254 INQUIRY CONCERNING 
and fome {pecies of wafps the refemblance is fo great. In+ 
ftances of this trouble-faving difpofition of the Indians 
are numerous. The Cheerake, for inftance, call a prifon- 
er, or captive, or flave, eeankke, and they apply the fame 
name to apin, andan awl, It is difficult to fay, what fe- 
ret connection there is between a captive and a pin, or an 
awl. Thefe fame Indians call the penis wato ’bre, and 
a corn-houfe is known by the fame name among them. In 
this inftance, the ufe of only one word for two fuch op- 
pofite objets is more eafily accounted for. Savages al- 
ways think and {peak metaphorically. They could not 
but reflect that whilft a corn-houfe is a depofit of the food 
of men, the penis is the organ by which the eternity of 
the human {pecies is maintained. 
I do not find the words honey or wax in the copious 
language of the Delaware-Indians*. If this tribe have 
not words for thefe fuhftances, my opinion, that the honey- 
bee is nota native of America, receives confiderable addi+ 
tional fupport. 
The Muhhekaneew, commonly known by the name 
of the Mohegans, fpeak a language very clofely allied to 
that of the Delawares, as I fhall fully demonftrate in my 
Comparative view of the languages of the American nations 
with each other, and with the languages of the nations of 
the north-caft parts of Afia. In the language of the Mo- 
hegans, the honey-bee is called aum waw, honey aum 
waw weh focat, and bees-wax aum waw weh pe mey. 
Perhaps, it will be imagined, that the exiftence of thefe 
words in the Mohegan language is a proof that the bee is 
a native of their country. My opinion, however, is quite 
different, and, I think, it refts upon an unerring founda- 
tion. 
In the firft place, the refemblance between the Dela- 
ware and Mohegan words for the honey-bee is obvious. 
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* They call the Honey-Locuft-Tree (Gleditfia triacanthos of Linneus) pite la we min {cbi. 
