INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
great, sku’-na-taps. 
green, ut-sku’-1. 
ground, sa’-ko; in the ground, sa-ko’-mi-it-si-o; ground, 
the surface of which is covered with little butes, 
or hillocks, pi-kali’-o. 
grove of trees, u-tso’-a-sku-yi. 
gum of the pine, a-wa’-ksis. 
gun, na’-ma; to miss fire, to snap a gun, na-mi-ka’- 
kis; where is my gun? a-na’-ni-mo. 
H. 
hail, kris-i’-ki-ni. 
half, or a part, a-no-kohts’. 
hallo ! i’-ya. 
hair, tu-ko-ih’-in-i-pi; long-haired, i-nu’-spi; hair on 
the upper lip, ma-ta’-ksi-wa’-tsi. 
hammer, po’-ksa-¢is. 
hand, me-¢ih’-se-ku’-ist. 
handsome, ba-tsi’-num, also, ali-waps’. 
happy, a-ksi’-ti-ke. 
hard, mi-wa; hard wood, mi-wa-mis-Gis’. 
hat, i-¢i’-mo-kain. 
head, o-to-kan’; a kind of shell, of the genus Denta- 
lium, used by the Indians as ornaments for the 
head, a-pi-ksis’-¢im-a-o-ksu’-s. 
to heal, a-ki/-o. 
to hear, ai-dli/-sim. 
heart, ohi-it’-sa-pa/-pi. 
heavy, so-ku/ and so-ke-sim’; both words are in use. 
heel, oh-tu-tun’-i. 
here, in this place, un-i’-ma, w’-no-mai. 
to hesitate, hold back, pe-i-tsil’-tan. 
high, spi; a high animal, spi-mi’-o. 
hill, pa-wali’-u. 
hip, oh-1-ni-sak. 
to hold, e-i-ni’-o. ° 
hole, ali-a’-ni-ka. 
honest, ko-mo’-tsi; an honest man, ko-mo’-tsi-tup’-i. 
horn, 6t-ski’-na. 
horse, pu-no-ka/-mi-ta, literally elk dog, from pu-no- 
ka’-o, an elk, and im-ita’-o, a dog; mi-o’-mi-ta 
(pl. mi-o’-mi-téks), pack horses; another form is 
in use in declension denoting possession: my 
horse, no-tds’; your horse, ko-tds’; his horse, 
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o-tos’; his horses, o-to’-siks; a white horse, a-pi’- 
wa-no’-tOs; a gray horse, si-ka-pi/-wa-no’-t0s; a 
horse with black ears, i-sik’-sta-ki-no’-tos. 
hot, kris-to’-tsiis; kris-tu’-yi. 
house, of the white man, na-pw-is, mu-yis’. 
how, in what way? tsa’-ni-ta-pi; how many? sa-na’- 
tsim. 
husband, o’-ma. 
ice, ko-ku’-to. 
if, i-yo’-pi. 
in, pis-tolis’; in company with, ti-a-koli’-po-ko’-mau ; 
in company with my son, ti-a-koh’-po-ko’-mau- 
nohi-o’-a. 
Indian, ni-i’-tsa-ta’-pi. 
intestines, o’-cis; manifolds, or large intestines of an 
animal, i-si/-ston. 
island, mi-ni’-wa. 
iron, miks’-kim ; an iron frying-pan, miks-kim’-i-kis ; 
iron horse, locomotive, miks-kim’-o-nu-ka/-mi-ta ; 
iron wire, sik-si-ak’-skim. 
J. 
joint, i-toh’-o-ki’-na-ki. 
joke, ka-saps’. 
jug, sa-ku’-ko-tus-ko. 
to jump, eli-pa’-sto. 
K. 
kettle, 1-ski; isk. 
kidneys, o-to-ko-to’-kisé¢ ; also o-tok’. 
to kill, ini’-ki-o. 
kiss, so-nau’-ski-pi. 
kinnic-kinnic, a-pi’-ni-kim. 
knee, o-to’-ksi. 
knife, stu’-un ; a sheath for a knife, a-su’-tu-un; a two- 
edged knife or sword, sa-ma-kin’. 
L. 
lake, o-muli’-si-ki-mi. 
land, al’-o; a country, sa-ko; the whole country, 
ki’-na-sa’-ko. 
large, a-pa’-ki; a large quantity, o-muli’-u; a heap, 
a-kau’-i, also a-ku’-a-wa. 
