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could have had him.) Subsequently, when the elder sister had turmed 
Hayela into a dog, ins eya iha na heya, Nis ehay niéakizin kte, eya: She, 
she too laughed and said as You yourself you suffer shall said what 
follows precedes 
too, laughed and said, ‘* You yourself shall suffer (now).” 
INSEPARABLE PRONOUNS. 
On page 13 the author remarks, ‘‘ These forms md and d may have 
been shortened from miye and niye, the n of niye being exchanged for d.” 
In addition to the objections given in the foot note on p. 13, the editor 
offers the following table: — 



Siouan Verbs having | make their 2d and their Ist Possonal an : 
languages. their3dsing.in—  sing.in— | sing. in— See eon: 
| 
Dakota ya- da-(la-) | mda-(bda-,bla-) | Ist, miye 
yu- | du-(1u-) | wdu-(bdu-, blu-) | 2d, niye 
(egiha ¢a- | na-(ona-) bja- Ist, wie, ete. 
| ¢i- | ni-(oni-) bi- 2d, ¢i, ¢ie, ete. 
Kansa ya- hna- | bla- Ist, ti 
yii- | hnii- blii- 2d, yi 
Osage qa- | cta-, ctsa- dta- Ist, wie 
ii | etii-, etsii- déii- 2d, fie 
Kwapa | d¢a- | ta-~ ptca- Ist, wie 
| dei- ti- ptgi- 2d, d¢i, die 
Loiwere | ra- ora- hata- Ist, mire 
ru- oru- | hatu- 2d, dire 
Winnebago | Ya- cara- ya- Ist, ne 
ru- euru- qu- 2d, ne 
Hidatsa da-(dca-) da-(d¢a-) ma- ist, ma, mi 
| du-(dén-) da-(d¢u-) mu- 2d, da (d¢a), di (d¢i) 
Biloxi | da- ida- nda- 1st, Nyindi (nom. ) 
nyint-ka® (obj.) 
du- idu- ndu- 2d, ayindi (nom. ) 
ayint-ka" (obj.) 



N. B.—The Hidatsa and Biloxi modal prefixes da- and du- are not 
exact equivalents of the Dakota ya- and yu-, the (hegiha ¢a- and ¢i-; ete. 
The following appears on page 15: “ Perhaps the origin of the ‘t’ in 
‘tku’ may be found in the ‘ta’ of the 3d person used to denote property.’ 
How can this apply to deksi-tku, his or her mother’s brother, even if it 
could be said of tanksi-tku, his younger sister, and ¢inhin-tku, his or her 
son? While a son or a sister might be transferred to another person’s 
keeping, a mother’s brother could not be so transferred. Such an uncle had 
greater power over his sister’s children than the father had, among the 
Omaha and cognate tribes, and presumably among the Dakota. Among 
the Omaha even an adoptive uncle was conceded this power, as when 
Susette La Fléche (now Mrs. T. H. Tibbles) was invited by her father’s 
brother (a Ponka chief) to remove from the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska 
