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6. The following miscellaneous phrases may be of service in illustrating the grammatical 
character of the language. 
un-a-hu’, warm yourself, you are cold. 
a-tun’-i-ni-bi’-thin, it is going to stop snowing. 
na-ka/-ye-na, I am dry or thirsty. 
éi-na-ka’-nié, get some water. 
¢i-na’-ko-he’, get a bucket of water. 
ni-he-éa-hi’-se, come here, woman. 
ba-ya-¢e’-ta, come straight here. 
ni-to-win’-a, call to them. 
éi-tan-a/-is-ta, get some fire. 
a-tun’-a-niih’-ti, we are going to run a race. 
ée-na/-hat-e, he killed himself. 
ku-i-na-ha’-wa-wih-u-ha/-ha-bi, did you sce the 
horses ? 
kat-nath’-ab-i-sa, are you going ? 
7. The Arapoho numerals are as follows: 
one, ¢a-se’. 
two, nis. 
three, nais. 
four, yen. 
five, ya-thun’. 
six, ni-ta-toh’. 
seven, ni-sa-toh’. 
eight, nai-sa-tohi’. 
nine, thi-a-toh’. 
ten, me-tai-toh’. 
eleven, ¢a-se’-in. 
twelve, ni’-sin. 
thirteen, nai’-sin. 
fourteen, ye’-nin. 
fifteen, ya-thun’-in. 
sixteen, ni-ta-toh’-in. 
bi-ha’-tha, I am loved. 
bi-ha’-thith-in, I love you. 
bi-ha’-hin, you love me. 
ath-a’-bi-ha-thin, he loves you. 
bi-ha’-tha-tin-a, I love myself. 
bi-ha’-ta-wa, I love. 
bi-ha’-than-tus’-1-a, I love my wife. 
bi-lia’-than-e’-ha, I love my child. 
bi-ha/-that-i’-ha, he loves his children. 
bi-ha’-that, he loves any object. 
na-tun’-i-ni-a-ta/-nan-a, I have sold my horse. 
i-tha-i’-tan-u, at the village. 
i-tha-bab-i’-ta-wu, in the ground. 
ta-shi-bi’-ta-wu, on the ground. 
seventeen, ni-sa-toh’-in. 
eighteen, na-sa-toh’-in. 
nineteen, thi-a-toh’-in. 
twenty, ni-sa’. 
twenty-one, ni-sa-éa/-sa. 
twenty-two, ni-sa’-ni-sin. 
thirty, nai’-sa. 
forty, ye’-ya. 
fifty, ya-tha’-ya. 
sixty, ni-ta’-to-so. 
seventy, ni-sa/-to-so. 
eighty, nai-sa’-to-so. 
ninety, thi-a-to’-so. 
one hundred, me-ta’-to-so. 
one thousand, mai-si/-me-ta’-to-so. 
8. NAMES OF DANCES, ETC. 
A’-tha-wi, Dog Dance. ‘This is not a common dance, but when a man has a relative sick, 
and fears his death, he promises to make a feast and a dance if the sick person recovers. 
Only the young men join in this dance. They are marked with the sign of the dog. 
Among the Indians, a feast always accompanies a dance. 
The Arapohos dance and 
Ni-na-tal’-wan, War Dance. All the braves join in this dance. 
sing less than any Indians I have yet seen. 
