They call the earth Yahkàne, because Yah formed it, as his footstool, by the power of his word. In allusion also hereto, Nakkàne signifies a man, because of the mother-earth; and Nakke a bullet, or arrow. When the Cheerake ask a person, Is it not so? they say, Wahkane? The divine essential name, and Kane, are evidently the roots of these words. With the Muskohge, _Algeh_ signifies “a language,” or speech: and, because several of the Germans among them, frequently say _Yah-yah_, as an affirmative, they call them _Yah-yah Algeh_, “Those of the blasphemous speech;” which strongly hints to us, that they still retain a glimpse of the third moral command delivered at Sinai, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain,” or apply the name of YOHEWAH, thy ELOHIM, to vain, or created things. {66} These Indians, to inculcate on their young people, that YO HE WAH is the Author of vegetation, call the growth of vegetables, _Wahráah_, “moved by Yohewah;” for _Aàh_ signifies to walk, or move; and the consonant is an expletive of distinction. In like manner, _Wah-àh_ signifies, that “the fruits are ripe,” or moved to their joy, by Yohewah. They likewise call the flying of birds, _Wahkáàh_; as Yohewah gave them that swift motion. And, when young pigeons are well feathered, they say, _Patche hishshè oolphotàháh_—_Patchè_ signifies “a pidgeon,” _Hishshè_, “leaves, hair, or feathers,” _oolpha_, or _oolpho_, “a bud,” _ta_, a note of plurality, and _háh_ of admiration, to make it a plural superlative. But, when the pigeons, in winter, fly to a moderate climate in great clouds, they use the word, _Wah-àh_, which in every other application describes vegetation, and say, _Patche Wah-àh_, “the pigeons are moved to them by Yohewah;” which seems to allude to the quails in the wilderness, that were miraculously sent to feed the Israelites.