HUGO RIED'S ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS 



LETTER III. 



The Santa Inez tongue is understood by the Indians of 

 the Purissima, Santa Barbara 4 and San Buenaventura, 

 with this difference, that the two latter splutter their 

 words a little more, which almost seems impossible ! 

 The I is used in this tongue, although not in the Gabrielino, 

 which is strange. The only word in the Gabriel tongue 

 which has an I is an interjection, alala, equal to Oho! 

 The Serranos have no I either, in use, and their language 

 is as easy as that of San Gabriel. 



The Serranos generally employ a <, when the Gabriel- 

 inos would use an r. 



LETTER IV. 



Gabrielino. 



Father, mother, husband, son, daughter, face, hair, ear, 

 tongue, mouth and friend, are words never used without 

 a personal pronoun, as : 



Father, nock, my father, ni nack, thy father, mo nack, 

 his or her father, a nack. 



Husband and wife. If they have had children, instead of 

 saying ni asum, my husband, they often say ni tdliaisum, 

 which may be translated part of my body. 



All brothers older than the speaker are styled apa; 

 ni apa, my brother ; all younger, by apeitz; ni apeitz, my 

 younger brother. They have no word to express Indian. 

 Tahat signifies people. The whites are termed chichina- 

 bro, reasonable beings. 



Face and eyes are expressed by the same word. 



Ear, nanah; the leaves of a tree are called its ears. 



Snow and ice are the same. 6 



Tobagnar, the whole earth ; lahur, a portion of it, a 

 piece of land. 



