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BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



WEMINUCHE VOCABULAEY. 



So-udsiker, clay-hank, is derived from ho-uclMr, yelloiv ; hence, yellow 

 clay. Kuap-tiJci, to smoke, is a compound word formed of kuap (tobacco) 

 and tiki (to eat) ; the literal meaning is to eat tobacco. 



From an examination of Lieut. A. W. Whipple's vocabularies, it will 

 be seen that a similarity exists between the '.Utah and the Coman- 

 chi and Chemehuevi dialects ; between the former and the latter espe- 

 cially. There is no doubt that the three tribes belong to the extensive 

 group known as the ShosJioni family. I will avail myself, therefore, ot 

 this opportunity to make a brief comparison of the dialects as spoken 

 by branches of the three above-mentioned tribes, employing, however, 

 only such words as have a marked afiSnity : — 



