1873] ^J/ [Brtnton. 



Sour, kvyumbkuph. Mas. kvmuksi 



Stars, tu'kul. Mas. vkolaswv 



Sweet, chvkvlguph. Mas. chvmpe 



Teeth, e'ntv. Mas. eniitti, Mik. enote 



Tobacco, baksboo, G. Mik. akckvme' 

 " pipe : from same root. 



Tree, or wood, cbuyv, tsboo, G. Probably allied to tsobl, Mas. cbule, 

 pine tree. 



Wolf, uttuwab. Mas. yvhv 



Words from early French Authors. 



A very limited number of words are given in tbe early French writers. 

 These I have collected and will examine. 



Allouez, Watchers, guards; "leurs Gardes qu, on nomme Allouez," 

 Cbarlevoix, Journal Historique, p. 420. No doubt this is from e'lhvlles, 

 to see, and hence to watch. 



Athiocma, that is good, "cela est bon" (Dumont, Memoire Historiqne 

 sur la Louisiane). This is obviously the Chahta achvkma, good. 



Caheucb, come (Du Pratz). Evidently from kahvsahkus, in tbe above 

 vocabulary. 



Cbichicois, gourds used as rattles (Dumont, I, p. 193). 

 Choupichoul, a kind of grain, millet. 



Coyocop, Spirit, Esprit (Du Pratz). With the affix se'l or cbil. great, 

 tbe Great Spirit ; prefixed to techou, or thecou, servants or inferiors, the 

 common appellation of the inferior divinities (Du Pratz). Given in my 

 vocabulary as the word for white man 'loyocop. 



Couy-oiiy, the cardinal bird (Dumont). 



Hoo ! boo ! or hom ! bom ! An interjection of approval or assent (Du 

 Pratz and Dumont). This is tbe same in Maskoke (see Buckner, Maskjjki 

 Grammar, p. 74). 



Liquip, man or chief (Dumont). This is an error, as tbe word is clearly 

 lekep, great or large. 



Miche-miche-quipy, an opprobious name applied to the lowest caste 

 (Du Pratz), called Puants or Stinkards. I suspect this is an Algonkin 

 word, from the Shawnee miche, bad, mean, and que-essan boys, fellows. 

 A miserable remnant of Shawnees were held as slaves by the Nache 

 (Penicaut, Annals, p. 123). Moreover the author of the Voyaye a la 

 Louisiane, p. 33, says the native name is olcliagras. 



Nou-kou, or No-co, I do not know (Gravier, Letter, p. 142, and Du 

 Pratz). Compare the vocabulary. 

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