Gatschct.] dlO [Nov. 17, 



we first see the 8un ; he-yatchon eye glass. If na-asliod moon is a term 

 formed after the " nitchotak" above, equivalent to "rising," " going-up " 

 (na-aitchot ?) and to the Klamatli word kaukdiesh moon (lit. " the ascend- 

 ing one"), it must also be derived from atche to see. 



kue, tree, wood, stick, gave origin to the following T. words: akon-kvalo 

 "the man of the stick," th^ chieftain; tso^tnetch-le-kvan soap, viz., "stick 

 to wash clotli (tso,v) with;" nit^utan-kve Zead-^enc/7, viz., "paper-stick;" 

 nejoo-kvalo rifle, gun, viz., "shooting-stick," probably misspelt for 

 nesho-o-kvalo, ne-shuano meaning to shoot. Kkvuaheii^rft is probably de- 

 rived from the same word, as horns frequently bear some resemblance to 

 pieces of wood (instead of e-kvua-en ?), and the numeral six, si-kualo, re- 

 calls the word kvalo, which is reduplicated in nine, se-kueskuelo. 



texon rock, stone reappears in ya-te;i:on rock, ni-s-te^on ice (water-stone!) 

 and in helepuen-te,tek /ore.s<, thicket, literully: wood of the hill. This 

 refers to the circumstance that in the southwest forests are found on eleva- 

 tions only, while the plains remain bare of any woods. 



atc7i earth, land turns up in etcho-^anasli prairie-dog, the well-known 

 burrowing rodent of the west, Spennophilus ludovicianus, forming exten- 

 sive underground colonies. 



tsox cloth, canvas is the etymon of many terms mentioned above, and of: 

 ye-tso;^-e-i-tsan button, tcho^-tchapol blanket, tsau;t:-yetsu^an "canvas- 

 house," tent; apparently also of: niese-tso,r-kanov dry, dried, meaning 

 perhaps a cloth (tso^) dried by the wind or the fire. Xot knowing the 

 original signification of tso;f, we cannot decide if tch6;tno to sleep, to lie in 

 bed is derived from it or not. 



a-atchoke rich is derived from ha-ash much, many, initial h- being de- 

 ciduous in many of the Indian languages. 



au deer, auvash buffalo, dkau fur-skin, nauval robe, animal-skin are all 

 derived from the same root au. 



yentan, yandan wind forms yentan-auvei the south, lit. south-wind. 

 Auvei, hauei is strong and the " strong -loind " is the breeze blowing with 

 impetuosity from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. 



keta friend, partner, is identical with the numeral kita two and simply 

 means "we two," or "two of us." From kita two are formed the numer- 

 als si-kuit/oM/' and se-ketiesh eight. 



Conclusion. 



The confutation of errors, whether they be of impo.tance or not, is 

 always attended with good results, and if we can profit in science and 

 knowledge by such confutation, we should not lose the opportunity. It 

 will not take long to prove with linguistic reasons, that the supposed affin- 

 ity of the Tonkawas with the Caddoes does not exist. 



Words and syllables in Caddo end almost exclusively in vowels; words of 

 one syllable are scarce, almost every word has two or more syllables and 

 in dissyllabic words the accent rests on the penult ima. Diphthongs occur, 

 but are often recognized with difficulty, owing to the queer method of 



