THE ODAHWAH INDIAN LANGUAGE. 183: 
both languages may easily confound the dialect of one tribe with 
that of the other. On looking over the paper alluded to above, 
after its publication, I discovered a few irregularities which had 
found their way into it previous to its going to press; and as I do 
not hold myself responsible for these mistakes, I will point out as 
briefly as possible the passages which appear to me to be inaccurate, 
with some additional remarks on each of the several points in 
question. 
1. At page 482 we have “‘ Mawbeqgwun;” this word should be 
written Naubequan or Naubekwaun ; it is supposed to be derived 
from Naubekwa, a verb intransitive of the third person singular, and 
which implies the act of a person running a string or thread through 
the eye of something, such as a needle, beads and the like. The 
name may have been given by the Indians to a ship, on account of 
its haying many ropes about it. The verb from Naubekwaun is 
Naubekwauneka, be builds a ship. 
2. On the same page, Tibahahkewenine, a land surveyor, is said to 
be from Tibahiga, he measures. Now the substantive from this verb 
is Tibahigawenine, a measurer, or a man who measures, and it may 
mean a measure of cloth, of lumber, of grain, or anything else, and 
appears to be merely the verbal form of Tibahigun, a measure, which 
I consider the root from which all others having the idea of a mea- 
sure are derived. The verb for he measures, having reference to 
land exclusively, is Tibahahkee, from Tibahigun, and ahke, land; and 
from the compound verb and ahnine,a man, is derived, in my opinion, 
Tibahahkewenine, simply, a measure of land. I may further observe 
Tibahkonigun signifies a yard-stick, turned into a verb, Tibakonigu, 
literally, he measwres cloth by the yard-stick. None of the verbs 
above can take a noun after it, and it is somewhat doubtful whether 
the first syllable should begin with T or D; but this doubt is re- 
moved when the verbs are employed as transitives which considerably 
change at the same time, preserving, however, under all circum- 
stances the letter B, the most important part of the original word. 
Thus, Odibowahu and mitigoon, he measures a tree or trees, animate, 
Odibahahu ahke, he measures land, inanimate. 
3. At page 483, “ Ninahwind”’ and “ Kinahwind” are given for 
we—these are Ojibwa pronouns, not Odahwah. The latter tribe 
never put D at the end of these words. The Odahwahs say for we, 
Ninahwin and Kinahwin, with a slight nasal sound of the last — 
