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Kdgdt ivahwinaudj ahhenojeeug, is an expression indicating they 

 are very handsome children. But heeweezheewug monetosug denotes 

 small insects. Minno neewugizzi, is "good tempered," "he is good 

 tempered," Mawshininewugizzi^ is " bad tempered," both having 

 their plural in loug. Nin nuneenahwaindum^ " I am lonesome." 

 Nin nuneenahwaindaumin, "we (excluding you) are lonesome." 

 Waiueea^ is a term generally used to express the adjective sense 

 of round. Kivy, is the scalp; iveeivikwy, his scalp. Hence, wee- 

 wukwon, " hat," wayweewukwonid, " a wearer of the hat ;" and its 

 plural, wayiueewuTcivonidjig^ " wearers of the hats" — the usual term 

 applied to Europeans, or white men generally. These examples 

 go to prove that under every form in which the adjective can be 

 traeed, whether in its simplest or most compound state, it is sus- 

 ceptible of number. 



The numerals of the language are converted into adverbs by 

 the inflection iyig^ making one, once^ &c. The unit exists in du- 

 plicate. 



Piizhik, One, general unit. 1 a v j- n 



'' )■ AuDeding, Once. 



Ingoot, One, numerical unit. > 



Neesh, Two. Neeshing, Twice. 



Niswee, Three. Kissing, Thrice. 



Neewin, Four. Neewing, Four times. 



Naunun, Five. Nauning, Five times. 



N'goodwaswH, Six. N'goodwautsking, Six times. 



Neeshwauswa, Seven. Neeshwautshing, Seven times. 



Shwauswe, Eight. Shwautshing, Eight times. 



Shongusswe, Nine. Shongutshing, Nine times. 



Metauswe, Ten. Meetaushing, Ten times. 



These inflections can be carried as high as they can compute 

 numbers. They count decimally. After reaching ten, they re- 

 peat, ten and one, ten and two, &c. to twenty. Twenty is a com- 

 pound signifying two tens; thirty, three tens, &c.; a mode which 

 is carried up to one hundred — nigoodwah. Wok then becomes 

 the word of denomination, combining with the names of the digits 

 until they reach a thousand, meetaiisivauk, literally ten hundred. 

 Here a new compound term is introduced, made by prefixing 

 twenty to the last denominator, neeshtonnah duswak, which doubles 

 the last term, thirty triples it, forty quadruples it, &c. till the 

 computation reaches to ten thousand, n'goodwak dushing n'good- 

 wak, one hundred times one hundred. This is the probable ex- 



