THE ANCIENT ISLANDERS 81 



Prayer in Netela, the language the natives of Pimugna 

 (Santa Catalina) doubtless spoke. 



The Lord's Prayer 



Ghana ech tupana ave onench otune a cuachm, chame om 

 reino, libi yh chosomec esna tupana cham nechetepe micate torn 

 cha chaoni, pepum yg cai caychame yi julug calme cai ech. De- 

 pupun opco cha?ne chum oyote. Amen Jesus. 



Each island of the group is said to have had its own 

 dialect, which, doubtless, is true. At the mission of 

 San Miguel, a list of words in the dialect of the island 

 of Santa Cruz and San Miguel was found, a few exam- 

 ples of which may be given to show the extraordinary 

 difference : 



English San Migdel Island Santa Cruz Island 



Dialect Dialect 



man loguai alamuiin 



woman tiene hemutch 



father lata ceske 



mother apai osloe 



head tobuko pispulaoah 



one tohi ismala 



two kogsu ischum 



three tlobahi maseghe 



four kesa scumoo 



Santa Cruz and San Miguel are within sight of one 

 another on a clear day, and within easy reach — the 

 sand from San Miguel often blows to Santa Rosa — 

 yet there was this extraordinary difference in language. 



The inhabitants of Santa CataHna are described by 

 Vizcaino as being very intelligent, and much in advance 

 of those of the mainland. They made really beautiful 

 objects, and had in their huts the counterpart of many 



