THE ODAHWAH INDIAN LANGUAGE. 185 
is omitted, the last syllable begins with Y not W, namely Nidissinine, 
plural, Nidissinineyug ; therefore, Nibissininewuy, as given in the 
Canadian Journal for November, 1858, is not correct. This rule 
applies to many other words when contracted, for example, gata- 
ahninewug, the ancients take away ah, and we have gatanineyug. 
I have now endeavoured to notice the irregularities as they occur 
in the article under review. I do not, of course, pretend to say 
that my statements are correct in every respect, but it has been my 
desire to convey the most correct information on the subject that it 
is in my power to give. . 
With regard to verbs, I have thought it proper to add one remark 
at the end of this paper in reference to the third person, as this part 
of the Indian verb appears to have peculiarities quite different from 
the first and second person, singular or plural, and which have been 
found rather difficult to explain by some persons. In the first place I 
may state that there are two words which represent he, she, his, hers, 
and theirs; namely, win and o. Winis always in the singular number, 
but o is sometimes plural. Whilst the first and second invariably 
express the personal pronoun, it is always omitted in the third, so far 
as verbs which do not take a noun after them are concerned, which 
I suppose are to be regarded in some measure as iutransitives, but 
when a noun can be put after them, O is added to the third 
person, and win, in some instances: for example, diosa, he walks, 
inaindum, he thinks, nibah, he sleeps, ahkoze, he is sick ; this is also 
the case with verbs derived from substantives, as it will be seen from 
the following—although they govern nouns when translated into 
English. Naubekwauneka, he builds a ship, from Naubekwaun, a 
ship; Wigiwameka, he builds a house or dwelling, from wigiwam ; 
Mahkoka, he hunts after the bear, from Mahkwuh, a bear. We will 
take others, verbs with their substances : Naubekwaun odozhitoon, he 
makes a ship; onahgahdaun owigiwam, he leaves his house; mahkurm ~ 
onisauro, he kills a bear; geizhah, he went; win go geizhah wahdi, he 
went then himself. Sometimes both win and o are made use of, as 
win go obedoon, he brings it himself. 
The third person also differs in this from the first and second, that 
where it admits a noun after it, of the masculine or feminine gender, 
the noun has only one form for singular and plural; thus, mitigoon 
ogeeshkahwahn, he cut down a tree or trees. Here mitigoon stands 
for the singular as well as the plural number, as it will appear more 
