1894-95.] ABORIGINAL AMEUICAN INSCRIPTIONS. 63 



ka . . , tsti is doubtful, because the stone is broken, and the cliaracters are 



pecuhar ; kutsu, to conquer, overcome. 

 tawashi for taoshi, to cast down, overthrow. 



line 2. gunshi, a military ofificer. 



hikite for hiki, hikita, to retreat, retire. 

 shit/ieko, noun derived from shimeshi, to admonish, instruct. 

 fiimuka, old form of lumntkai, to oppose, resist. 

 toshi, year. 



semedashita, past of seiitedashi, to afflict and expel, persecute and cause to leave. 

 buchiko, probably for buchi-korosti, to beat to death. 



line 3. hiro, broad, spacious. 



ktrwa, now kttwaji, a fire, conflagration ; all compounds are made up o^ kinua, alone. 



faki, to burn. 



kashira, a captain. 



yame, {ox yamome, widow, as in Siberian. 



line 4. saifu, for saiyo, also. 



watagaye, from wa, peace, and tagaye-rii, to transgress, break, not conform to. 

 hito, a man, a Hittite. 

 ki, is, part of the verb surii, to be, to do. 



fii, old word for father in composition, as mfii-shi, father and child, fii-ho, father and 

 mother. 



No. VII. (Davenport Effigy.) 



buchiko ; see No. VI., line 2, at end. 



