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are fhe same. The different spelling may be due to 

 dialects or other reasons, but the main fact that they 

 are identical remains. 



" Black " flint is designated as " mora trona," and, of 

 course, if " mora " would mean " black," the 'interpreta- 

 tion would be quite simple. But this does not seem 

 quite certain. 



Milligan states that the eastern tribes used the word 

 " mawback " or " mawbanna," the southern tribes the 

 word " loaparte " for black, and, though there is perhaps 

 a certain likeness between " mora " and " mawbanna," I 

 would not consider this as an established fact. How- 

 ever that may be, we have therefore a — 



1. Trona (teroona), 



2. Mora trona, 



3. Trona-tta (trowutta). 



If my interpretation be correct, the rock or the 

 mineral from which the implements are manufactured 

 was called 



Trona ( = teroona = trowa), 

 and a special kind of tihis rock, the fine-grained, dark 

 blue, or black variety, was called " mora trona." 



The implements manufactured from this " trona " 

 were called 



trona-tta =trowa-tta, and, if my interpretation is 

 correct, the suffix " tta " or " ta " means " made from " 

 or " manufactured from." 



There still remains the word 

 Mungara, 

 as used by the Southern tribes. For the present I am 

 unable to offer an explanation for this word, which, for 

 all we know, may be only a corrupted mora trona. 



So far everything seems plain enough, but Ling 

 Roth publishes a vocabulary compiled by the Rev. 

 Norman, in which neither the word " flint " nor " knife " 

 is mentioned. But under the heading " stone " the fol- 

 lowing words are enumerated : — 



1. Teewartear. 



2. Larnar. 



3. Peurar. 



4. Noeenar. 



