COMPARISON OF LANGUAGES. 



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LATIN. 



Invictum animi robur ostensit. 

 Invincible of mind strength he displayed. 

 Omnia delicarum instnimenta e 



All of delicacies tlie intruments from 

 castris ejecit. 



camp he cast. 

 Non amo nimium diligeutes. 



Not I love overmuch tJie careful. 



SIOUX. 

 Tepe nea-tour toocta ? 

 Lodge your own where is it 1 

 Mea warchee muzarka nea-tour. 

 I want gun your own. 

 Kokepa warneclie wecharcha ha, 

 Afraid nothing the man is. 

 Minewarka appello warktaslme ha 

 Medicine- water I say not good is. 



. A mere glance at the foregoing will at once show the constructional 

 eimilarity between the two ; and, to illustrate the proposition still farther, I 

 nere subjoin yet other proofs of a more important relationship : 



LATIN. 



Appello, (pres. ind., 1st per. sing.; inf. 

 appellare,) I declare^ I proclaim. 



Bestia, a wild beast. 



Caeca, uncertain^ ambiguous^ confu- 

 sed^ rash. 



Cogor, 0716 who collects^ brings togeth- 

 er, compels, forces, or heaps up. 



Mea, (mens, a, um.) of or belonging 

 tome. 



Mena, a narroto sharp fish. 



Ne, (this when affixed to a word or a 

 sentence gives it a negative signi- 

 fication,) no, not. 



Papae, rare, excellent, wonderful. 



Pater, father. 



Pes, the foot. 



Taurus, a bull. 



Tepor, warmth. 



Tuor, (tui, tutus sum,) to look, to see. 



SIOUX. 



Appello, I declare, I proclaim, I tell, 



I make known. 

 Beta, a buffalo. 



Ceicha, bad, disorderly, unsound. 

 Cogor, a maker of anything, a manu' 



facturer, one loho produces a thing 



by an ingenious arrangement ^ 



materials. 

 Mea, I, myself, me. 

 Mena, a knife. 

 Ne, (this word is used precisely the 



same as in Latin, and has a similar 



meaning,) not. 

 Papa, meat, flesh used for food. 

 Pater, fire. 

 Pea, the foot. 

 Tau, (or tab,) a bull. 

 Tepe, a lodge. 

 Tula, (astonishment,) look! see there! 



I might pursue tliis comparison to a yet greater extent, were ray know- 

 ledge of Sioux sufficiently full and critical for the task, (for I have a firm 

 confidence that mririy other similarities might be pointed out, quite as glar- 

 ing in their character as any of the above ;) but, enough, I trust, has al- 

 ready been said to fortify the position so largely warranted by the pre- 

 (nises, to wit : that in former ages the Romans maintained a foothold upon 

 the American continent, and had inlercourse with this nation, either by arms 

 cr by commerce. 



The argument drawn from the foregoing is still furtlier strengthened, 

 when we take into consideration the fact, that language is constantly vary- 

 ing in its form, and changing the meaning and pronunciation of its words, 

 as time progi-esses. To exemplify this more clearly and forcibly, let the 

 reader compare the works of standard English authors of the present day 

 with those of the like not more than five imndred years since, and he will 

 feadily acknowledge the palpable indications of progressive c twinge. 



