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more careful of their speech than the Koriaks. 
theory gains no support from philology. 
If in this paper I have not exhibited the relation of the Iroquois 
dialects to those of all the divisions of the Khitan family, it is not 
from lack of material or in order to avoid any difficulty. I have 
purposely chosen for comparison languages the most remote in place 
and in time of separation from the original tongue, languages of 
peoples most unlike in present feature and character, whose sole con- 
necting link has been supposed to be the common possession of a 
complieated grammatical system marked by polysynthesis. That I 
have succeeded in showing the relation of these languages to one 
another and at least to some of the intermediate members of the 
Khitan family, will be granted, I doubt not, by all true philologists 
who do not shut their eyes at antecedent improbability. 
The Atlantis 
RULE I. 
THE JROQUOIS REPLACES THE BASQUE / AND r BY 2. 
Basque. RULE APPLIED. Troquols, ENGLISH. 
1. ortz, hortz ontz, hontz onotchia, honozzia tooth 
2. hilargia hilangia kelanquaw moon 
3. aizkora aizkona ahdokenh axe 
4. agurea agunea akaion old 
5. arraultzia annauntzia onhonchia egg 
6. herio henio kenha dead 
7. kharrika khannika chanheyens road 
(Dacotah, canga) 
8. arrain annain kunjoon fish 
9. erhia enhia enia finger 
10. oscola oscona askoonta bark 
Note.—ILLuStRATIONS OF THE RULE IN OTHER LANGUAGES. 
BASQUE FORMS. 
1. ortz = rytti, Koriak ; aredoche, Yuma 
TROQUOIS FORMS. 
onotchia — innotay, noti, Choctaw; ente, 
hortz = kertshi, Lesghian; kiru, Quichua int, Natchez; noto, Shoshonese; neas, 
nigh, nagha, Lenca 
2, hilargia —hullyar, Yuma; coyllor, Quichua kelanquaw = gailgen, Koriak; yelonsha, 
Yukahiri ; hoolenwah, Pueblos. 
3. aizkora—masakari, Japanese, Aino; ata- ahdokenh — adagauu, Koriak; tlateconi, 
carte, Yuma Aztec. 
4. agurea =herau, Lesghian; kooruk, Yuma; akaion = ukna, okna, Lesghian; kon, 
karrahairea, Dacotuh Dacotah 
5. arraultzia ==lilchatsh, Kamtchatdale ;runto, onhonchia, =nyhatch, Kamtchatdale ; nanki, 
Quichwa Shoshonese 
6. heriv, heriotce, = haratz, Lesghian ; kenha = chana, Lesghian; hinata, Aymara 
earrasha, Dacotah 
7. kharrika — shara, Georgian: chuldu, chanheyens = chuni, huni, Lesghian ; eanga, 
Lesghian ; kir, Corean Dacotuh; hinah, Choctaw 
8. arrain atlan, Aztec kunjoon = ennen, innaen, Koriak; henn, 
Natchez; kanu, Aymara 
9 erhia = kilish, Lesghian; gelyhat, Koriak; enia = onkahah, Dacotah 
10. 
hal, leniset 
oscola = kerki, Georgian ; ichalgyn, Koriak ; 
kara, Quichua 
askoonta = kani, Georgian (skin); cangha, 
chanha, Dacotah 
