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Comi^are coustruction with tue Choctaw : 



NEZ PEECES. 



1, naks 



2, lapit 



3, mitat 



4, pilapt 



5, pahat 



6, wilaks 



7, wiuapt 



8, wimatut 



9, kuis 

 10, putimt 



As in Nez Perces, 



CHOCTAW. 



1, ach?(pa 



2, tuklo 



3, tuchina 



4, ushta 



5, tahlapi 



6, hanali 



7, untuklo 



8, untuchiua 



9, chakali 

 10, pokoli 



I and n are interchangeable. 



NEZ PERCES. 



6 is winaks, or wi 1 



7 is wilapit, or wi 2 



8 is wimitat, or wi 3 



CHOCTAW. 



uutnklo un, 2 

 uutuchina un, 3 



^^ote. 



Does it not indicate that five was the original basis of numbers, as 

 ten now is, and that counting w^as done on the fingers of one baud only "1 

 I>"OTE. — Many adjectives are double words ; as — 



kuts-kuts little kaih-kaih white 



pilei-pilei foolish ilp-ilp red 



tsimuh-tsiniuh black 



Note. — The language is not affluent in adjectives, as, for instance, 

 bitter or sour, they use the same word they do for sweet. 



YERBS. 



Verbs usually end in sJia or tsa, having the corresponding plurals end- 

 ing in sJiih or tsih. The verb to be is an exception to this rule ; as — 



wash 



I am 



hiushih 



they were 



imwash 



thou art 



^vitsatatasha 



I shall be 



hiwash 



he she or it is 



hiwitsatatasha 



he shall be 



nam washi 



we are 



liiwitsatatashih 



they shall be 



ima washi 



ye are 



witsatatashaka 



I should have been 



ima hiwashih 



they are 



keh waku 



if I am 



waka 



I was 



keh huitsaya 



if he is 



hiwaka 



he was 



' 





kusha, to go, 



is thus conjugated 



l: 



• 



kusha 



I go 



hikushina 



they have'gone 



hikusha 



he goes 



kutatasha 



I will go 



kushih 



we go 



hikutatasha 



he will go 



Mkushih 



they go 



kutatashih 



we will go 



hushaka 



I went 



hikutatashlh 



they will go 



hikushaka 



he went 



kutatashaka 



1 would have gone 



kushiaka 



we went 



hikutatashaka 



he would have gone 



hikushiaka 



they went 



kutatashiaka 



w e would h a ve gone 



kushana 



I have gone 



hikutatashiaka 



they would have 



hikushana 



he has gone 





gone 



kushina 



vre have gone 







