DOKaEv.l AUTHORITIES — ALPHABET. 363 



ButiiiOTTER (George), a Dakota, MS. Teton texts. 1887-88. Translated by J. 



Owen Dor.sey. Hureau of Ethnology. 

 Fletcher (Miss Alice C), The Sun-dunce of tbe Ogalalla Sioux. In Proc. Am. 



Assoc. Adv. Sci., Montreal meeting, 1882, pp. 580-584. 

 'Fletcher (Miss Alice C), several articles in Kept. Peabody Museum, vul.S, 1884, 



pp. 260-333. 

 HovEY (Rev. H. C), "Eyay Shab," in Am. Antiiiuarian, Jan., 1887, pp. 35, 36. 

 Long (Maj. S. H. ), Skiff "Voyage to Falls of St. Anthony. In Minn. Histor. See. 



Coll., vol. 11, pt. 1, pp. 18, 19, 55. 

 Lynd (J. W.), Religion of the Dakotas. In Minn. Histor. Soc. Coll., vol. ii, pt. 2, 



pp. 57-84. 

 Pond (G. H.), Dakota Superstitions. In Minn. Histor. Soc. Coll., vol. ii. pt. 3, pp. 



82-62. 

 ElGGS (S. R.), Tbeogouy of the Sioux. In Am. Antiquarian, vol. ii. No. 4. pp, 265- 



270. 



. In Am. Antiq.. vol. v, 1883, p. 149. 



. In Am. Philolog. Assoc. Proc, 3d An. Sess., 1872. pp. 5, 6. 



. Tah-koo Wah-kon, or, The Gospel Among the Dakotas, 1869. 



Say (Thois.), in James (E.), Account of Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., vol i, Phil., 1823. 

 SiiEA (J. GiL.MAUY), Am. Cath. Missions, N. Y. (after 1854). 

 Smet ( Rev. P. J. DE), Western Missions and Missionaries, N. Y. (n. d.). 

 WoODBURN (Dr. .1. M., .Ir.), MS. Letter and Teton Vocabulary, 1890. Biirean of 



Ethnology. 



ALPHABET. 



§ 3. With the exception of seven letters taken from Riggs's Dakota 

 Dictionary, and wliicli are used only in tlie Dakota words, the characters 

 used in recoi'ding the Indian words occurring in this paper belong to 

 the alphabet adopted by the Bureau of Ethnology. 



a, as in fntlier. j, ,is z in azure, or as / in the French 



'a, an initially exploded a. Jaiujues. 



a, as in what, or as o in not. \. a medial k, a sonant-surd. 



'a, an initially exploded a. _ k', an exploded k. See next letter. 



ii, as in hut. k (in Dakota), an exploded k. 



c, as sh in she. See .s. ij (in Dakota), aftera vowel has the sound 



0, a medial sh, a sonant-surd. of ii in the French ban. .See ". 



i, (Dakota letter), as ch in church. m(inKansa), a medial in, a sound between 



9, as th in thin. m and b. 



5, a medial 5, sonant-surd. n, as v;/ in sing. 



^, as th in the. hn, its initial sound is expelled from the 



e, as in fhey. nostrils and is scarcely heard. 



'e, an initially ex)>loded e. o, as in no. 



5, as in (jet. 'o, an initially exploded o. 



'e, an initially exploded S. d, a medial b or p, a sonant-surd. 



g, as in I/O. p', an exploded p. 



g (in Dakota), 17/t. See x. q, as German c7i. in ar/i. See b. 



q (in Osage), an h after a pure or nasal- 8, a medial z or s, a sonant-surd. 



ized vowel, expelled through the mouth .s (in Dakota), as sh in she. See c. 



with the lips wide apart. %. a medial d or t, a sonant-surd. 



]i (in Dakota), kh, etc. See q. t', an exploded t. 



i, as in machine. u, as 00 in tool. 



% an initially exploded i. 'u, an initially exploded u. 



1, as in pin. u, as 00 in foot. 



