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NUMERAL SYSTEMS. 



20 sa-la-chi 



Zeisberger in his " Grammar of the Language of the Lenni- 

 Lenape, or Delaware Indians" (Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, N. S., 

 vol. iii), gives the list of numerals, without stating its applica- 

 tion, as follows : — 



1 ngutti 6 guttasch 



2 nischa 7 nischasch 



3 nacha 8 chasch 



4 newo 9 peschkouk 



5 palcnach 10 telleu 



And then adds the following, used in respect to inanimate 

 objects, as towns, rivers, houses, &c. 



Mawat, ngutti, one, only one, and in the plural, nischenol, 

 two, nachenol, three, &c., concerning which he observes, "When 

 men, animals, or other things are spoken of, which among the 



