702 REPORT—1885. 
from the corresponding words in the Algonkin languages. Others, which 
are found on careful examination to be radically the same as the corre- 
sponding Algonkin terms, are yet so changed and distorted that the 
resemblance is not at first apparent. Of this variation and distortion the 
numerals afford a good example. It should be mentioned that in the 
Indian words which follow, the vowels are to be pronounced as in Italian 
or German, and the consonants generally as in English. The only pecu- 
liarities are in the j, which has the French sound (like z in azure), and 
the g, which I have employed to express a sound resembling the German 
guttural ch, as heard in lachen. Mr. McLean writes this sound with ch, 
as in German, and M. Lacombe with 7. It seems to be a trilled guttural, 
approaching the sound which French philologists designate as the r 
grasseyé. 
Blackfoot Cree Ojibway 
One nitokiskam peyak pejik 
two natokam nijo nij 
three newowiskam nisto nisswi 
four nijoim newo niwin 
five nijitji niyanan nanan 
six nawo ningotwasik ningotwasswi 
seven ikitchike tepakoup nijwasswi 
eight nanisho ayenanew nishwasswi 
nine pikkiso kekamitatat jangasswi 
ten kepo mitatat mitaswi 
twenty najippo nijtano nijtana 
thirty neppo nistomitano nissimitana 
one hundred kepippo mitatato-mitano ningotwak 
Other words in ordinary use will show the total unlikeness in some 
cases, and the distorted resemblance in others :— 
Blackfoot Cree Ojibway 
God omakkatose kije-manito kije-manito 
heaven spoutch kitchi kijik kitchi kijik 
day kristikoy kijikaw kijikat 
night kokoy tibiskaw tibikkat 
man matapi ayisiyiniw anisinabe 
woman akew iskwew ikkwe 
boy saqkomapi napesis kwiwisens 
girl akekowan iskwesis ikkwesens 
sun natous pisim gisis 
earth tchaqkoum askiy akki 
water oqki nipiy nipi 
fire tchi iskoutew iskoutew 
river niyetaqkay siply sipi 
lake omaxikimi sakahigan sakahigan 
house napi-oyis waskahigan wakkahigan 
knife stowan mokkouman mokkouman 
kettle iska askik akik 
tree mistis mistek mittik 
my father ninna n’ottawiy n’oss 
my mother nikrista ningawiy ninge 
my son n’oqkowa nikosis nigwis 
my daughter nit’ana nit’anis nind’anis 
my head notokan nistikwan n’istigwan 
my mouth n’ahoy nint-on nind-on 
my teeth n’orpikisth nipita nipita 
my skin n’otokis n’asakay ninjagai 
my tongue natchini nit’eyaniy nin’tenani 
my heart n’oskitchipappi ni-teh ni-teh 
my blood nahaban ni-mik ni-mik 
my leg n’oqkat miskat nikat 
