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ilfooji, slo-kwfilm ; new moon, sUvt, o-l;ci', walio.t'a-luib, csket'alui ; /k/Z, tc'-clc linp, 

 ska-ka.lak'-ho ; tcatie, tsa, tuts-a'-lusbo; darh of the moon, es-tukh-a-hu {gone out, 

 cxUngidshcd). The siguificatiou of tbe other words was not exphiiucd. See ^^My- 

 thology ". 



Morning, klOp. See " Sunrise ". 



Mortar [of stone, for ]}ounding seeds, a metate), ke-iiotl. 



Mother. See " Relationships ". 



Mount, to {as a horse), o-ke'la-gwil ; I mount my horse, kaila-gwils)iid hwul sti-ake'yu. 



]\lotmtain, swa'-tatsh, spokwub, sma-del : a snow pealc, skels ; a hill, klup ; to ascend, 



kwa'-tatsh. 



JHouth, kad' hu ; to open the mouth, o-ka'-had ; to shut the mouth, o-kub-bo'-sub ; with the 

 mouth 2)ursed tip, as-tohiit\-(\i\i]; open-lipped, as-kfidas; themouth ofariver, e'-lot-sid. 

 This word offers some curious speciilatious ; as-kfid-as, as shown, means ojjen-lip- 

 ped, showing the teeth, a term applicable to the kamas rat {geomys) ; skad'h; the hairy- 

 tailed rat {neotoma), and tlie pine-squirrel {sciurus), skadzu. All these, and esi)ecially 

 the first two, are notorious thieves, ska'-da. It would therefore seem at least 

 ^ pro! able that the animals took their names from their jieculiar conformation, and 

 their habits suggested the name which has thus obtained for thief. Further, the 

 practice of courtship among young Indians is for the lover to lie with his sweet- 

 heart, skuds, by stealth, whence o-kad-dab, o-kuddub, wokud-dub-ukh, to court or 

 malce love to; tuskuddub, a sirwwyje*; and de'-bel skuddub, a bastard or child 

 without recognized father. Finally, the same root is found in skOd-zalekw', sodomy, 

 and in skud-zalabt'hu, equivalent to the French lougre. 



Move {to malce room), dzukhtzut ; to more from place to place, gwitshgwitsh. 



Much. See " J/a/i2/ ". 



Muddy, icet, as-lukw, as luk-wadub ; to become muddy, tutewk'o-bil, tuste' obil, othu- 

 pud-dub. 



Mule, hekw-gwil-de' (hekw kwil-ladi, big ears). 



My, gutl atsa {belonging to me), tid, sh, slied, (fem.) sed ; my horsc,giit\ atsa sti ake'-yu ; 



1 thinlc so {so my heart), as-is'-ta tid hutch ; / am glad {glad my heart), o juil tid 

 hutch ; my friend, shid-a' shud ; my /iowse, shed a'-lal ; my wife, sed cbugwush. Sh 

 appears to be the prefix in addressing or speaking of male relatives; s, which is 

 the feminine prefix also, in speaking of or to females, e. g., bad, father ; sha'-ba, 

 my father ; skoi, mother ; sa'ko, my mother ; ke'-ya, grandmother ; se-ke'-ya, my 

 grandmother; ka-se', wncZe ; shukus e, my uncle, &c. Siee '■^ Eelationships". 



Mythological characters. There is some confusion as to the identity and offices of the 

 principal personages recognized by the difl:erent tribes, though the system is sub- 

 stantially the same with all. The most important among the Niskwallies is Slo- 

 kwalm, the Moon, who, in conformity with their ideas and habits, is the elder brother 

 and superior of Klo' kwatl, the Sun, both having been born of a woman without 

 the intervention of a father. The relation to these of Dokwibatl, the Skagit and 

 Skyhwamish deity (so to speak) is uncertain. By some he was represented to me 

 as tbe chief of all, holding the same rank with the Ika'nam of tbe T'sinuks, 

 Anioteken of the Flatbeads, and Time'hu of the Spokaus. By others he was con- 

 founded with H wun ue'. Slo-kwalm is the Spa-ka'-ni of the Flatbeads, except that 

 they, like some other tribes, thought the sun and moon to be tbe same, or at least 



