OF THE HUMAN FAMILY. 



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There are separate terms in this dialect for grandfather and grandmother. On 

 the father's side Is-7iah'-pa, and In-kah'-no, used by the males, and In-chau'-wa and 

 In-tchit-che-a'-ci, used by the females ; and for the same relationship on the mother's 

 side, Is-see'-la and In-chau-wa, used by the males and females. This is the first 

 instance yet found of the discrimination of the ancestors on the father's side from 

 those on the mother's side, but this is limited to the maternal grandfather. There 

 are also separate terms for father and mother, En-le-a'-u and E-sko'-i, used by the 

 males, and En-ne-mes' -teem and En-tome' ', used by the females ; for son and daughter 

 Is-kivoos-sa and Is-tum-che-alt ; and for grandson and granddaughter, namely, for 

 son's son and son's daughter, Is-hah'pa and In-chau'-wa, and for daughter's son and 

 daughter's daughter, Is-se'-la and In-chit-che-a. It will be observed that three of 

 these terms for grandchildren are applied equally to grandparents, showing them 

 to be reciprocal. 



There are terms for elder brother, En-kats'-tch, used by the males, and En'l-ka7i7c'- 

 tsci, used by the females ; and a common term, Eril-chit'-sha, for elder sister ; for 

 younger brother, Is-sin'-sa, used by the males, and Is-sis'-son-sa, used by the females ; 

 and common term, Erfl-lsUs-a-opes 1 ', for younger sister. Beside these there are terms 

 for brother and sister in the abstract, En-se-laclit' , and Is-soo-sin-am' ; and for 

 brothers and sisters in the plural. The great number of these terms, and the 

 tendency to minute specializations throughout the Spokane system, increase the 

 necessity for full details of the classification, as well as the whole of the nomen- 

 clature, to a right understanding of the system itself. The Spokane nomenclature 

 is twofold to a greater extent than any previously presented. 



First Indicative Feature. My brother's son and daughter, Ego a male, are my 

 son and daughter, Kas-koo'-sa and Ka-stum'-che-alt. To the first Is-se-malt is added, 

 as some kind of qualification. With Ego a female, I call my brother's son In-teef- 

 kwl, and he calls me the same. This is another instance of reciprocal relationship. 

 In the Flathead the term Ti-kul, the same word dialectically changed, is applied 

 by a female to her father's sister, and it seems probable that it is also applied by a 

 woman to her brother's son, as in the Spokane. My brother's daughter I call 



Sluelt, Nepos et neptis (patre mor- Nhoiztn, 



tuo). 



Zneehlgu, Gener. Luestn, 



Zepu, Nurus. S'chelp, 



Segunfemt, Parentes matrimonio juncto- 



rum. St'mels, 



Sestem, Levir vel fratria. le mari de Snkusigu, 



sa sceur, ou la femme de 



sou frere. Snkusgusigu, 



Ischeu, Uxor fratris uxoris. le femme 



du frere de sa femme. 

 Kolemut, Cognatus. le mari de la soeur 



de son mari ou la femme du 



frere de son mari. 



Lever et fratria (alterutro 



mortuo). 



Vetrieus et noverca. 



Nurus (filio mortuo), la veuve 



de son fils. 



Propinquus, affinis, etc. 

 Patruelis sobrinus, consan- 



guineus. 

 (Plur). Les cousins, les cou- 



sines, les parens (generice), 



etc." 



Grammar, App. 117. 



