_Loak_ signifies fire, and _Loak Ishtohoollo_, “the holy or divine fire,” or the anger of Ishtohoollo, “the great, holy One;” which nearly agrees with the Hebrew להט, that which flames, or scorches with vehement heat. And it is the scripture method of conveying to us a sensible idea of the divine wrath, according to the cherubic name אש, which likewise signifies fire. But the Persians worshipped the burning fire, by the name of _Oromazes_; and darkness, or the spirit, by that of _Aramanius_; quite contrary to the religious system of the Indian Americans: and the aforesaid Indian method of expression, seems exactly to coincide with the Hebrew idiom. _Buk-she-ah-ma_ is the name of their Indian flap, or broad slip of cloth with which the men cover their nakedness; but the word they use to express our sort of breeches, is a compound, _Bala-phooka_, derived from the Hebrew באל, which signifies, behind; and the Indian _Naphooka_, a coat, any kind of clothes, or covering; _Baloka_ signifies, behind; silently telling us, they formerly wore a different sort of breeches to what they use at present. They likewise say, _Neeppe-Phú-ka_, “A flesh-covering.” The father of King Saul was called Kish, “podex;” which signifies also the rear of an army, or the hindermost person, according to the Hebrew idiom. Thus the Indians, by _Kish_, express the podex of any animal—the hindermost person—the gavel-end of an house, and the like. _Kish Kish_, is with them a superlative, and, as before hinted, used to convey the contempt they have for that proper name. May not the contemptible idea the West-Florida-Missisippi Indians affix to the name of Kish, be on account of his son’s succession to the throne, at the end of the theocracy of Israel, and beginning a despotic regal government? The Indians, according to the usage of the Hebrews, always prefix the substantive to the adjective; as _Netak Chookòma_, “A good day;” _Nakkàne_ and _Eho Chookòma_, “A goodly man and woman.” The former of which is termed, in Hebrew, _Yoma Tobe_, signifying, according to our method of salutation, a good-day, a merry season, a festival day, &c. And the Indian appellatives are similarly exprest in Hebrew, _Behtobe_ and _Ashe-Tobe_, “A good, goodly, discreet, or wise man and woman.” _Chookoma_, with the Indians, is the proper name of a comely woman, when _A_ is prefixed to it; as _A-chookòma_, “My goodly, or beautiful:” they use it for a warrior, {44} when it is compounded without the _A_; as _Chookòma hummáshtàbe_, “One who killed a beautiful, great, red, or war-chieftain;” which is compounded of _Chookoma_, comely, _Humma_, red, אש, _Ash_, fire, and _Abe_, a contraction of אבל, _Abele_, signifying grief, or sorrow. Hence it appears, that because the Hebrews affixed a virtuous idea to _Tobe_, goodly; the Indians call white by the same name, and make it the constant emblem of every thing that is good, according to a similar Hebrew custom. Of this the sacred oracles make frequent mention.