158 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. V. 



Some of the numerals have two and three words for the same 

 number, as : 



Two = Natokum and Natoka. 



Three = Niokskum " Niokska. 



Four = Nisoyim " Niso. 



Five = Nisetci " Nisito. 



Ten = Kepo " Kepi. 



There is a form of broken speech also in use in reckoning, as : 



Kepi mistaput nisetci = Fifteen. 

 Kepi mistaput nao = Sixteen. 

 Kepipe naokuputipi mistaput nisetci = One hundred and sixty -five. 



Numerals are generally combined with nouns, though they are separ- 

 able adjectives, as : 



Nitsepoqse = One dollar. Naotupe = Six persons. 



Niokskotas = Three horses. Ikitcetupe = Seven " 



Nitsetupe = One person. Nanisotupe = Eight " 



Natsetupe = Two persons. Piqsotupe = Nine " 



Niokskatupe = Three " Kepttupe = Ten " 



Nisotupe = Four " Nisoqkutseo = Four feet. 



Nisetcitupe = Five " 



Nitsinoaiaks nanisoyimiao ponokamitaks = 1 saw eight horses. Kepi 

 notasiks = I own ten horses. Literally — ten, my horses. This is the 

 mode of expressing possession in use among the Indians. 



Tcanistcisa kitakotoqpa = When will you return ? Nao tcistcikwists 

 nuqsikiamitoto = Perhaps I shall return in six days. 



The natives generally use the term nights where the white men say 

 days, but the advent of the white man has introduced modes of speech 

 when speaking to white men, which are not employed by the natives 

 when in conversation among themselves. 



Natokae tcistcikwee nitapautaki ki nisoyimi supoksiks notoqk\venani = 

 I worked two days and earned four dollars. 



Etcipustoyemio akapyoyis = He lived in town ten years. 

 Nitukskumats ^ Is there one ? Kepioats = Are there ten ? 



