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na-sa-ah’-ai-im, I do not ery. 
ni-sa-ali’-ai-im, thou dost not ery. 
nali-po-o’-is¢, I bind or tie. 
ni-oli-po-o’-isé, thou dost bind or tie. 
e-dli-po-o’-isé, he binds or ties. 
na-dhi-po-o’-is-Ci-ndn, we bind or tie. 
ni-dli-po-o’-is-i-ndn, you bind or tie. 
e-dli-po-o’-is-Ci-no, they bind or tie. 
e-dli-po-o’-inst (imp. ) 
na-ta’-mit, I give. 
ni-ta’-mit, thou givest. 
i-ta’-mit, he gives. 
ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND PHILOLOGY OF THE 
mi’-tsi (imp.), give. 
ni-mitst (imp.), give me. 
tsi’-vi-mit (imp.), not give. 
nu-lia/-na-ta’-mit, hold on, I give. 
i-shi-mans¢’, to be done or finished. 
na-shi-mans¢’, I am done or have finished. 
ni-shi-mansé’, thou art done or hast finished. 
na-shi-man’-s¢i-non, we are done or have finished. 
ni-shi-man’-s¢i-non, you are done or have finished. 
i-shi-ma’-ni-o, they (a moderate number), are done 
or have finished. 
i-shi-man’-s¢i-no, they (a great many), are done or 
have finished. 
NAMES OF TRIBES, PERSONS, AND RIVERS. 
o-e’-tun’-i-o, the Crows. 
so’-so-ni and so’-so-i-ha’-ni, Snakes. 
i-tun’-i-wo, the Skymen, Arapohos. 
o-o'-ho-mo-i/-0, Dakotas generally. 
o-toh’-son, Little Stars, Ogallalas. 
moli-ta’-wa-ta-ta’-ni-o, Blackfeet Dakotas, the Blackfeet 
people. 
ma’-i-sin-as, Sansares, No-bows, same meaning as with 
the Dakotas. 
wo-ni-to’-na-his, Brulees, Burnt Thighs. 
nih’/-a-o-Cil’-a-is, Two Kettle band. 
ho-tum’-mi’-hu-is, the Band that eat no dogs. 
mi/-sis: one half of the Shyenne tribe call themselves 
mi’-sis; same name as the Platte River. 
po-no-i/-ta-ni-o, the name of the other portion of the 
Shyennes. Different nations with whom they have 
been at war, gave them the name, shai-en’-a, shai- 
e’-la, &e. 
na/-to-wo-na, the Mississippi Dakotas. 
ho-he’-i-0, Assiniboins. 
moli-tau-hai/-ta-ni-o, the Blackmen, Utes. 
ka-ko’-is-tsi’-a-ta’-ni-o, people who flatten their heads ; 
the Flatheads. 
po’-o-mas, blankets whitened with earth, Blackfect. 
his-tu-i/-ta-ni-o, Gros Ventres of the prairie, Atsinas. 
The Shyennes say that the Atsinas call themselves, 
“men” or ‘‘people;” hence, they have another 
name for them, e-ta’-ni-o, which means a people. 
wi-tup-a’-tu, Comanches. 
shish-i-nu’-wut-tsit/-a-ni-o, the Rattlesnake people, Kio- 
was ; shish-i-nu’-wut, a rattlesnake. 
o-ni/-ha-o, the Drum-beaters, Omahas. 
ho-ni/-i-ta-ni-o, the Little Wolf people, Pawnecs. 
o-no’-ni-o, Arickaras. 
mo-no’-ni.o, Mandans. 
ma-wi’-o, Red-bodied people, Mormons. 
mish-i-si/-wi-o, people with hairy noses, Spaniards. 
ka-he’-ta-ni-o, people with white ermines, some people 
who accompanied the Spaniards to trade with the 
Shyennes, and tied their hair with strips of white 
ermine skin. 
hey/-hai-ta-ni-o, the hairy people, a band of the Shy- 
ennes. 
is-is-i-wi/-ho-niv, head chief of the mi’-sis band. 
tsi-wi’-o-nirst, the name of a chief. 
he-o-ma’-ast, the Red Body, a woman’s name. 
ni-ni-i’-o-he, the Platte River. 
wa-at/-si-wa’-i-yo-he, Decr Creek. 
hi-na-i-yu’-he, Laramie Fork. 
tsin’-o-o-no, Box Elder Creek, Bad-wood Creek. 
ha-ha’-o-he, Very Windy Creek. 
nahi-o-i-yo’-he, Bear Creek. 
dh-i-i’-o-he, Lodge Pole Creek. 
a-wo’-a-na-tsi/-o-he, the creek where the Pawnees cry. 
The Pawnees went to war with the Shyennes, and 
had several of their number killed; on their re- 
