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THE SERI INDIANS 



[EIH. ANN. 17 



Co.MPAHATivK, Lists of Seiuax ax!) Yu.max Nimerals 



Serian 



A. tiV^un, stem to'x- 



B. tohoiu, stem toll-, or tox- 

 jtok^'om, stem tokx- 



' Uasbsho, stem tash- 

 taso, stem tas- 



1). 



Itiijon, stem tux-, "first" 



Tiiman 



In examining tbe Serian column, it is apparent that tbe several forms for tbe 

 numeral "one" are homoseneous, their varying outlines being due to tbe language of 

 the collector, and especially to tbe alphabet employed by him. An ajiparently aber- 

 rant form is the iaslisho (C) and tano for taslislio CD). The stem of tbe digit is pre- 

 sumptively to'x- or tokx-; and tosZi- is related to tokx- in the same manner as 

 duchess is to dule in the English tongue. 



The Yumau column is more extensive than the Serian, representing as it does sev- 

 eral well-marked dialects. It will be seen that the DiegueiJo term's for tbe digit 

 "one" collected by Mr Bartlett (15) and Lieutenant Mowry (16) are evidently from a 

 common stem, while that recorded by Dr Loew (14) is as clearly from a different one. 

 But tbe Diegueuo term (24) obtained by Bartlett near Los Angeles is apparently a 

 modiled form of tbe one obtained by Dr Loew. The two forms (25) obtained by Mr 

 Henshaw at Mesa Grande confirm this view. While these forms apparently difler 

 wholly from tbe remainder of tbe Yuman list, yet it seems safe to counect them with 

 the Cochimi digit (I) collected by Dr Gabb. t_)u the other hand, the Cochimi ot 



