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noq'wikata'na'no ; seven hun- 

 dred, noq'wikan ta"niwok; seven 

 huudred and one, noq'wikan 

 ta"nowok inisi'kta niko'tine'. 

 seventeen, inita'ta noq'wikan- 



hine'; i. e., ten and seven, 

 seventh, noq'wikan liai'awik. 

 seventy, noq'wikan inita'ta. 

 sew, to, me'sokua'san. 

 Shawano. Name of a town and 

 lake in eastern Wisconsin. An 

 old Indian named Sha'wano — 

 " Southerner'' — formerly dwelt 

 on the shore of the lake, which 

 was subsequently named after 

 him. 

 Sheboygan, a hollow bone. — 

 Grignou, Seventy-two Years' 

 Recol. of Wis. in Rep. and Col. 

 Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin, in, 1857, 

 337. 

 shell, es'; pi., e'sak; kona'pamik, 

 the Gyprwa moneta, used in the 

 ceremonies of the "Grand Medi- 

 cine society." Mi'gis of the 

 Ojibwa and Ottawa, 

 shin, kiqkaq'kwun. 

 shoot, to, penio'tsiken. 

 shore, tshik'tshitem. 

 shortly, nowe'ua. 

 shoulder, mita'inimaq'kan. 

 silver, wai'abis'kikssu'nien; i.e., 



white metal or money, 

 similar, heshe'ckeiV; hishe'o- 



keu v '. 

 sinews, otshi'tau; titan'; your 



sinews, kiti'tan. 

 sirup, sne'wakamYta*. 

 sister, elder, ni'me', said by 

 younger brother; sisters, nidi- 

 she n 'nok; elder or younger sis- 

 ters, niko'shimaq'; younger sis- 

 ter, na'se'; my elder sister, 

 nema; my eldest sister, mi'tshi- 

 kiqkwe'wis. 

 six, nikutwa'satii; six times, ni'- 

 kutwa'sa'ta na'no; six hundred, 

 ni'kutw'asiita niwok; six hun- 

 dred and one, ni'kutwasatii ni- 

 wok' misik'ta niko'tine'. 

 sixteen, inita'ta nikutwa'sata- 



hine'; i. e.,ten and six. 

 sixth, niku'twas'ata liai'awik. 

 sixty, ni'kutw'asiita mi'tata; 

 sixty-one, ui'kutwa'siita mi'tata 

 niko'tine'. 



skin, kinok'; so'kuin; antelope 

 skin, oma'skus so'kum. 



skunk, shikak; shika'ko; shika'- 

 go; place of the skunk, shika'- 

 gunk. Ottawa, shi'kago; Cree, 

 shikak, sikak; locative, sikakok. 



sky, ke'slk; ke'shik. I see the 

 sky, ke'slk ina'men. 



slave, mauia'ka v . 



sleep, neban'. 



slip, to, he or she slipped, osha'- 

 shishin'; they slipped, osha'shi- 

 shi'nok. 



slipped, we, ki'tosha'shishine'. 



small, peshe'; awai'tok. 



smoke, na'eta. 



snake, kino'pik; kine'bik. 



snake, grass, ose'kan kino'pik, 

 small green snakefouud in grassy 

 places. 



snake, water, ne'pish kino'pik. 



snow, kon. 



snowshoe, a'kamok; snowshoe 

 tree, a'keina'qtik, name for black 

 elm. 



s n u ff, pe'tskikoma'kan. 



society, medicine, Mitii'wit. 



soil, ne'kan. 



some, ana'; ka'ne. 



somebody, we'iak. 



son, kls; my son, nikis; thy son, 

 ki kis', your sons, kikiso'wawok' ; 

 his or her son, oki"san. 



soon, so'kana"niu v ; as soon, or 

 as soon as, kaiyes'. 



soot, wepena'atii. 



sour, she'weqnni. 



south, sawa'no; ssa'wano; sha'- 

 wano. See Shawano. 



south wind, sa'wana'nan. 



sparrow-hawk, pipo'nii'ne v ; ke'- 

 shawa'toshe. 



speak, ki'kitwon. 



spear (war), mita'niqti, mitau'- 

 niqti. 



spears (fish), hani'tiyou. 



spirit (of dead), mita'tsISk'; the 

 " shade, or shadow," of the dead, 

 which is supposed to hover about 

 his home for four days. 



spirits, kawa'tokan, i. e., super- 

 natural beings. 



spittle, siiqkom'. 



sport, ouii'nekuot. 



spot, that, kiyu'. 



spray, nipett' pakote'fr, i. e., "fly- 

 ing water." 



