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Page 166
... third person of both the singular and the plural of the Huron , or Wyandot : ihaton , ' he says ' ; iouaton , she says ' ; ihonton , ' they say ( the men ) ' ; ionton , they say ( the women ) ' . The same distinction and applied to the ...
... third person of both the singular and the plural of the Huron , or Wyandot : ihaton , ' he says ' ; iouaton , she says ' ; ihonton , ' they say ( the men ) ' ; ionton , they say ( the women ) ' . The same distinction and applied to the ...
Page 167
... third person of intransitive verbs , and in the inflections of transitive verbs , according as they govern the noun of an animate , or of an inanimate object . But it is in the languages of the Algonkin - Lenape family , that the ...
... third person of intransitive verbs , and in the inflections of transitive verbs , according as they govern the noun of an animate , or of an inanimate object . But it is in the languages of the Algonkin - Lenape family , that the ...
Page 168
... third person . There is in that person no distinction between the singular and the plural ; and its termination , oh , ah in the Massachusetts , un , in , & c . in the Chippeway , is given not only to the verb , but to the regimen when ...
... third person . There is in that person no distinction between the singular and the plural ; and its termination , oh , ah in the Massachusetts , un , in , & c . in the Chippeway , is given not only to the verb , but to the regimen when ...
Page 169
... third person of the pronoun ; whilst , in the Algonkin , this is the very case which appears not to be provided for , the characteristic sign of the third person being VOL . II . * Mr. Schoolcraft . 22 either omitted altogether , or the ...
... third person of the pronoun ; whilst , in the Algonkin , this is the very case which appears not to be provided for , the characteristic sign of the third person being VOL . II . * Mr. Schoolcraft . 22 either omitted altogether , or the ...
Page 171
... third number , which is sometimes a dual , more generally a definite or special plural , occasionally assuming both ... person or persons spoken to . But in the Chippeway , as we are informed by Mr. Schoolcraft , it always excludes the person ...
... third number , which is sometimes a dual , more generally a definite or special plural , occasionally assuming both ... person or persons spoken to . But in the Chippeway , as we are informed by Mr. Schoolcraft , it always excludes the person ...
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Abenakis adjectives Algonkin Algonkin-Lenape American amongst animate appear Athapasca belonging Boston called Capt Captain Carolina Catawbas Charlevoix Cherokee Chicasas Chippeways Choctaw Christian Indians colony conjugation Creeks degree of north Delawares dialects dual east eastern enemy English ermikp Eskimaux father Five Nations French Gookin Grammar hundred Hurons Indian languages inflections inhabitants Island Lake lands Lenape living lungiha Massachusetts mentioned Miamis miles Mississippi Mohawks Mountains mouth Muskhogee Nanticokes Narragansets neen north latitude nouns object plural possessive praying Indians prefixed principal probably pronouns Red River respect Sachem Sauks second person settlements Shawnoes sing singular Sioux Six Nations South Carolina southern speak Susquehannocks tenses termination territory thee third person thou thousand souls tion tokchě transitions treaty treaty of Easton tsheeng Tuscaroras Tuteloes verb vicinity villages vocabulary wadchan warriors western Woccons wonni words Wyandots Yamassees