902 ASIATIC TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA. 
Koriak tradition, the Leucadian Corax, and Charaxus, the brother of 
Sappho, may be terms of ethnical significance. I have little doubt 
that the ancient Koriak habitat and centre of diffusion was the 
Caucasus, where the Coraxi and Cercetae dwelt. The Assyrian in- 
inscriptions should shed light upon this important family, which 
finds such large representation on the North American Continent. 
A few of the Dacotah numerals show their Peninsular connection 
by agreeing with those of the Iroquois and Choctaws. Thus the 
Dacotah onje, eyungkae, yonke, wonge, one, are the Iroquois anji and 
enska ; while amutcat, another form of the same number, is like the 
Iroquois onskat. The Otto tekent, two, is the Iroquois techini. I 
can hardly think that it is a borrowed word, inasmuch as the Sioux 
sahdogang, eight, is the Iroquois sahdekonh, and the relation of two 
and eight was exhibited in the Choctaw tukchina and untuchina, 
The Dacotah weekeechem, wikchemma, ten, are probably the same as 
the Iroquois wasenh ; and cheehoh, kakhoo, five, agree with the 
Muskogee chahgkie. While a more extensive comparison than the 
materials at my disposal have enabled me to make would be very 
desirable, it will, I think, be confessed by competent judges, that, 
‘ for the purposes for which the paper has been written, it is not neces- 
sary. It will be a simple matter for other students to follow out 
the lines of research that I have indicated and in a measure illus- 
trated, and either confirm the conclusions arrived at, or otherwise 
account for the phenomena on which they are based. 
COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY OF THE DACOTAH AND 
PENINSULAR LANGUAGES. 
arm ada, Hidatsa ; arda, Mandan ude, yeda, Japanese 
isto, Dacotah, Yankton [(Dacotah) settoo, Kamtchatdale 
arrow mahha, M. (Mandan); ma, mong, D. mechim, Ka. (Kamtchatdale) 
minja, Os. (Osage) machmiuche, K. (Koriak) 
axe ashpaw, D. ; oceopa, A. (Assiniboin) kvasqua, Ka. ; kal-kapak, T. (Tchuktchi 
ahana, ongspe, D. ono, J. (Japanese) 
bad schicha, D. ; ishia, H. (Hidatsa) ashiki, J. 
beard iki, H. ; eshaesha, U. (Upsaroka) hige, J. ; uika, T. [piigi, K. 
belly ikpi, D. fuku, J.; pai, Corean; ksucb, Ka. 
chesa, Os. aksheka, T. 
bare, U. hara, J. 
belt | ipasaki, H.; ipiyaka, D. obi, J., L. (Loo-Choo) ; tapshi, T. 
bind kashka, D. kuku-ru, J. 
bird dikkappe, U. tzkepf, A. (A7n0) 
tsakaka, H. » tac, C. (Corean) 
black chippushaka, U. nufsunke, K. 
eeokhpazec, D. (Winnebago aehkuropeeh, A. 
blood uoai, Y. (Yankton); waheehah, W.  auku, T. 
wamee, Om, (Omaha) kehm, A. 
MeO, el, > (eda, 0, ketsu, J. ‘ 
boat wata, D. agwat, K.; attuat, hetwutt, Ka. 
mati, H.; maheshe, U. maachdyhm, Ka. 
bone hidu, H. kotsu, J.; kutsi, L.; kotham, Ka ; ha- 
bow etazeepa, D. {hnopah, M. edzak. Ka. {tamfa, K.; atitaam, T. 
beerahhah, Min. (Minetaree); ware-  faru, C. ‘ {nika, T 
