EELLS ON THE TWANA INDIANS. 



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90. St-tu-hwile. 

 100. St-tu-pahl-owlse'. 

 200. Esah-li-tu-pahl-owlse. 

 300. Cho-us-tu-pahl-owlse. 

 400. Boo-siis-tu-pahl-owlse. 

 500. Tsa-whess-tn-pahl-owlse 

 (whisper first syllable). 



600. Ee-a-pah-chist-tupahl-owsle. 



700. Tu-kos-h-tu-pahl-owlse. 



800. Ta-kab-chish-tu-pahl-owlse. 



900. Hwilish-tu-pahl-owlse. 



1, 000. O-pah-dicb-tu-pahl-owlse. 



Having- do written language, all tbeir counting is verbal. 

 Methods of calculating. — None, except mentally. 

 System of notation, if any exists. — None, except sometimes by cutting 

 notches on a stick, or the like. 



B. — MEASuklNG. 



Linear and other standards. — They use the American foot, yard, mile, 

 &c. ; formerly the two arms' lengths. For cubic measure, they use pint, 

 quart, gallon, bushel ; formerly a basket-full. 



Divisions of the month and year. — Now they use the American hour, 

 day, week, and month. Formerly they divided the year into moons, or 

 lunar months, and months into days. Many of them have clocks, and a 

 few have watches. 



Names of days, months, year, heavenly bodies, and points of the compass. 



Moon, 



Star, 



Sun, 



January, 



February, 



March, 



April, 



May, 



These are the names as well as I can find out. They are nearly out 

 of use, and the young men who understand English do not know them. 

 The older ones can only begin at the present month, November, and 

 count backward and forward, and hence they may be a little inaccu- 

 rate as to the order. The beginning and end do not exactly agree with 

 ours, but are nearly as indicated. 



There are no names for the points of the compass ; but the following 

 are the names for the winds : — 



North icind, To-lo'-tsad. 

 South wind, To'-la-chul'-la. 

 East wind, (No word.) 

 West icind, Toz-ba'-dit. 

 Before the Americans came, they had no weeks, but simply num- 



