62 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. Y. 



NOTES. 



Atialysis of the Inscriptions. 

 No. I. (Yarmouth.) 



7vabi, peacefully in Sib. and Ind. inscript., now wa is peace. 



deka, past of de-ru-ta, to go out. 



Kutarade, proper name, (?) Iroquois Katorats, "The Hunter." ^ 



biishi, a soldier. 



^oki, brave, but Sib. and Ind. have^i^X'^ \qx gokti, eminent. 



No. II. (West Newbury. ) 



Dehana, proper name probably of Tionon Hurons. 

 no, genitive particle. 



Mehashi, proper name, in Japanese " The Quick." 

 btishi, as in No. I. 

 setsu, season, period, time. 

 no, as above. 

 fuye, an old word meaning " the sum" ; survives in Jvye-ru, to add, and haye-ru, to 



pile. 

 fii, common Sib, and Ind. abbreviation for fnia, two, and futachi, now hatachi, 



twenty. 

 Torishime, proper name, in Japanese " to control, keep in order." 

 tama often stands in Sib. and Ind. for atome, heir. 



No. III. (Grave Creek.) 



Katogo, proper name, perhaps Jap. Katakii, "The Firm." 



mito, universal Hittite word for king, from mi honorable, and to door. Replaced by 



?nikado, with same meaning. 

 dote, a mound. 

 uchi, a house. 



balefi, now haterti, to finish. Many initial aspirates are changed labials in Japanese. 

 fit, [ox futachi, twenty, as above. 

 taye-rit, to come to an end. 



ri now denotes a Japanese mile, but in Sib. and Ind. is a period of 300 years. 

 miitsii, old form of niutsti, six. 

 Biida, proper name, Buddha. 

 li or ri is law, rule, principle. 



No. IV. (Stark County.) 



ko is the only word requiring explanation ; it denotes a cliild or the young of anything. 



No. V. (Brush Creek.) 



mito, king ; see No. III. 



itsii, five. 



// or ri ; see No. III. 



No. VI. (Davenport Cremation). 



line I. ri, see al)ove ; also/« ior futachi. 



to, ten. 



Maka-Wala, proper name, perhaps Maki-wari, the " Splitting Axe." 



