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CAMPBELL — AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES. 



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aro'ument for the Peninsular Asiatic oric:in of the Cherokee- 

 Choctaw family, we have found it to be proved by language in 

 its grammatical and verbal forms, by tribal designations, physical 

 features, moral chariicter, religion, and at least one peculiar 

 custom. 



For the Wyandot-Iroquois family I have so far found no 

 tribal designations in the Peninsular area that correspond, but 

 the identity of the two war-gods Arioski and Areskoui undoubt- 

 edly links them with the Koriaks proper. This is confirmed by 

 the many resemblances that are found to exist between the 

 Cherokee (Koraeki) and Iroquois vocabularies, some of which 

 are indicated in the Mithridates. Such are the Cherokee gahriee 

 and the Cayuga kanoh, arrow ; oostekuh, child, and the Tusca- 

 voT2i yetyatshoyuli ; choosa, die, death, and the Mohawk keah- 

 Tieyouh ; keira, keethhih, dog, and the Onondaga tschierha and 

 Tuscarora cheeth ; clieela, cheera, fire, and the Caughnawaga 

 ojeehlah and Tuscarora ot-cheere ; atseeai, man, and the Mine- 

 kussar itaatsin, and Mohawk iritsin ; naime, mountain, and the 

 Wyandot onontah ; yahnogah, tongue, and the Iroquois honacha ; 

 ageyiing, woman, and the Tuscarora ekening. The relations of 

 Iroquois and Peninsular words are numerous and close. The 

 followiuo; is not a selection but a chance collation of them : 



Wyandot-Iroquois. 



arm onentcha Iroquois. 



axe askwechia " 



bad washuh Tuscarora. 



hetken Iroquois. 

 boat, canoe. .gahonhvva " 



boy, son yung Oneida. 



brother jattatege Onandaga. 



child kotonia Iroquois. 



earth ohetta *' 



eat hiquekch " 



egg onhonchia " 



father ata Tuscarora. 



hanec Seneca. 



lahkeni Oneida. 



fire yoneks Tuscarora. 



fish keyunk Mohawk. 



foot auchsee Tuscarora, 



achita Wyandot. 



come karo Mohawk. 



go higue Iroquois. 



hair ahwerochia " 



hand chotta " 



osnonsa " 



Peninsular. 



oondee Insu. 



kvasqua Kamtchatka. 



wasa Loo Choo. 



khatkin Koriak. 



cahani Aino, huni Loo Choo. 



iegnika Tchuktchi. 



ototo Japanese. 



kodoma " 



ttati Corea, tjidsi Japanese. 



cwa Japanese. 



ngach Kamtchatka. 



atta Tchuktchi, teti Japanese, 



annakh Tchuktchi. 



illiguin " 



annak " 



sakkana Japanese. 



assi " 



gitkat Tchuktchi. 



kuru Japanese. 



yuki " 



kurrazzee Loo Choo. 



settoo Kamtchatka. 



scan Corea. 



