164 On the Languages of the Oregon Territory. 



English, one. 



Svssce, uttegar. 



Eskimo, attowseak. 



adaitsuk. 



adoajak. 



atamek. 



English, three. 



Sussee, tanky. 



Kenai, tohchke. 



Tacidli, toy. 



CMpcimjan, taghy. 



English, four. 



Htcssee, tachey. 



Kenai, tenki. 



Taculli, tingkay. 



Chipcwyan, dengky. 



English, seven. 



Sussee, checheta. 



Mohaivl; chahtahk. 



Onondago, tschoatak. 



Seneca, jawdock. 



Oneida, tziadak. 



Nottoway, ohatay. 



English, ten. 



Sussee, cuneesenunnee. 



Chipewyan, canothna. 



Laying these two languages aside, and reserving the Black- 

 foot for future inquiries, the other vocabularies are referrible 

 to two recognized groups. The Nagail and Taculli are what 

 Gallatin calls Athabascan. All the rest are what Pritchard 

 calls Nootka-Columbian. Respecting the former class, the 

 evidence is unequivocal, and the fact generally admitted. 

 Respecting the latter, the statement requires consideration. 



At first glance, Mr Tolmie's vocabularies differ materially 

 from each other ; and only a few seem less unlike each other 

 than the rest. Such are the Kliketat and Shahaptan, the 

 Calapooiah and Yamkallie, the Kawitchen and Tlaoquatch, 

 the Chenook and Cathlascou. Besides this, the general dif- 

 ference between even the allied vocabularies is far more visi- 

 ble than the general resemblance, Finally, the numerals 

 and the fundamental terms vary in a degree beyond what 

 we are prepared for, by the study of the Indo-European 

 tongues. 



Recollecting, however, the compound character of the most 

 fundamental words, characteristic of all the American lan- 

 guage ; recognising, also, as a rule of criticism, that in the 

 same class of toDgues the evidence of the numerals is unim- 



