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rules of construction, and he can express the 

 nicest shades of meaning by the introduction of 

 a single sound. 



The older Indians had a good deal of pride in 

 their language and aimed to speak it with pro- 

 priety. When the French came amongst them, 

 bringing many things they had never before 

 heard of, then they either attempted to use the 

 French name or they coined a new word ; for 

 example, they called the French Wenjoo, and 

 they named cow Wenjooteam, meaning French 

 moose, as Tedm is their name for moose. An 

 apple they named Wenjoosoon, or French cran- 

 berry. The Indian name for horse is Taseboo ; 

 this is a mere attempt to use the French des 

 chevaux. They had no oars, but used a paddle 

 instead, which they called ' Thargan ; so they 

 named an oar French paddle : Wenjootaagan. 



A slight change in the termination of a word 

 enables the Indian to express a great variety of 

 meaning. To illustrate, we will take the word 

 for bear, Mooin; for bear's grease, Mooinone; 

 for bear meat, Mooindwd ; for bear skin, Mooinu ; 

 I am a bear, Mooindwe. 



However barren of results Dr. Rand's work 

 may have been from a religous point of view, it 

 was well worth doing from other considerations. 

 It is not for me to say that there were no good 



