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Nootka, including dialects 24 



Chihalis, 32 ; Nisqually, 1 . .'. 39 



Klikatat and Yakama 2 



Cree 2 



Cliippeway (Ojibwa) 1 



Wasco (probably) 4 



Kalapuya (probably) 4 



By direct onomatopoeia 6 



Derivation unknown, or undetermined 18 



French, 90 ; Canadian, 4 94 



English 67 



I had no opportunity of original investigation into the Nootka 

 proper, but from the few words in different published vocabulai'io, 

 and from some imperfect manuscript ones in my possession of the 

 Tokwaht, Nittinat, and Makah dialects, have ascertained the numbei 

 above given. Some of the unascertained -words probably also belong 

 to that language. Neither was I able to collate the Wasco or Kala- 

 puya, but have assigned them on the opinion of others. The former, 

 also called Cathlasco, the dialect of the Dalles Indians, is a corrupted 

 form of the Watlala or Upper Chinook. With the Chihalis, Yakama, 

 and Klikatat, and the Nisqually, I had abundant means of comparison. 



The introduction of the Cree and Chippeway words is of course due 

 to the Canadians. None have been derived from the Spanish, as 

 their intercourse with the Nootka and Makah Indians was too short 

 to leave an impression. Spanish words, especially those relating to 

 horses or mules and their equipments, have of late come into general 

 use in Oregon, owing to intercourse with California, but they form no 

 part of the Jargon. It might have been expected from the number 

 of Sandwich Islanders introduced by the Unison's Bay company, and 

 long resident in the country, that the Kanaka element would have 

 found its way into the language, but their utterance is so foreign to 

 the Indian ear, that not a word has been adopted. 



In the nouns derived from the French, the definite article le, la, has 

 almost in every instance been incorporated into the word, and the 

 same has in one or two instances been prefixed to nouns not of French 

 origin. Besides the words created by direct onomatopoeia, there are 

 quite a number which are really Indian, but have their origin in the 

 similarity of sound to sense. 



Dr. S(;ouler's analogy between the Nootkan and "Columbian," oi 

 Chinook, was founded on the following words : 





