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Taos, New ^lexico, where, coming- as he did fresh from the Kiowa 

 field, an excellent opportunity was afiforded during the following- 

 weeks for comparison of the Tanoan with the Kiowa. In addition 

 to ahundant grammatical material, the vocabulary of the language 

 was thoroughly studied. For instance, the lists of names of plant 

 and animal species were made very complete, and although the 

 work was primarily a linguistic one many new identifications were 

 obtained. 



Fig. I2S. — \ entureho Informant. 



Comi)arative studies of the two idioms in Oklahoma and X'ew 

 Mexico furnished an overwhelming- weight of evidence supporting 

 the discovery of the genetic relationship of Tanoan and Kiowa, 

 and show that the Tano-Kiowan is an olTshoot of that great stock 

 of languages which gave rise to the Uto-Aztecan. The relationship 

 between Tanoan and Kiowa is comparatively close and is the more 

 remarkable because the Kiowa are a small tribe having the culture 



