ATNATANAS^ OV ALASKA. 



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wliicli, I trust, may le;ul to a- more tlior()iii;li iii\ csliuatiou of tlic, iiiat- 

 Icr.* On liirtlicr comparison of our respective; limited vocabularies a 

 lew iiodUN iilmost identical in sound and meaniny,' were i'ound to exist. 



M;iii ]\t'ek. 



\\'()iiiaii Rckiii. 



CliiM SliiiiiikiXi. 



Dou,- Sklck;iy. 



Silver salnioii (,'<iiiall) .Sliikkiiy. 



KiiiH' salmuii (lari;!') Siikacliity. | 1 



Mooso 'I'i'ii;iyi;a. 



CariVioii lloimiii. 



8Ih'(^|> Tc'-Kiv. 



(ioat H'lai.' 



Wolf 'IVkaiit. 



Fox ." Nuk Icksy 



l^yiix No('>f('ay. 



Martin (Mioos;;!. 



IMack bear.... .NoIlaV. 



[{rowii . hear (ylialun . 



Kahhit Gak. 



Mariimt, (Miiioss. 



Siiiootli ground NeiU. 



Mountains Tiollai. 



Wood {'hit/. 



Iio 'I'iii. 



Lake Hill. 



Water To. 



liivcr Na. 



Sun IS'iai. 



Food Ivucliin 



lIoiis(i lI()on;iI\. 



Sweat houHo Sayzill. 



(ilreasii Dalkak. 



To-day Tila.'^ii;. 



To-morrow Minta. 



Se. 



You Mill. 



None,, iiotliiui;', few T'kwully. 



l'''ar, a lonii,- di>s(aiice. Kooteshit. 



A lonj;' time Siyu. 



A .short distance CuttJest6e. 



( i ood \Va 1 1 ay . 



]>a(l Ivatiikwat. 



] ia j\i;<' Tray cha. 



Small 'I'nclKMie. 



Pl(Mitv 1... Kulaiii. 



Hot.."^ Hetay. 



Cold 



Tired Tazee. 



lliiii,u,ry Desehaiie. 



'I'o j;<> : J I ('ion a. 



To come Ahny. 



To .sleep Nastata. 



How many I)(')nnake(dan. 



(ilive me some water To niito. 



Mount Wranj^ell Keuuchilly. 



One... 

 Two . 

 Tliree 

 Four 

 Fiv(! . 

 Six ... 

 Sovcii 



Eislit 

 Nine . 

 Ten .. 



Midnoosky. 



Su.skai 



Navtaykv -. 

 Ta-y...:... 



Dinky 



Alitzunny . . 



Kistau 



Konsarry . . . 

 Klaliinky .. 

 Zutlakwah) 

 Lah/ci'iu . ... 



Apache. 



Duseblai. 



Nakee. 



Ta-v. 



DiufiT. 



Sehlai, 



Goostaii. 



Goosdlt V. 



Sayhee.' 



Goostiii. 



Goonezuiiu. 



Notwithstanding: the fact that women are decidedly in the minority 

 amoug the Atnatiina, polygamy is practiced to a limited extent. How 

 far they observe the haws of consanguinity in their marriages 1 do not 

 know, but that an occasional Midnoosky marries a Tatlatan is a fact 

 brought about, possibly, by that desire to avoid marriages of relations. 

 The wives are treated with very little consideration and are valued in 

 proportion to their ability to pack and do general work. They and their 

 children are always left in destitute circumstances at the death of the 

 husband, however wealthy he may have been. This arises from the 

 custom of distributing among the tribe at his death the property, the 

 accumulation of which seems to be a great pride, because the demou- 



* Since writing this I have learned from Dr. O. T. Ma.son, director of the ethno- 

 lo(;ical department of the Smithsonian, that the relationship of the Tinneli family 

 to the Southern Indians was discovei'cd by Prof. Turner many years since. 



