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the shelter of their mud cabins. 
ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND PHILOLOGY OF THE 
Still, from Apple River below to the Great Bend of the 
Missouri above, the country is more hunted by these Indians than by any others, and 
consequently, it may be called the territory of the three tribes residing in mud villages, 
though in reality it is neutral ground belonging to particular tribes. 
VOCABULARY OF THE MINNITAREE DIALECT OF THE AUB-SA’-RO-KE OR CROW LANGUAGE. 
above, ma-ku’-ka. 
afraid, bi-di’-tu, I am afraid. 
alive, i’-di. 
all, huk-a-he’-ta. 
ankle, i’-¢a-re-shu’-ka. 
antelope, ah’-i. 
arm, a-ra’. 
arrow, a-ru-ti-sha. 
autumn, ma-ta’. 
axe, bi-ip-sa’. 
back, ish-i-te’-ru. 
bad, ish-i’-a. 
beard, i-ki’. 
black, shi-pish’-a. 
bladder, u’-shi-ka-ruli’-e. 
blood, i’-de. 
blue, she-pa’-d. 
boat, ma’-te. 
body, a-hu’-a. 
bone, ma/-di-ki. 
bow, bi-ru’-ha-pa’-ro-wa. 
boy, ma-ka-ris’-te-mat/-se, a little 
boy. 
breast, e’-wa-ki. 
breechcloth, ma’-i-dip-sha’-ki. 
brother, ba’-ta-wa’-¢e. 
bull, ki’-ro-pi. 
burn, o’-te, to burn. 
by, u-te’-ru. 
tut-a’, by and by. 
calf, na-ka-¢i/-ri. 
call, ba-ki-ko’-ha. 
chickadee, is-ko-pi’. 
chief, bau-tse’-it-se. 
coat, ma-i-to’-ke. 
cold, ¢i-di/-a. 
cow, bi-ti’-a. 
bi-ta-ka’/-sha, a young cow. 
crow, pe-rit-ska’. 
ery, i-bi’. 
dance, di’-sha, to dance. 
day, ma’-pi. 
dead, ta’-ih. 
deer, ¢i-¢a’-pi-sha, black-tailed deer. 
die, désh. 
dog, bi-de’-de. 
di’-pa, prairie dog. 
drink, ma-¢e’-ko-di, to drink. 
duck, mi-hali’-a. 
ear, a’-pa. 
earth, a-wa’. 
eating, ba-rw’-te. 
enemy, ma-i-ha’. 
eye, is-ta’. 
face, bi-ta’. 
far off, ti’-2i. 
father, ta-tish’. 
fin, i-to’-i-ka-te. 
finger, sha-ki’/-nu. 
fire, bi’-da. 
fish, bu’-a. 
bu-a-ka’-te, a catfish. 
bu-a-na’-ka, roe of a fish. 
bu-a-éa/-she, small fish. 
flesh, a-ru’-du. 
flint, ba-¢i-ka/-sha. 
foot, ma/-¢i. 
forever, ko-¢i’-te. 
friend, ba-e-ku’-e. 
girl, ma-ka-ris’-ti-mi’-a, a little girl. 
go, da, to go. 
good, sa-ki’. 
great, a-ru’-ke-ri’-Ci. 
green, to-hish’. 
gun, o-wut’/-se-we-du’-lia. 
hail, ma-ka-pit’-a-wi. 
hair, a-da’. 
hand, sha-ke’. 
handsome, sa-ki-ku’-a. 
hawk, mu-ki’-ra-ki. 
head, a’-tu. 
head-dress, ma-i-shw’-a-po-ka. 
hear, bi-ke-ku’-a, to hear. 
heart, na-ta’. 
heaven, a-pali’-e-ru’-she. 
heel, i/-ée-ki. 
hill, it-i’. 
hot, bi-éa’-we. 
house, a’-ma-ti. 
husband (my), ma-ki/-da. 
I, bi. 
ice, ba-ru’-he. 
in, a-ma-hw-ru. 
Indian, hi-na-tsa’. 
kettle, bi-duli’-e. 
kill, ti’-pe, to kill. 
knee, e-re-shu’-ka. 
knife, ba-ci’. 
lake, bi-di’-ka-ku’-pe. 
laugh, ba-ka’. 
leg, i-di’-ke. 
leggin, hop-ce’. 
light, a-muh’-a-hi. 
