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dred.' The animate and inanimate plurals are made from these 

 forms by affixing the element; animate -kekiv'soivuk (obv. -ke- 

 'kw'so); inan. -ke'kw'-sotv'l; as ncozcinsk-ke'kzu'sozcuk skitapyik, 

 ' forty men,' etc. 



The ordinals, with the exception of amsk'was, ' first,' are formed 

 from the cardinals by adding -eivei (nisczvci, 'second'; nozvezvei, 

 'third,' etc.), until tenth which is nekzu'tinskezvei. To the element 

 -anko of the -teens is added the ending -zvezvei; neozi'dnkozcezcei, 

 ' fourteenth,' and to the ending -iiisk is added -ekez^'ei; as nisiiiske- 

 kezuei, ' twentieth.' 



The numerals are usually inflected adjectivally preceding their 

 substantives, but they may be used indeclinably, as eskz^''ndtek- 

 kesok'niu, ' nine days.' 



The following love-song will serve to illustrate both the present 

 musical style of the tribe, which is undoubtedly influenced by the 

 Roman Catholic Gregorian chants of their missionary priests, and also 

 the construction of the language. It should be noted that the last 

 syllable li of the song must be prolonged as much as possible, and 

 finally allowed to end with a rapid expulsion of the breath, this is the 

 so-called " die-away " which is a characteristic of much of the 

 American music. 



Peski k'f-el-dpiii elnn-iiclcinzcik 



Lonely thou lookest up-stream 

 Elmi-sikzvak-Io takz^'dk'iizvi-lok-Io 



In spring and in autumn ; 

 CJuptnk k'nimihi-sa kzcilakzccyun 



Perhaps thou mayest see me seeking thee. 

 Kuzvcnodhi U; kuzvcnodin U. 



It is long O ; It is long O ! 



