BULLETIN 



OF THE 



ITTJTIE. 



VOL. 2. SALEM, MASS.., MAY, 1870. No. 5. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. 10 Cents a Single Copy. 



VOCABULARY OF FAMILIAR WORDS USED BY 

 THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. 



BY EDWARD E. CHEVER 



THE following vocabulary contains some of the familiar 

 words, with their signification, in use among the Indians 

 of California, which Mr. Chever was able to recall after 

 the lapse of several years from the time of his residence 

 among them. 



No-to-um, North ; Co-win-ne, South; Pue-ne, East; 

 Tawi-de, West ; Tocom, red ; Cok-ok-om, white ; Cat- 

 cat-irn, black ; Cut-cut-im, blue ; Pocom, head ; Il-lim, 

 hair ; Hin-nim, eye ; Sumum, nose ; Tcha-wam, mouth ; 

 Ma-cher-wim, chin; Mu-sum, cheek; Bb-nom, ear; Yim- 

 inim, arm; Piem, foot; Pit-ti-ta-tim, heel; Nan-nam, 

 .breast; Kus-kus-se, strong; Ha-na-na, handsome ; Wiii- 

 nem, good ; Was-sun, bad ; Pit-tu, mean ; Nim, large ; 

 Ne-de-qun, very large ; Tehid-i-ku, small ; Te-hid-i-ku- 

 wit-te, very small; Ween, none ; Hip-pe-ne, high; Hon- 

 de, low ; Lam-de, far ; Lam-de-qun, very far ; Hum-pu-e- 

 de, outside ; Ah-e, five ; Su-kum, smoke ; Mu-me, water ; 

 Mum-de, river or pond ; Hol-chim, grass ; Utim, acorn ; 

 Ma-te, bread ; Holtirn, sturgeon ; Mi^em, salmon ; Petch-u, 



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