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Koriak tradition, the Leucadian Corax, and Charaxus, the brother of 

 Sappho, may be terms of ethnical significance. I liave little doubt 

 that the ancient Koriak habitat and centre of diffusion was the 

 Caucasus, where the Cbraxi and Cercetae dwelt. The Assyrian in- 

 inscriptions should shed light upon this important family, which 

 hnds such large representation on the North American Continent. 



A few of the Dacotah numerals show their Peninsular connection 

 by agreeing with those of the Iroquois and Choctaws. Thus the 

 Dacotah onje, eyungkae, yonke, loonge, one, are the Iroquois anji and 

 enskn ; while amutcat, another form of the same number, is like the 

 Iroquois onskaf. The Otto tekeni, two, is the Iroquois t echini. I 

 can hardly think that it is a borrowed word, inasmuch as the Sioux 

 falidognng, eight, is the Iroquois sahdekonh, and the relation of two 

 and eight was exhibited in the Choctaw tukchina and untuvliina. 

 The Dacotah toeekeechem, wikchemma, ten, are probably the same as 

 the Iroquois loasenh ; and cheehoh, kakhoo, five, agree with tlie 

 Muskogee chahgkie. While a more extensive compai'ison than the 

 materials at my disposal have enabled me to make would be very 

 desirable, it will, I think, be confessed by competent judges, that, 

 for the purposes for which the paper has been written, it is not neces- 

 saiy. It will be a simple matter for other students to follow out 

 the lines of research that I have indicated and in a measure illus- 

 trated, and either confirm the conclusions ai-rived at, or otherwise 

 account for the phenomena on which they are based. 



COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY OF THE DACOTAH AND 

 PENINSULAR LANGUAGES. 



arm ada, Hidatsa ; avda, Mandan ude, yeda, Japanese 



isto, Dacotah, Yankton [{Dacotah) settoo, Kamtchatdale 



arrow mahha, M. {Mandan); ma, moug, D. meohim, Ka. {Kamtchatdale) 



mhija, Os. (Osage) maehniiuche, K. (Koriak) 



axe aslipaw, D. ; ocoopa, A. (Assiniboin) kvasqiia. Ka. ; kal-kapak, T. {Tchuktchi 



aliana, ongspe, D. ono, J. (Japanese) 



bad scliicha, D. ; ishia, H. (Hidatsa) ashiki, J. 



beard iki, H. ; oshaeslia, U. (Upsaroka) liige, J. ; nika, T. [piigi, K. 



belly ikpi, D. fuku, J. ; pai, Corean; ksucb, Ka. 



cliesa, Os. aksheka, T. 



bare, U. hara, J. • 



bolt ipasaki, H. ; ipiyaka, D. obi, J., L. (Loo-Choo) ; tapshi, T. 



bind kasbka, D. kuku-ru, J. 



bird dikkappe, U. tzlfopf, A. (Aino) 



tsakaka, H. tac, 0. (Corean) 



black eliipjiusliaka, U. nufsuiike, K. 



eeokhpazeo, D. [Winnehago aehkuropeoh, A. 



blood uoai, Y. (lankton.); walieeUah, W. auku. T. 



wainee, Oin. (Omaha) kelini, A. 



idi, H. ; eda, U. ket.sii, J. 



boat wata, D. agwat, K. ; attuat, lietwutt, Ka. 



mati, II. ; malieshe, U. inaaclidylun, Ka. 



bone hidu, H. kotsu, ,1. ; kutsi, L. ; kotbam, Ka ; ha- 



bow etazeepa, D. [hnopali, M. edzak. Ka. [tamfa, K.; atitaam, T. 



beerahhah, Min. {Minetaree) ; ware- faru, C. [uika, T. 



