lii ETUNOGRAPUIC SKETCH. 



They are fpo, ipshiina, etchmu'nna, a dak, hapush (cf. also hapa kangaroo 

 rat and striped squirrel in Noja) and probably also kala hot-wafer basket, 

 madna sunjioiver. 



Its southeastern or Fit Biver dialect shows a number of terms probably 

 not loaned, but resting upon some indefinite common affinity. Thus ddshash 

 milk, breast, udder is in Pit River fdshit female breast (cf. Ara: litchis milk), 

 wan silver fox, dim. wanaga, in Pit River kwAn silver fox and wan- in 

 wanekpi'isha fox; kaila earth is in Pit River kc^la, taktilkli red is ta%ta;^e, 

 tidshi ffood is tussi, tiishi, ko'sh j/me tree is kashii. 



The only families in which a considerable number of terms possibly 

 rests upon a real and not fancied kinship are those of Wayiletpu and 

 Sahaptin. 



WAYILETPU DIALECTS. 



Wayiletpu, of which two dialects only are known or accessible to us, 

 Kayuse and Molale, shows the following affinities: 



Kl. gi to be, to exist, Molale, gisht he is, gishlai he will be. Compare to 

 this in Mafdu: bishi alive and dwellinf/ place; Wintun: bim to be (present 

 tense). 



Kl. ke, kek this; Kayuse, ka, k6, ke, kai this, this one. 



Kl. gu, ku, kune that; Kayuse, ku, ka, ku yiiwant that man, kappik 

 the)/. 



Kl. I'ua, d. yana downward, yaina mountain; Molale, yangint elevation. 



Kl. Vdk forehead ; Molale, lakunuiyace. 



Kl. la'pi, lap two; Molale, lapka two, lapitka seven; Kayuse, lipu} i, 

 liplint two; liplil twins. 



Kl. lukua to be hot, warm, l(')kuash warm, hot, and heat, luluks fre; 

 Kayuse lokoyai warm, hot. 



Kl. mukmiikli cinnamon-complexioned (originally "downy"), tch'muka 

 to be dark (as night); Molale, moka dark, mukimuki dark complexioned ; 

 nuikinmk'=wai "black mfii\," negro. 



Kl. mpato, pato cheek, cf. patpatli; Molale, paktit cheek. 



Kl. na'dsh one; Kayuse, na one; Molale, nanga one, composes ntipitka 

 six. 



