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The terminations of the ‘‘preter’” tense of the suppositive mode 
are patently allied to those of the present tense of the same mode. 
The distinctive mark is a final s. It will be observed from the 
following table that the endings for HE—ME, HE—HIM, HE—THEM 
an. correspond to the Fox potential subjunctive: 
I we excl. we incl. thou ye | he | they an. 
Intrans.. . | -os -ogkis -as -ogkis -ogkis | -ohetlis 
MBs ee — —_ = -€as -cogkus -is | -(e)hettis 
usiexdl: . |. _ _ = -cogkus 
uSinel: . °% — -kqueogkus -kqueogkus 
thee ; « | =nos -nogkus = = — -kqueas -kqueas 
you .. . | -négkus -nogkus — — — -kquedgkus -kquedgkus 
him . . . | -nogkus -nogkutus -as -ogkus -08 -ahettis 
them. . . | -nogkus -nogkutus -as -dgkus -0s | -ahettis 
it, them in- | -wmos -umogkus -umésa | -umdégkus | -ukis | -wmahettis 
an.(?) 
The negative verb is formed by the insertion of -oo- (0), which 
apparently corresponds to Delaware -wi-. Examples are: Natick 
kuppaumunop 1 DID NOT PAY THEE, Delaware atta k’ pendolowip 1 pip 
NOT HEAR THEE. 
The inanimate plural of nouns resembles the-Piegan and Cheyenne 
forms. 
The cluster sk is kept as in Cree and the Eastern subtype of the 
Eastern-Central major division of Algonquian languages; the com- 
bination of a sibilant + p and ¢ presumably become ‘p and ‘tf, respec- 
tively, though this is not certain, owing to the deficient alphabet: 
Cree micpun IT IS SNOWING, SNOW, Fox me‘pu- TO snow, Natick 
muhpoo 1T sNows; Cree mictig woop, Fox me'tegwi TREE, Shawnee 
mtegwi, Ojibwa me*tig (Turtle Mountain), Natick mehtug, Delaware 
mehittuck, Minsi michtuk; Cree miskawew (Lacombe) HE FINDS HIM, 
Fox me‘k- To FIND, Malecite muskuwan HE FOUND HER, Natick 
miskom HE FINDS IT; Cree maskwa BEAR, Fox ma kwa, Shawnee 
mwa, Ojibwa ma‘kwa, Peoria maxkwa, Natick mosq. (There are 
also cases where asibilant apparently is retained before pin Natick.) 
The characteristic consonantic clusters of the Eastern subtype are 
wanting, and it should be noticed that J also is lacking, confirming 
the opinion that Natick belongs to the Central type. 
Owing to the deficient alphabet it is difficult to determine the true 
consonantic clusters of the language. The groups -dt- and -gk- and 
-bp- are merely graphic for strong sonants so characteristic of many 
American Indian languages. The accretion -n-, -m- occurs but does 
not agree with Ojibwa in usage, now having it where lacking in 
Ojibwa, now lacking it where Ojibwa has it. Thus, wompi wHiTE, 
