Brinton.] ■^SZ [j£ay 6, 



from which the following vocabulary was obtained by Dr. Segers is 

 not clearly stated, but apparently from the Parrikens. 



A slight examination of this list of words is sufficient to disprove 

 the statement made by the writers of the Mission Scientifique du 

 Cap Horn that the language of the Onas is a dialect of the South- 

 ern Patagonian or Tehuelhet. 



Its affinities are much closer with the Yahgan, although perhaps 

 not near enough to allow us to speak of it as a dialect of that stock. 



In the eighty-four words in Segers' vocabulary, I do not find the 

 Yahgan correspondents for fourteen. Of the seventy remaining, 

 twenty-three, or about one-third, are identical with the Yahgan or 

 allied to it. Allowing for the very great difficulties in the way of 

 a comparison of material such as I have at command, it is probable 

 that with vocabularies carefully constructed on the same phonetic 

 bases, and with correct identification of objects, a closer relation- 

 ship between the two stocks would be demonstrated. 



In the vocabulary I have placed the Yahgan equivalent in brack- 

 ets, preceded by the letter Y. The Yahgan' vocabularies I have 

 employed are those of Fitzroy, Bove and the more detailed one in 

 the Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. The bracketed words pre- 

 ceded by Ts. are from the Tsoneca language. 



Vocabulary of the Onas Language, Tierra del Fuego. 



accouch, to, Ulib-ia. drink, to, kaieto (Y. kayenliama, to 



angry, odld. drink from a cup). 



arrow, td-al. eat, to, tsham-ica (Y. a-tama). 



arrowhead, iash (Y. iakouch). enough, cdao. 



aslies, ouen (Y. ouan). eyebrows, osIiel-etsJiel (see eye and 



awaken, to, pash. Jiair). 



back hair, iani. fall, to, ua-da. 



basket, touel (Y. taouala). fot (grueso), ello (Y. oulow). 



heB,rd, anu-etskel. flre, s6-ol (Y. iqouali, "lepiereea 



belly. kasMom (Y. kashtamin, liver). feu"). 



black, mdi. flame, ialoe. 



bow, a, uai-en (Y. uaiana). fog, d^tau. 



bowstring, ianet-sel (Y. chali-sel). for me, iak-ka. 



brain, koiar. for you, mak-ka. 



brother, ie-togte. friend, male, iosh-lelk. 



call, to, cue-eke. female, iosh-ka. 



crab, kdmel. good, sJiaike. 



defecate, to, slia-dsMere. good-by ! eani-malk. 



dirty, keskd-a. good-night I ooken. 



