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VOCABULARIES OF NORTH AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 
PAWNEE.—Continued. 
IV. KicriAi. 
V. Hueco. 
Eiftv. 
witz-steds-ki-shi-tith-kitz 
Sixty . 
tow-witz-steds-ki-shi 
Seventy . 
tow-witz-steds-ki-shi-tith-kitz 
EiVhtv . 
tow-quith-teds-ki-shi 
tow-quith-teds-ki-shi-tith-kitz 
squets-tetz-ki-sha 
teth-kitz 
Ninety. 
Hundred. 
Thousand. 
Sleep. 
te-hed'-its-cos 
Sit down. 
na'-oui 
Canadian river. 
Kit'-sa-te 
Hueco river. 
Tal'-le-wit-sus 
Remarks. 
Kichais ( Keechies , Kechies ).—“They live,” says Mr. Whipple, “on the Canadian river, near 
Choteau’s old trading-house. Since he was killed, the place has been entirely in their posses¬ 
sion. The tribe is supposed to contain no more than five hundred warriors, perhaps less.” 
Captain Marcy places the number at only about one hundred. 
Huecos .—The name is Spanish, and is sometimes corrupted by our writers into Wacoes. The 
native appellation, according to Mr. Whipple, is Tal'-le-wit-sus. The Hueco and Witchita vil¬ 
lages are located near each other, between the Washita and Red river, in about W. long. 98° 
20'. “The Wacos,” says Captain Marcy, “live about a mile above the Witchitas, in a village 
constructed precisely like the other. There are twenty lodges in this village, and about two 
hundred souls; their habits and customs are similar to the Witchitas, with whom they frequently 
intermarry, and they are upon the best and most friendly terms.” (Exploration of the Red 
river of Louisiana, p. 78.) 
The Huecos and Witchitas are said by Gregg to have received, in consequence of their profuse 
tattooing, the name of Pawnee Piets. Hence it is probable that they are remnants of the Paw¬ 
nees or Towiaches of Red river, described by Dr. Sibley. And these latter, from the former of 
their two names, have been supposed (though this, in the absence of specimens of their lan¬ 
guage, has been doubted) to be a branch of the great Pawnee nation, whose home is on the 
Platte and Kansas rivers. The accompanying Kichai and Hueco vocabularies, both obtained 
from individuals of these tribes, and the first ever published, enable us to make a comparison 
with the Pawnee proper; the result of which is that these languages really do, in all probability, 
belong to the Pawnee stock. For the purpose of this comparison, a few words are selected from 
the Pawnee vocabulary of Dr. Say (with the orthography slightly altered) and the Riccaree 
(or Black Pawnee) of Prince Maximilian. The Witchita vocabulary of Captain Marcy, which 
I was formerly unable to place, here also finds its appropriate location. 
Pawnee. 
Riccaree. 
Kichai. 
Witchita. 
Hueco. 
Woman . 
tsa-pat. 
sapa ................ 
cbe-quoike. 
kah-haak. 
cah-he-ic 
Mother .. 
a-ti-rah. 
schaehti . 
cha'-che. 
nut-ti-co-hay'-he* 
ats'-ia 
Ear. 
at-ka-ru. 
atkahahn. 
a,'-tik-o-ro-so. 
ortz 
Nose. 
tshu-shu. 
siniht. 
chus-ca-rai-o. 
duts-tis'-toc*. 
tisk 
