604 REPORT— 1900. 



For counting trees they use the following ; — 



1 tree 'ntce'wa. 



2 trees anoso'wa. 



3 „ tcanBte'wa. 



When counting canoes the following may be employed : — 



1 canoe natcakoitl. ' 



2 canoes Samakoitl. 



3 ,, tcanakoltl. 



It will be observed that the method of forming the class numerals in the 

 Sk-qo'mic differs considerably from that employed in N'tlaka'pamuQ. I find no 

 instance of reduplication of the stem. 



It will also be observed that 'two,' kc, is sometimes expressed by u'nos and 

 sometimes by sama' or tsama'. The former of these terms is peculiar to the 

 Sk'qo'mic and their northern neighbours the StlatlumH, according to Dr. Boas's 

 hfalish Comparative Vocabulary. The latter is found in the SEQua'pmuQ of the 

 interior, and also among the Coast Salish. I could find no trace of either in 

 N'tlaka'pamuQ, where cai'a is uniformly employed to express ' two' &c. 



Numeral Adverbs. 



These are not so regularly formed as in the N'tlaka'pamuQ, though we find the 

 same characteristic sufiix ' -atl ' in both, thus ; — 



once natcauq. 

 twice tsama'. 

 thrice tcEnauq. 



4 times qauEtsna'tl. 



5 „ tsi'etca'tl. 



6 „ t'a'qatca'tl. 



7 „ t'a'qosa'tcatl. 



8 „ t'qa'tcatl. 



' Eleven ' appears under a strange form here. 



ADJECTIVES. 



The regular position of the adjective is lefore the word it qualifies, thus : tuta^t, 

 tE tlk-aitc, ' bright the moon;' haha'tl e'tsi siwe'Eka ' good are these men,' baha'tl 

 slwe'Eka e'tse, good are these men. In such phrases as ' this house is good ' and 

 ' this is a good house,' they mark the difference thus : hatl tl ufi lam = ' this house is 

 good ; ' tl iia lam hatl = ' this is a good house.' 



The adiective invariably agrees in number with the qualified word, as in tlie 

 examples above. Comparison of the adjective is effected in the following manner : — 



Positive Comparative Superlative 



hatl, good {oTra^tcYatl,} moi-egootl nao'n hatl, best 



The superlative is also expressed by tone, the speaker drawing out the positive 

 forms on a rising note much as little children do with us in English. 



Of the two forms in the comparative the former is clearly the same term as 

 ♦ first ' in the ordinals ; the latter is a preposition signifying ' above,' ' over,' &c. 



ADVEEBS. 



The function and position of the adverb are much the same as in N'tlaka'pamuQ. 

 When t espresso ' time ' it is invariably placed before the verb, thus : — 



Tci'atl i'm§ tce'Ek tE tlk-aitc, ' the moon will ri.se soon; ' tei'atl tcin-l-nam, ' I 

 must go soon; ' natcavq kuisE's me tEn lam, 'he came tp piv hoiige opce ;' fle'slc't 

 tcia-trd'a^nam, ' often I ussd to go,' 



