184 THE ODAHWAH INDIAN LANGUAGE. 
syllable. The difference between these two forms of the first person 
plural is this, that when I take Minawin I exclude the person I am 
speaking to, but when I make use of Kinahwin I include him, that 
is, he belongs to the same company or party as I do. In ordinary 
conversation these pronouns are not used in full; for example, 
Nindizhahmi and Kidizhahami, we go; but when the seal wishes 
to make his expression clear, strong, &c., then he repeats the forms 
in full using particles as the same, thus, Ninahwin, go, Nindizhahmi, 
we ourselves are going. Kinahwin sah, go, Kiguhizhahmi, we our- 
selves will or must go. When one or more of the party are selected 
or spoken of, there is no such change in the Odahwah as is observed 
in the English or in other languages, for you say, one of us, we 
simply have puizhig ninahwin or ninahwin puizhig, puizhig kinahwin 
tuhizhah, one of us will go. Neezh yamah nisswe kinahwui, two or 
three of us; for or on account of one of us, puizhig kinahwin ondje. 
4. On page 485, we are informed that “ Mississippi is the 
Indian name of a large river in America.” “It is composed of 
Missi which in composition words corresponds to Michah, and sig- 
nifies very great.” The first part vo! this sentence has the appear- 
ance of being too positive, and it would be better to qualify it by 
saying Mississippi 7s said to be the Indian name, &c., for even now 
I could not say positively that it isan Indian name. I can only 
suppose that it was meant for Mashziebe by which name it is known 
to the Odahwahs. As regards Missi I have been unable to discover 
any such particle in the Odahwah, either as it stands here or in com- 
position. I presume, therefore, it belongs to some other tribe. 
Michah is an Ojibwa adjective. The Odahwahs have it Mishah with 
S, not OC, in the middle. Although they frequently make use of the 
former, but always in composition as an adverbial adjective, as 
Michahbaweze, he is a stout man; Michahkoze, it is a large tree. 
Mishah when used alone never varies, but when it forms part of a 
word it assumes different shapes as in Mashizebe Mishikaikaike, a 
large hawk; Misahkig, a seal, literally, a large otter, from negiz an 
otter. Zishah is an inanimate form, and when it refers to an ani- 
mate nie it is written thus, Mindido. 
5. Further down on the same page we have “ Wibisecninacaa 
inhabitants at Nibissing. There are two ways of writing this word: 
first, when the name is written fully it stands thus, singular, Nidissi- 
wenine; plural, Nibissiweninewug, but when the fourth syllable, we, 
