NO. 2 



SMITHSOXIAX EXPLORATIONS, I918 



119 



Taos, Xew ^lexico. where, coming- as he did fresh from the Kiowa 

 field, an excellent opportunity was attorded during- the following 

 weeks for comj^arison of the Tanoan with the Kiowa. In addition 

 to abundant grammatical material, the vocabulary of the language 

 was thoroughly studied. For instance, the lists of names of plant 

 and animal species were made very complete, and although the 

 work was primarily a linguistic one man\- new identifications were 

 obtained. 



I'll.. 125. — \ ciUiirerii) Inlormant. 



Comparative >ludies of the two idioms in ( )klahoma and Xew 

 Mexico furnished an (jverwhelming weight of rvidcnce supporting 

 the discovery of the genetic relationshi]) of Tanoan .and Kiowa, 

 and show that the 'I"ano-l\iowan is an olTshool of that great slock 

 of languages which gave rise to the I 't(j-.\ztecan. Tlie relationshi]) 

 between lanoan and Kiowa is comparatively clfjse and is the more 

 remarkal le because the Kiowa are a small tribe ha\ing tlie cnhure 



