REMARKS UPON THE DELAWARE AND SHAWNEE LANGUAGES. 61 
and Prospects of the Indian Tribes, now publishing under the direction of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs. 
The following plural formations are given by Mr. Whipple : 
( a-lanq/.star. 
I a-lan-goque.stars. 
( a-lunth'. arroAv. 
) a-lunth-al.arrows. 
( zit.foot. 
( zit-a.feet. 
( de-lo-i-ka.finger. 
( duth-the-a-co-lan-gar.fingers. 
According to Zeisherger, the plural terminations in the Delaware language are : animate, ale; 
inanimate, all. This accounts for the two first examples, star being classed with animate 
nouns ; the other two need explanation. 
Shaivnees ( Sow-on-no , plur. Sow-on-o-lti). —Mr. Whipple says : “ Considerable intimacy exists, 
and intermarriages occur, hetAveen the Shawnees and Delawares. There is also some resemblance 
in personal appearance, both wearing the moustache.” 
The ShaAvnee vocabulary, like the Delaware, will he of use to show the changes which the 
language may have undergone. It was obtained from one of the tribe, and agrees very closely 
with that in Gallatin’s Synopsis, which, however, is made up from several sources, and is very 
imperfect; where the tAvo appear to differ, a comparison with that in the second volume of 
Schoolcraft’s work Avill clear up the apparent discrepancies. 
The folloAving plural formations are given : 
Man. 
.il-le-ni. 
il-le-ni-ki. 
Leaf. 
.p’sis-keh . 
CC 
p’sis-ke-a-ki. 
F oot (my). 
cc 
ni-thi-tah-lish. 
Bone. 
CC 
h’kah-ne-lish. 
Shoe. 
cc 
he-quoi-thou-weh-nah. 
Tree. 
.te-qui. 
cc 
te-cou. 
These agree Avitli the statement of Yater in the Mithridates. He says: “The usual plural 
ending is lie. In some words I find Me , cMe, or enna.” 
It Avill he observed that the accent is almost invariably on the final syllable. 
