James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4James, Edwin
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James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4
James, Edwin
Indians of North America; Rocky Mountains; United States -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
The Red Shield Chief, one of the principal chiefs,
e-tam-ina-gehiss-sha
The Borgne or One Eye, grand chief, a remarkable man, he was
killed by the Red Shield, a few years since, ka-ko-a-kis
{lxxxv} Missouri river, amanti-a-‡je--_the river that carries
canoes_
Little Missouri river, a-manti-ca-‡ja--_the river that carries
little canoes_
Yellow Stone River, mit-ze-re-a-‡je--_the river of yellow rocks_
Physician, mat-za-ma-ho-pa
Village, a-ma-teh
Prairie, a-mon-su-ket
Eagle, ich-pro-hich
Arrow point, e-tah-e
Tomahawk, weep-sa-lan-ga
Green, †hau-te-ge
Emasculation, an-ju-ca-da-‡jus
Little wolf, bot-sas
Blanket, wash-a-echre-o-tucke
Mountain, avo-ca-ve
Kill, ta-ha
Die, tas
Scalp, a-ram-pa-tsak-ke
He or she, ne
Bison cow, me-te-ya
A thick forest of small trees, be-ra-she-e-pe
Run, te-re-a
Leap, te-chre
Fight, re-ke
Eat, ma-rou-ta
Drink, be-de-he
Steal, ma-a-shan-re
Talk, de-da
Mockasin, o-pah
Gunpowder, mer-e-ze-ba
Nineteen, a-pe-no-was-sap-pa
Twenty, no-o-pah-pe-ra-gas
Thirty, na-me-a-pe-ra-gas
Forty, to-pah-a-pe-ra-gas
One hundred, pe-ra-gas-ich-te-et
One thousand, pe-re-gas-ich-te-et-a-cah-co-re
Paw-ne Language
Grand Pawnees, tcha-we
Loups or Pawneeomawhaws, ske-re
Pawnee Republicans, ze-ka-ka or ket-ka-kesh
Tappage band, pe-tou-we-ra
Not, buj‡-‡je
Tool Robe, (the republican grand chief), sha-re-a-deeksh-taw-we
Thirteen, tou-wet-lok-she-re
Fourteen, lah-ko-ke-ta
Fifteen, she-oksh-ta-ro-ke-ta
Sixteen, shrou-we-o
Seventeen, tou-wet-ka-ke, (twenty less three)
Eighteen, pet-ko-ka-ke, (twenty less two)
Nineteen, as-ko-ka-ke, (twenty less one)
Twenty, pe-tou-o
Twenty-one, petouo-as-ko
Thirty, luk-she-re-we-tou-o
Thirty-one, luksherewetouo-as-ko
Forty, pet-ko-sho-o-ra-ro
Forty-one, petkoshooraro-as-ko
Fifty, petkoshoorarolokshere
Sixty, tou-wet-ra-ro
Seventy, touwetrarolokshere
Seventy-one, touwetrarolokshere askolokshere
Eighty, shke-tiksh-ta-ro
Eighty-one, shketikshtaroasko
Ninety, shketikshtarolokshere
Ninety-one, shketikshtaroaskolokshere
One hundred, she-koksh-ta-ro
One thousand, petkoshoorarolokshere-tsa-e-ksh
The name of one individual of the Pawnee Loups is "The maker of
God."
{lxxxvi} _The two following Vocabularies were taken down by Major Long
during his tour on the upper Mississippi in the year 1817_
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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