spccific (libes, are not to bo roughly east asido in treating of a district, 
for a particular líame persisting for centuries must liave liad a strong 
foundation, and theré can be no doubt tliat tlie “ famous nation of tlie 
Lenguas,” albeit shorn of its glory, considerably reduced in popula- 
tion and villages, and its original members amalgamated with allied 
tribes, is nevertheless extant to-day in tliat particular part of the 
Paraguayan Chaco where the líame of Lengua is still known and em- 
ployed by Indians and Paraguayans, henee tire coupling of the ñame 
to designate the Lengua-Mascoy and the Lengua-Enimaga, the latter 
tribe calling itself “ Humet,” and known to the former by the ñame 
“ Towothli,” once explained to me as the equivalen t of To-ivathlai, or 
the Pigeon eaters. The term Palomo, or pigeon, is given by Hcrvas 
in his Catálogo de las Lenguas el año 1800, as a ñame of one of the 
Chaco tribes, but this would apply equally well to the Choroti, who 
designate themselves Yofuaha, a word evidently derived from Ofuo, 
pigeon. 
The tradition of the Towothli migrating southward till tliey reached 
tlieir present habitat and losing their language on eating the rainbow 1 
seems to be corroborated by their vocabulary. The lexical base sheivs 
affinities with Vejoz, Choroti, and Suhin, but with important modi- 
fications. The pronominal scheme is also closely allied to tliese. 
Strange to say, excepting a féw adopted words, there is no cióse resem- 
blance to the Lengua-Mascoy. 
The following examples will serve as illustrations of the widespread 
Mataco -Mataguay o influence, so persistent and extensive, as to compel 
one to believe in their own tradition, that they were the original 
occupants of the whole Chaco región, and that the varying dialects 
liave been formed by fugitives from the north and north-west, who by 
conqucst or intermarriage have annexed both country and language. 
The abbreviations are similar to tliose used throughout tliis work : 
V. Vej. Vejoz 
M. Mojo 
S. Chun. Suhin or Chunupi 
L.-M. Lengua-Mascoy 
Q. Quechua 
G. Guaraní 
T. Toba 
En. Enimaga 
Ch. Choroti 
L. Lengua 
1. Lengua- 
Enimaga 
Peno 
hats-Hapi 
V. Pinu 
V. o-Yapil ; Ch. a- Yape; S. Iiapik 
V. Omat ; Ch. Ornate; S. Umkatni 
V. Hala ; Ch. Ala ; S. Yikla 
Various Dialects 
bee 
I return 
extinguish 
trec 
English 
Omhit 
F elude 
1 W. JlAumtooKR Qhuiiii, A Chureh in the Wilils, p. GO. 
