COMPARISON OF LANGUAGES. 



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LATIN. 



Invictum animi robur ostensit. 

 Invincible of mind strength he displayed. 



Omnia delicarum instrumenta e 

 All of delicacies the intruments from 



castris ejecit. 

 camp he cast. 



Non amo nimium diligrentes. 

 Not I love overmuch the careful. 



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

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

 here subjoin yet other proofs of a more important relationship : 



SIOUX. 



Tepe nea-tour toocta? 

 Lodge your own where is it ? 



Mea warcliee muzarka nea-tour. 

 I want gun your own. 



Kokepa warneche wecharcha ha. 

 Afraid nothing the man is. 



Minewarka appello warktashne ha 

 Medicine- water I say not good is. 



LATIN. 



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

 appellare,) I declare, I proclaim. 



Bestia, a wild beast. 



CcBca, uncertain^ ambiguous, confu- 

 sed, rash. 



Cogor, one who collects, brings togeth- 

 er, compels, forces, or heaps up. 



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

 to me. 



Mena, a narrow 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 iell^ 

 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 cj 

 materials. 



Mea, /, myself me. 



Mena, a knife. 



Ne, (this word is used precisely the 

 same as in Latin, and has a similar 

 meaning,) not. 



Papa, meat,Jlesh used for food. 



Pater, fire. 



Pea, the foot. 



Tau, (or tab,) a bull. 



Tepe, a lodge. 



Tula, (astonishment,) look! see there! 



I might pursue this comparison to a yet greater extent, were my know- 

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

 confidence that many 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- 

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

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

 or by commerce. 



The argument drawn from the foregoing is still further 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 progresses. 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 hundred years since, and he will 

 readily acknowledge the palpable indications of progressive change. 



