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more careful of their speech than the Koriaks. The Atlantis 

 theory gains no support from philology. 



If in this paper I have not exhibited the relation of the Iroquois 

 dialects to those of all the divisions of the Khitan family, it is not 

 from lack of material or in order to avoid any difficulty. I have 

 purposely chosen for comparison languages the most remote in place 

 and in time of separation from the original tongue, languages of 

 peoples most unlike in present feature and character, whose sole con- 

 necting link has been supposed to be the common possession of a 

 complicated grammatical system marked by polysynthesis. That I 

 have succeeded in showing the relation of these languages to one 

 another and at least to some of the intermediate members of the 

 Khitan family, will be granted, I doubt not, by all true philologists 

 who do not shut their eyes at antecedent improbability. 





RULE 



I. 







The Iroquois replaces 



THE 



Basque I and r by n. 





Basque. 



Rule Applied. 





Iroquois, 



English. 



1. ortz, hortz 



ontz, hontz 





onotchia, honozzia 



tooth 



2. hilargia 



hilangia 





kelanquaw 



moon 



3. aizkora 



aizkona 





ahdokenh 



axe 



4. agurea 



agunea 





akaion 



old 



5. arraultzia 



annauntzia 





onhonehia 



egg 



6. herio 



henio 





kenha 



dead 



7. kharrika 



khannika 





chanheyens 

 (Dacotah, eanga) 



i-oad 



8. arrain 



annain 





kunjoon 



fish 



9. erhia 



enhia 





enia 



finger 



10. oscola 



oscona 





askoonta 



bark 



Note. — Illustrations of the Rule in other Languages. 



Basque forms. 



1. ortz = rytti, Koriak ; aredoche, Yuma 

 hortz = kertshi, Lesghiaii; kiru, Quichua 



2. hilargia = hullyar, Yuma; coyllor, Quichua 



3. aizkora = masakari, Japanese, Aino; ata- 



earte, Yuma 



4. agurea = herau, Lesghian ; kooruk, Yuma ; 



karraliairea, Dacotah 



5. arraultzia == lilehatsh, iCam tchaldale ; runto, 



Quichua 



6. herio, heriotce, = haratz, Lesghian ; 



carrasha, Dacotah 



7. kharrika = shara, Georgian: chuldu, 



Lesghian ; kir, Corean 



8. arrain atlan, Aztec 



9 erhia = kilish, Lesghian ; gelyhat, Koriak; 



hal, Yenisei 

 10. oscola = kerki, Georgian ; iehalgyn, Koriak ; 

 kara, Quichua 



Iroquois forms. 

 onotchia = innotay, noti, Choctaw; ente, 



int, Natchez ; noto, Shoshonese ; neas, 



nigh, nagha, Lenca 

 kelanquaw = gailgeu, Koriak ; yelonsha, 



Yukahiri ; hoolenwah, Pueblos. 

 ahdokenh = adaganu, Koriak ; tlateconi, 



Aztec. 

 akaion = ukna, okna, Lesghian ; kon, 



Dacotah 

 onhonchia, = nyhatch, Kamtchatdale ; nanki, 



Shoshonese 

 kenha = chana, Lesghian; hinata, Aymara 



chanheyens = eliuni, huni, T^esgh ia n ; canga, 



Dacotah; hinah, Choctaw 

 kunjoon = enneii, iimaen, Koriak ; henn, 



Natchez; kanu, Aymara 

 enia = onkahah, Dacotah 



askoonta = kani, Georgian (skin) ; cangha, 

 chanha, Dacotah 



