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ohatidka, he saw it ohatiokehla, they saw it 
oyahatioka, thou sawest it oyahatiokewa, ye saw it 
owahatidka, I saw it maohatioka, we saw it 
ohatetéhla, they will see it 
oyahatetbua, ye will see it 
maohaiéeta, we shall see it 
ohatéta, he will see it 
oyahatéta, thou wilt see it 
owahatéta, I shall see it 
The following examples will show the variations of person in the aorist 
tense : 
hahewa, he says hahéhla, they say 
haythéewa, thou sayest haythépua, ye say 
hawahéwa, I say hamankléwa, we say 
hihnindéwa, he is hungry hihnindése, they are hungry 
yihihnindéwa, thou art hungry hihnindépia, ye are hungry 
mihihnindéwa, I hungry mahkihnindéwa, we are hungry. 
Wakciispéwa, I remember it, an aorist form, becomes in the preterite 
wakonspedka, and, in the future, wakonspéta. It is thus varied in the aorist 
and past tenses ; 
wakonspéewa, 1 remember it makikohspéwa, we remember it 
uakonspéwa, thou rememberest it yakonspepua, ye remember it 
kikonspewa, he remembers it khikonspéhéla, they remember it 
wakonspedka, 1 remembered it makikonspedka, we remembered it 
yakotsxpeoka, thou rememberedst it yakonspepuyoka, ye remembered it 
kikonspéoka, he remembered it kikonspeleoka, they remembered it 
In several instances verbs were heard only in the inflected forms. For 
the simple or root-form, which doubtless exists in the language, we are 
obliged to have recourse to the better known Dakota language. Thus 
opewa, he went, and opeta, he will go, indicate a root opa, he goes, which 
is actually found in the Dakota, 
So manoma (which is probably a distinctively present tense), and man- 
» briefer root-form which we find 
ondani, both meaning he steals, indicate ¢ 
in the Dakota manon, having the same meaning. Manoma, which is proba- 
bly a contraction of manonoma, is thus varied : 
manoma, he steals manonnese, they steal 
yumanoma, thou stealest yimanompua, ye steal 
mamandma, I steal mankmanoma, we steal 
From these examples it is evident that there are variations of inflection, 
which, if the language were better understood, might probably be classi- 
fied in distinct conjugations. Other instances of these variations will be 
given hereafter. 
It is well known that in the Iroquois, Algonquin, Cherokee, and other In- 
dian languages, of different stocks, there are many forms of the verb, nega- 
