REMARKS UPON THE DELAWARE AND SHAWNEE LANGUAGES. 61 
and Prospects of the Indian Tribes, now publishing under the direction of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs. 
The following plural formations are given by Mr. Whipple : 
a-lanq’ star zit foot 
a-lan-goque stars | | zit-a ak 
a-lunth’ arrow. | de-lo-i-ka finger 
a-lunth-al arrows. | duth-the-a-co-lan-gar fingers 
According to Zeisberger, the plural terminations in the Delaware languageare: animate, ak; 
inanimate, all, This accounts for the two first examples, star being classed with animate 
nouns ; the other two need explanation. 
Shawnees (Sow-on-no, plur. Sow-on-o-ki).—Mr. Whipple says : ** Considerable intimacy exists, 
and intermarriages occur, between the Shawnees and Delawares. "There is also some resemblance 
in personal appearance, both wearing the moustache.”” 
The Shawnee vocabulary, like the Delaware, will be of use to show the changes which the 
language may have undergone. It was obtained from one of the tribe, and agrees very closely 
with that in Gallatin's Synopsis, which, however, is made up from several sources, and is very 
imperfect ; where the two appear to differ, à comparison with that in the second volume of 
Sehooleraft's work will clear up the apparent discrepancies. 
The following plural formations are given : 
Man il-le-ni plur. il-le-ni-ki. 
Leaf Pw | ege deg gehaen " p’sis-ke-a-ki. 
Foot (my) ni-thi-chi ‘¢ mi-thi-tah-lish. 
Bone h'kah-nih. *  h'kah-ne-lish. 
Shoe ho-quoi-thow-weh ..... *  he-quoi-thou-weh-nah. 
Tree te-qui (^ te-cou. 
These agree with the statement of Vater in the Mithridates. He says: “The usual plural 
ending is lic. In some words I find kie, chie, or enna.” 
It will be observed that the accent is almost invariably on the final syllable. 
