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Future, e^et — 1 Nvill go hither, to express the tenninatioa 

 to which, eeiit — they will go hitlier, or it is said, e^e, echie, 

 ehrc, ene. Dual, eande, ete, csfe, oi'de^ aide. Plural, 

 eatsey ekve, eskve, chende, enende, een. Remark, the fol- 

 lowing future i» used with the partieles to express the 

 followiui^, first and second persons. Teke — I will come or 

 I will return from hence, tese. Dual, tetiande, tetife, 

 tetiate. Plural, tctici^e, tetikve, tetiskae, tetien — they will 

 return, to express the third persons it is said, earo — to be, 

 he will come here; ckmc — she; e9e — they two; cte — they 

 two ; ethende — numy ; ek^ende — many. To express the 

 termination by which it is said a^etande or a^et — I shall go 

 there ; fientande — they will go. 



Aorist, a^e, igo, ae/ife, ar'e, awe. Dual, aande, ete, este, 

 fi'nde, andc. Plural, aa^ne, ek»e, eskve, o/iende, a»e/uleaen 

 — they go ; uune, iske — behold I come again ; onui i^e — 

 behold I come ; untnc — 1 come from thence. Impersonal, 

 o/itaeu — they come from thence ; tonta^c — I return from 

 thence; (showing the [)lace from whence one is gone), as, 

 whence comest thou ? Annenontuchie ? — I come from 

 Quebec; tratontari ^eonta^ejien x>ia^kcto)da^e — I return from 

 the fields. Hut to express, I come or return from hunting, 

 18 used the single word lena^ate^ nduHuchfunen — I come or I 

 return from hunting, i was gone to hunt. Thus a often- 

 dat nnon/i'e/t — I come or return from praying to God; and 

 yet u kindred signification of the verb is this, I was gone 

 lu pray to (iod ; a^caro/iosoiDH'/i — I come or I return from 

 fixliing. 'I'hc present of the verb vimon is sometimes used, 

 as, oiuiiske d'ajitien daen nnn^nen — I return from praying 

 to Ciod ; onne iske d'aa^kiyiunnen — I return from war. 

 Future in the first and second person;', staiituteke'se' — I 

 will not come, <»r, I will not lelurn. UtanUitcxca^e, or, 



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