VOCABULARIES OP NORTH AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 
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Trinity river, on which a tribe of them is now found, extending to its junction with the Kla¬ 
math. My view of the affiliation of the Apache and Athapascan tribes has been adopted by 
Mr. Schoolcraft, in the recently published fifth volume of his History, &c., of the Indian Tribes, 
(p. 1*73 note, and pp. 202, 203,) though apparently with some hesitation.* To establish the 
fact of the radical connexion of their languages beyond reasonable doubt, I have constructed 
the following comparative table of words selected from vocabularies already published, except¬ 
ing that of the Apaches of the Copper Mines, for which we are indebted to the liberality of the 
Hon. John K. Bartlett. It may be well to remind the reader, that in comparing the names of 
the parts of the body, the pronoun or other word attached to the name must be rejected: 
thus, in the Hudson’s Bay vocabulary the expression is man’s head, man’s hair, etc.; in the 
Dog-Bib, my head, etc. 
Umkwa. 
(Hale.) 
Hoopah. 
(Schoolcraft.) 
Navajo. 
(Schoolcraft.) 
Apache. 
(Bartlett.) 
1 til sii n til n ft 
quais-tai'. 
ten-nai'. 
n’de 
2 silo-ha, si. 
ok-heh. 
hut-zee. 
shi-tzi 
3 zno-ha, sal a. 
tse-wok. 
hut-zee. 
si-ra' 
4 tsbio’lift 
hot-che-weh. 
hut-jah'. 
she-cha' 
3 napjie. 
hun-nali. 
hun-nah'. 
kow-da' 
fi m i n t.sli fish , sb i sb . 
hun-tchu. 
hut-chih'. 
siw-chi 
7 1 a.snm, sa,n tkh 1 o .. 
sast-ha. 
hut-tso'. 
ehe-za'-re 
8 no, cnp’bfi. 
hotv-wa. 
hur-go'. 
she-go' 
9 kwa.sh, shnsoa,tkhl .... 
ho-se-Avatl. 
hur-koce. 
she-cos' 
10 slilaa, shila. 
hol-lah. 
hul-lah. 
she-nTa' 
11 tsune, stse. 
hot-sinne. 
hut-iast'.. 
she-cha'-di 
12 slikhe. 
hom-mit-laht-hut-sinne. 
hur-ka'i. 
slie-ke' 
13 sb till ft. 
tilb . 
filch 
14 clestay . 
me-kus-tem-meli. 
pesli. 
pes 
15 slia. 
liAvah. 
cb o-ko-n o-i'. 
chi-go-na-kai 
16 ldi cm. 
holt . 
konh. 
con 
17 tkho, to. 
tah-nahn. 
tonli. 
f 110-011072- 
18 seb, so. 
tsai. 
tzi 
19 tkbli, tklilme. 
schlunh. 
klee-cbab'-eft_ 
klin-eh a,-rie 
20 . 
kloke . 
hloh ... 
fill 1 Til 
21 slii . 
wheh . 
sheenh ... 
shi 
22 aitkhla . 
kleli-wunna . 
tlah'-ee . 
ta-shte' 
23 nakh.uk . 
nali-nih . 
nah-kee' . 
na-ki 
24 tak . 
hall-kin . 
tanh . 
ta’i 
25 tuntshik . 
in-kin . 
tee . 
t'ierh 
the Yutas, the Caiguas or Kiawas, and the Comanchcs. Of the latter I will speak in another place. The two first are from one 
and the same original stock, there being, even at the present day, no very important difference in their language.” (Commerce of the Prairies, 
I, 285.) The publication of Lieutenant Simpson’s vocabularies simply confirmed this statement ; accordingly, there is no 
discovery in the matter. If the Apaches are Athapascans, and the Navajos are a part of the Apache nation, it follows of 
course that the Navajos are Athapascans too. I may add, that the name Ticorillas, as written throughout by Buschmann, 
has its origin in a misprint in Simpson’s report. It should be Jicarillas, as given by Gregg, in connexion with the passage 
above quoted, and many other authorities. In conclusion, be it observed, that the slight errors here pointed out are not 
to be considered as detracting in any sensible degree from the great merit of Dr. Buschmann’s work. The eminent ability 
and the faithful diligence displayed in it, which can be duly appreciated only by those who have gone through similar 
laborious and perplexing investigations, will make it a standard authority on the subject of which it treats.—W. W. T. 
