INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
ago, ba-ku’-ske, long ago. 
i-sko’-ka-e-shi’-e-ka-she, a long ago. 
agriculture, a-ra/-cik, tilling the ground. 
aid, at-bak’, to aid, to assist. 
aim, mish-¢ush’-mih, to take aim at anything, to take 
sight with a gun. 
ma-is-éu/-se, to aim at anything. 
alder, ma-nis’-ée, white alder. 
alike, ba-tsi-cék’, two things alike, it is alike. 
all, ko’-ta, the whole. 
a-a-tsi’-e-Cék, all around, about. 
alone, tats’-yat. 
ha-ma/-ta-tats-kat, to be alone, or anything 
standing alone. 
altogether, ha-liu’-e-ka-se, and ba-kak’-she. 
amorous, to’-ka-sak. 
and, a-pe’. 
ankle, at-sa’-ra-bi-she. 
annoy, is-is-dis-e-shi’-e, to annoy one. 
annually, a-me-shi’-i-she, yearly. 
a-me-tsu’-se, semi-annually. 
arm, ba-ro-pa’-ko-ba-re, the right arm. 
ba-rali-tsi’-sko-ba-re, the left arm. 
da-¢a-mu’-a, hollow of the armpit. 
arrow, a-nu’-e-te. 
ba-sa’-e, : 
rhein, \ an arrow-point. 
ba-sa’-e-wa-pah’-mih, to cut off an arrow-point. 
ba-rak’-she, arrow-stick, wood part of an arrow. 
a-no-mut’-a-i’-sha, : 
Hina t a quiver for arrows. 
ash, min-e’-pit-e, the white ash. 
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ask, rai \ to ask, to beg. 
mi’-e-ba¢-u’-e-ma-ku’, to ask a woman for an awl. 
assist, a-rali-di/-a-hu, to assist. 
autumn, ba-se’. 
avoid, ti’-a-su, to avoid, to cease from doing. 
awl, ba-tsu’-e, a sewing awl. 
ba-tsu’-e-ta-re, an awl blade. 
axe, ma-¢i’-pe. 
back, shu’-a. 
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shu’-a-pu’-a, a sore on the back of a horse. 
backbone, a-rihi’-a-ro. 
bad, ka-wi’. 
smug i very bad. 
ti-a-sa, 
a-ni-ka’-wi, Bad Pass in the Rocky Mountains. 
badger, tsi-pa/-mu-ne. 
band, tsili-ba-wa’-ik-tse, a band of Crows. 
bank, ma-pe’, a bluff, bank. 
bark, wa’-ak-she, the inner juicy bark of the sweet 
cottonwood, of which the Indians are very fond. 
bead, ba-ro. 
ba-ro-pu'-she, a bunch of beads. 
aia \ ash-colored beads. 
ban-teli’-at, 
ba-sah’-ba-ro, beads on moccasins. 
ba-sa/-tse-ba-ro, beads on leggins. 
a/-shi-she, yellow beads. 
bear, dali-pit-se’, a grizzly bear. 
dali-pit-soli’-e, a hog, swine. 
dah-pit-seli’-ne-she, a kind of berry, of which 
bears are fond. 
beard, mi’-e-tsi-e. 
mi’-e-tsi-e-wa-tse’-re-shu’-i-tse, to shave the 
beard. 
mi’-e-tsi-e-wa-ku-rish’-tse, to pluck out the 
beard. 
beat, wat-wu-ru’-dk, to beat another. 
ba-rit’-mih, to beat or strike any one. 
bed, o-ma’-¢e, a coverlet. for a bed. 
before, ishb-tsi’-sa-re. 
beggarly, ba-ka’-ni-tuk. 
beginning, hu-ku’-se, at the beginning, formerly. 
behind, bish-tsi’-sa-re, behind, in the rear. 
hau’-ga-she, to be behind. 
bell, ba-te-bu’-e, and ba-te-wi'-e. 
ba-te-wi’-e-a-mu’-e, a bell-tongue. 
bellowing, sali’-ik, the bellowing of bulls. 
belt, mine sane, } navy bal 
mi-pe-tah’-e, 
bend, a’-ra-bat/-sak, to bend. 
ta-ka’-ke-we, to bend the bow. 
bird, da-ka’-ka, birds in general. 
da-ka’-ki-sko-¢i, wild turkey, or the birds’ enemy. 
