THE MOHAWK LANGUAGE. 187 



duce rules founded upon such analysis. With most of the works 

 upon the subject, that I have been able to examine, I have found this 

 difficulty — that instead of truly exhibiting the language as it exists, it 

 has been distorted and made to assume new forms to suit the purposes 

 of the author. 



In order to indicate the connection between the language of the 

 Mohawks and the other dialects of the Six Nations, I have prepared a 

 comparative table of the numerals, and of a few common words, from 

 which it will be seen that the Mohawk and Oneida are most alike, 

 while the Tuscarora is most dissimilar from the rest. 



