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These languages are arranged in about the order in which the tribes 

 speaking them live. In the Twana schuch-ha-chi, and in the Nisqually 

 ska suk-a-chi means hand, hence we have from the same root, for six 

 i-a pa-chi in the Twana, and dzil-a-chi in Nisqually, and a word for six 

 of similar derivation may be found in the Snohomish, Skagit, and 

 Kwiuaielt; Tukachi, e/^/Zt/, from the same root, is found in Twana, Nis- 

 qually, Snohoiidsh, aud Skagit ; kl-tats is the Klallam word for hand, 

 and tats for eight, and this is found in the Cowichan of British Colum- 

 bia aud Sum-mi, hul-kwunt is the Chemakum word for fingers, aud 

 it is seen as the origin of their words for seven and eight. 



Sa-Ii, two, runs with a little variation through the Twana, Nisqually, 

 Snohomish, Chehalis, Kwinaielt, Cowichan, and Skagit, and an exami- 

 nation of vol. 1, Contributions to American Ethnology, pp. 262 and 280, 

 shows that a similar sound is iu the Shooswaap, Okinaken, Shwoyelpi, 

 Skoyelpi, Spokan, KuUispelm, Cceur D'Aleue, Flathead, Tait, and 

 Kuwalitsk. The Hoh, Kwilliut, and Chemakum would would fall into 

 a separate class in regard to this word. 



Kle-hu-for, tliree, slightly varied, is in the Nisqually, Snohomish, Klal- 

 lam, Cowichan, Summi, and Skagit, while in Major Powell's work, 

 quoted above, the Tait and Kuwalitsk agree with them. In this word 

 the Hoh, Kwil-li-ut, aud Chemakum are again similar. The Chehalis 

 and Kwinaielt also agree with one another, and in Major Powell's work 

 the Shiwapmukh, Shooswaap, Nikutemukh, Okinaken, Waky-na-kaine, 

 Shwoyelpia, Skotyelpi, Spokan, Piskwans, Kalispelm, KuUuspelm, 

 Cceur D'Alene, Flathead, Silowab, and Ko-mookhs are similar. 



The word for four, however, iu slightly varied forms, easily traced, 

 combines more of the languages given than any other numeral; bales, 

 bu-sus, bos, boh, uos, mos, mees, and similar variations are seen in all 

 but the Chiuook. It is the only numeral which connects the Makah 

 with the others, and it shows relationship in all of the tongues, adding 

 the Belhoota above, quoted from Major Powell's work, with the excep- 

 tion of the Silowat, Tait, and Kuwalitsk; in all, fifteen out of the eight- 

 een dialects there given. 



The Chinook is connected witli the Chehalis only by the word for six. 

 Singularly, the words for one and ten vary more thau most of the 

 others. 



