THE MOHAWK LANGUAGE. 



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From the above table we can readily see that the numerals are com- 

 bined according to the decimal system of notation, and that in the lan- 

 guage of the Six Nations they counted as far as ten, and then began to 

 combine, as ten and one, ten and two, &c. ; while in the Delaware 

 language they counted only as far as five. For the form En-kwi-tash 

 = 6 is evidently allied to Enkwita = 1, and so of Nishash =. 7 and 

 Nisha = 2, &c. 



Although there does not appear to be much connection between the 

 Mohawk 0-yerih^=ilQ, and De-wah-se.nh^=.2S) ; yet when we come to 

 look at the forms for ten in the other languages with which it is 

 allied, we readily recognize in J)e-wah-senh the words De-ke-nih + 

 Wa-senh : — two-tens. 



The addition of the ending Ya-iven-reh to one, two, &c., to express 

 eleven, twelve, &c., is peculiar to the Mohawk and Oneida. The 

 form for the other languages — as in Cayuga '\Wa-senh-skat-skareh, 



simply means ten and one piled on in the sense of added. I am at a 

 loss to trace the Mohawk and Oneida form Ta-wen-reh ; it may be 

 derived from 0-ye-rih =10, but more likely from De-ya-wen-renh = 

 over, in the sense of overflowing, more than enough. You will have 



* The writer is indebted for the Delaware to an educafed young Indian of that tribe 

 (Mr. Albert Anthony). Every possible care has been taken to guard against errors ; and, 

 it is believed, that the examples given are as near correct as possible. 



t Wa-senh is usually understood. 



