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forms in the Maskoke and some other Indian tongues in these modes, 

 "the one used toward superiors indicating respect or veneration, the other 

 toward an inferior as a servant or a child."* This peculiarity, probably 

 developed in more positive features by a despotic government, consti- 

 tuted no doubt the difference observed by Du Pratz. 



The vocabulary, which I now present, was prepared very carefully at 

 my request by Mrs. A. E. W. Robertson, of the Tallahasse Mission, a 

 most competent linguist, familiar with the Maskoke by practical use. It 

 was obtained from Mr. Leslie, a pure-blood Nache. As he was un- 

 acquainted with English the Maskoke was employed as the medium, and 

 the sounds are given in the alphabet of that language. This contains 

 thirteen consonants and six vowels. The vowel sound of a in fate, the 

 th, and the consonants b, c, d, g, j, r, q, v, x, and z, are wanting. The 

 r is introduced to represent an aspirated I, as hi or '1. The c is pro- 

 nounced as tch in toretch. The w is always soft as in weak. The vowel 

 sounds are a as in fat ; e as in me ; i as in pine ; o as in note ; u as in 

 rule. The v is the neutral vowel, and is strictly a short, as in vocal. In 

 comparing the words with others in the Maskoke dialects, I have, how- 

 ever, substituted for the c the ch, and for the r the aspirated '1. The kw 

 of the Nache is pronounced as the English qu. The sh is always a com- 

 bination, except in es-bok and pus-hvlles. 



I have incoporated Gallatin's vocabularj', retaining his orthography, 

 and indicating words from that source by adding after them the letter G # 



*BucktiPr, Grammar of the Ma.tkwke Lang., p. 77. I am informed that Mr. Buckner's i 

 planation is not quite correct, but the fact is substantially as stated. 



