442 BUEEAU OF AMEEICAlSr ETHNOLOGY. [bull. 40 



The Lower Umpqua call themselves Qu'ltc, and refer to their lan- 

 guage as Qu'ltcax wa'as. These terms are of native origin, and are 

 formed from the stem qu'l or qo'l south. The Alsea called them Tkul- 

 7na^k', and they were known to the Coos as Bildjl'yEx, i. e. northern 

 Indians. The Siuslaw refer to themselves as Cd'yucLci^ and were 

 called Ca' yucLe by the Coos and Qwas or Kwas by the Alsea Indians. 

 The etymology of these names could not be ascertained. 



Judging from the scanty notes on Siuslaw obtained by Dorsey and 

 myself, the differences between this dialect and Lower Umpqua were 

 very slight and of a purely phonetic and lexicographic character. No 

 distinct morphological formations were found. The chief phonetic 

 feature that seems to separate these two dialects is the change of a 

 Lower Umpqua n into I in Siuslaw. 



Lower Umpqua Siuslaw 



pafnu pa'l'u well, spring 76.12 



qanl'iial 19.6 qaWnal knife 50.19 



qa'nni qa'lni (D.)^ face 



tsnafwi tsla'we (D.) bone 



Ikwa'nuq'^ Ikwa'luk^ (D.) hat 



The lexicographical differences cover a limited number of stems and 

 words, of which only a few examples may be quoted here. 



Lower Umpqua Siuslaw 



la'n- 23.7 Itffin- to call by name 



xhjp- yiq.'ci^- to split (pitch wood) 



Li'u- 8.3 cBi^mc- to come, to approach 23.2 



t.'dinc 40.19 t/i'lmis (D.) child 



xiod'ka 29.5 qami'ms (D.) head 



ll'tla^ 34.23 wits /u' we (D.) food 



k/wl'yos^ cqa'xtc^ dog 



ho'tan'^ 34.10 ta^'^oEx (D.y horse 



Texts of myths and tales in the Lower Umpqua dialect were col- 

 lected by the author, and were published by Columbia University.* 

 All references accompanying examples refer to page and line of that 

 publication. 



1 Words marked (D.) are quoted from Dorsey 's manuscripts in possession of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology. 



2 Coos kiuVyos. 



3 Apparently related to Alsea tcqenx. 

 ■* Chinook jargon. 



6 Related to Alsea t.'awd'yu. 



6 Lower Umpqua Texts, Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, vol. 4. 



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