The Cheerake call twenty, _Tahre Skoeh_, “two tens;” and the Chikkasah term it, _Pokoole Toogalo_, “ten twos:” as if the former had learned to number from the left hand to the right, according to the Syriac custom; and the latter, from the right to the left hand, after the Hebrew manner. The former call an hundred, _Skoeh Chooke_; and, as before observed, a thousand, _Skoeh Chooke Kaiére_, or “the old one’s hundred;” for with them, _Kaiére_ signifies “ancient,” or aged; whereas _Eti_, or _Eti-u_, expresses former old time. {78} May not this have some explanation, by the “Ancient of days,” as expressed by the prophet Daniel—magnifying the number, by joining one of the names of God to it—according to a frequent custom of the Hebrews? This seems to be illustrated with sufficient clearness, by the numerical method of the Chikkasah—for they call an hundred, _Pokoole Tathleepa_; and a thousand, _Pokoole Tathleepa Tathleepa Ishto_; the last of which is a strong double superlative, according to the usage of the Hebrews, by a repetition of the principal word; or by affixing the name of God to the end of it, to heighten the number. Ishto is one of their names of God, expressive of majesty, or greatness; and _Soottathleepa_[XVIII], the name of a drum, derived from _Sootte_, an earthen pot, and _Tathleepa_, perhaps the name or number of some of their ancient legions. Footnote XVIII: The double vowels, _oo_ and _ee_, are always to be joined in one syllable, and pronounced long. The Muskohge method of counting is, _Hommai_ 1, _Hokkóle_ 2, _Tootchēna_ 3, _Ohsta_ 4, _Chakàpe_ 5, _Eepáhge_ 6, _Hoolopháge_ 7, _Cheenèpa_ 8, _Ohstàpe_ 9, _Pokóle_ 10, &c. I am sorry that I have not sufficient skill in the Muskohge dialect, to make any useful observations on this head; however, the reader can easily discern the parity of language, between their numerical words, and those of the Chikkasah and Choktah nations; and may from thence conclude, that they were formerly one nation and people.