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BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



Vittapitcheivayne anpechitchs n e 

 hawper Weroicacomoco^Yovi lie, 

 he stayed ever at Weiowacomoco. 



Kator nehiegh mattagh neer vttap- 

 itcheicaynej Truely lie i.s there I 

 doe not lie. 



Spaughtynere lera<jh wero tc a n c e 

 mawmarinoitgh lehite wairgh pe- 

 yaguaugh. Kuii you then to the 

 King Mawmaryiiough and bid 

 liim come hither 



Vtteke, e peya a-eyack wighwhip, 

 Get you gone, and come againe 

 quickly. 



Kekaten PoJcahontas Patiaquagh 

 niugh tanlcs manotyens neer moic- 

 chick raiorenock audoicgh, Bid 

 Pokahoutas bring hither two 

 little Baskets, and I will giue her 

 white Beads to make her a 

 Chaine. 



FIKIS. 



For purposes of comparison the meager vocabulary of the Pami^ti- 

 cough (Pamlico) Indians, collected by Lawson, may be introduced. 

 The Pamticough tribe were the southernmost tribe of the Algon(|uian 

 stock in the middle Atlantic slope. The list* (excluding the " Tuske- 

 ruro" and "AVoccon")is as follows: 

 One, Weembot. 



Two, Neshinnauh. 



Three, Kish-Avonner. 



Four, Yau-Ooner. 



Five, llmperren. 



Six, Who-yeoc. 



Seven, Toji-po-osh. 



Eight, I^au-haush-shoo. 



Nine, Pach-ic-conk. 



Ten, Cosh. 



Rum, Weesaccou. 



Blankets, JMattosh. 



Wliite, Wop-])oshanmosh. 



Red, Mish-cosk. 



Black or Blue, idem, Mow-cotto- 



wosh. 

 Gunpowder, Pungue. 

 Shot, Ar-rounser. 



Knife, Ilig-cosq. 

 Tobacco, Hoohi^au. 

 Hat, Mottau-quahan. 

 Fire, Tinda. 

 Water, TTmiic. 

 Goat, Taus-won. 

 Awl or Needle, Moc-cose. 

 A Hoe, Rosh-shocquon. 

 Salt, Chnwon. 

 Paint, Mis-kis-'su. 

 Ronoak, Ronoak. 

 Peak, Gau hoo]>top. 

 Gun, Gun tock seike. 

 Gun-lock, Hinds. 

 Flints, Rappatoc. 

 A Flap, Maachone. 

 A Pine Tree, Ounossa. 

 Englishman, Tosh-shonte. 

 Indisins, Nuppin. 



Ax, Tomma-hick. 



The most extended known vocabulary of the Indians of the Pow- 

 hatan confederacy is that of Strachey, published in the Hakluyt collec- 

 tions; but, like that of Smith, it includes various dialects. 



MODE OF SUBSISTENCE. 



The Pamunkey Indians make their living for the most part in true 

 aboriginal style. Their chief occupations are hunting and fishing, 



*Law8oii, History of North Caroliu:i, reprint by Strother & Marconi, Raleigh, 

 1860, pp. 366-369. 



