ON THE NOKTH-WESTERX TRIBES OF CANADA, 



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In the Tenth Eeport of the Committee (p. 33) I have compiled the known words 

 of the Tinneh dialect that in former times was spoken in the Nicola Valley. I have 

 compared these words with Chilcotin and Netca'ut'in words, first by asking for the 

 equivalents of the English words, then by pronouncing the Nicola Valley words. 

 In a number of cases I obtained equivalents which showed close correspondence. 



English 

 woman 

 black bear 



ram of mountain sheep 

 ewe of mountain sheej) 

 mountain sheep 

 lake trout 

 snake 

 hear berry 

 horn 

 arrow 

 child 

 take it ! 



Nicola Valley Chilcotin Netca'ut'in 



tsik'hi, tsc-akai' tse'k-0 ts'e'kii 



sass, sus, sas sEs sas 



sisia'ni cicia'n sriya'n 



tpai ^opai' spai'a 



ti-pi tE'pi — 



sipai'i sa'pai sapai' 



tlosHo' tlarasE'n tlagE's 



ti'nEH ti'niH tEni'it 



(ate) ate' ate 



ke k'a k'a 



(qe) k-ci — 



etltcot (I may give jou) entltcu't yige'itltcut 



