A game, similar to the chunkey n 



game, played with a ring and \ S'xaTku'. 

 poles, is called, ) 



The Coyote's youngest child (myth), Satsi'uinsht'. 



There is no word for strike, in the abstract, but the idea is expressed in 

 connection with the manner in which the action is done. This is also the 

 case with some other verbs. 



To strike with the hand, Tsu'entem'. 



" " " a club, Spuntem'teluk'. 



" " " a gun, Spuiitemtsu'lulminsh/. 



" " " a bow, Spiintem/Jtekinsht'. 



" " " an ax, Shilintem' shilmJn'. 



" " " a knife, Shilintem'tinin'tshumen'. 



To stab with a knife, Xluntem'tinin'tshumgn'. 



" " " a bayonet, Xluntem'tsmu'lumen/. 



" " " a sword, Xluntem'tshu'lulg'. 



Where you going? = 



S'tshil nuk'ue s'qui? 



Where you go f 



I am going to the Crows. = 



S'tetshem'tshT 6'tshies s'qui'. 



Crows [Indians'] 1 go. 



Don't you wish to trade with me? = 

 6't^mkes tomis'to min'one'? 

 Give me some sugar. = 

 Koqui'tslsht t'tish. 



The following myth is presented to illustrate the syntactic structure of 

 the language. 



Son'-tshe-le' Ko-tump't. Se-huist'-tsSn'tshe-lep, 



[of the] Coyote Story. He was walking, the Coyote, [and] 



o-we'-tshes, sko-le'-pi* to-o'-^e, hui'-hue iu' ; 



he saw they were cooking eggs, many animals and birds; 



s'a-a-tsu'-qts we titsht' es-tsi-a' o-qol'lu, 



he looked while they went to sleep all of them he went, 



* Conking In a depression in the ground, by paving the floor with stones and 

 covering the food with grass, leaves, etc. 



