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sister"; and with a female speaker there is also a single term, which 

 however is different from that used by a male speaker. Morgan's 

 term for "my younger brother" is correct with a male speaker; as is 

 the term for "my younger sister" with a female speaker. In these 

 cases Morgan's Blood schedules are no better than those for the 

 Piegan. The mistakes here are precisely the kind that would occur in 

 trying to obtain male terms from females (see above). These same 

 mistakes naturally occur where the same words are given with dif- 

 ferent meanings (e.g., pp. 314, 315, 316, 317). The term given for 

 "my brothers" (male or female speaker) is not recorded by other 

 investigators. The present writer has recorded a term for this with 

 a female speaker only, which is entirely different from the one given 

 by Morgan. The word given (p. 302) for "my sisters" (male or female 

 speaker) is unintelligible to my informants. It may be added that 

 Tims, Uhlenbeck, and Michelson are in agreement as to another word 

 with this meaning, save that, according to Michelson's information, 

 the word is used by a male only. The term given on the same page 

 for "my brother's son", with male speaker, is the one, according to 

 the present writer's information, a woman will apply to her sister's 

 son, or a man to his "chum's" son (see below). The word given for 

 "brother's son's wife" (p. 303) (nee-mis') is probably correct if the 

 i is a mishearing for a glottal stop. N'-to'-to-tun (ibid.), "my brother's 

 daughter", with male speaker, is completely different from that 

 obtained by the present writer. Not only is the word different, but 

 implies a different scheme of relationships. It is to be regretted that 

 other investigators have not recorded the equivalent of the term. 

 The present writer's informants suggest the word given is a corrup- 

 tion of nito'kotA r n a , "my step-daughter", spoken by either sex; other- 

 wise it is unintelligible to them. The word nis (ibid.), "my brother's 

 daughter's husband" with male speaker, looks like a variant obtained 

 by Michelson for "my brother-in-law" with female speaker only (nis; 

 see below, however). On pages 304 and 305 the term translated as 

 "my grandchild" contains the error as noted above in the criticism 

 of page 296. The term given on page 305 for "my sister's son" (male 

 speaker) according to Michelson's informants means "my sister's son- 

 in-law". On page 306 the word given with the meaning "my sister's 

 daughter" (male speaker), really means "my sister's daughter-in-law" 

 according to Michelson's information; the word nis "my sister's 

 daughter's husband" is also due to some misunderstanding according 

 to the latter's information. On page 308, n'-do-to-yose, "my brother's 

 son", female speaker (see also p. 305), really is the term for "my 

 brother's son-in-law". The word given for "my grandchild" (pp. 312, 



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