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Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-YorkSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe

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Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York

Name: Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York
Author: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Indians of North America -- New York (State); Iroquois Indians

Fin                Oo too neh.
Scale              Oo s’neh.
Roe                Ta reh.
White              Oo whah re ah keuh.
Black              Kah hunh s’ehe.
Blue               Oo tih heuh re eh.
Yellow             Tih kah che t’kah nahyeuh.
Green              Oo ha reh.
Great              We yu.
Small              Wast teuh.
Strong             Oo te reuh.
Old                Oo nunh hah ah.
Young              Oo’t oh.
Good               Wah kwast.
Bad                Wah sunh.
Handsome           Yu yah tah yeuh snuh.
Ugly               Koh seuh.
Alive              Wunh heh.
Dead               Yah wunh ha yeuh.
Life               Na yah wunh t’kwah.
Death              Keuh ha yeuh.
Cold               Ah t’huh.
Hot                Yuh nah re hin.
Sour               Na yuh che ra noh neh.
Sweet              Yah wa kenh.
Bitter             Yu che wah kenh.
I                  E.
Thou               Ets.
He                 Trah ya nueh teh.
She                A ya nueh teh.
We                 E ah kwah ya sunh teh.
You, ye            Thwah ya sunh teh.
They               Kah ya yeh sunh teh.
This               Keh’n nuh.
That               Ha nuh.
All                T’wa’hn.
Part               Wa yu rah kwuhn.
Many               Yuh neh’r kenh hu hu.
Nothing            Tsah wunh teh.
Who                Koh na.
Near               Noos keuh.
Far off            E nuh.
To-day             Kah wunh yuh’r heuk enh.
Yesterday          Teh nuh.
To-morrow          Euh yuh’r heuh.
Yes                Euh heuh.
No                 Kwuhs.
Perhaps            Ah reuh kweh te.
Above              Strah kwe.
Under              Euh toh kenh’f.
Within             Oo nuh skeuh.
Without            Th’ neh teh.
On                 Hoh heh’n.
Something          Sto e keuh.
In the tree        Ooreuh oh kenk’f.
On the rock        Koh heh’r oo steuh roh keh.
By the shore       Oo che ah tah’qt.
On the table       Na kwah roh kwah keh.
In the book        Oo yah teuh strah keuh’f.
Now                Ka wunh.
Never              Sa nunh.
By and by          Ka wuh thenh ruh.
One                Euh che.
Two                Nak te.
Three              Ah sunk.
Four               Kunh toh.
Five               Weesk.
Six                Ooh yok.
Seven              Che oh noh.
Eight              Na kreuh.
Nine               Ne reuh.
Ten                Wah th’sunk.
Eleven             Euh che skah hah.
Twelve             Nah tih skah hah.
Thirteen           Ah sunk   “   “
Fourteen           Hunh toh  “   “
Fifteen            Weesk     “   “

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Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-YorkSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe

History

Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Indians of North America -- New York (State); Iroquois Indians

Fin                Oo too neh.
Scale              Oo s’neh.
Roe                Ta reh.
White              Oo whah re ah keuh.
Black              Kah hunh s’ehe.
Blue               Oo tih heuh re eh.
Yellow             Tih kah che t’kah nahyeuh.
Green              Oo ha reh.
Great              We yu.
Small              Wast teuh.
Strong             Oo te reuh.
Old                Oo nunh hah ah.
Young              Oo’t oh.
Good               Wah kwast.
Bad                Wah sunh.
Handsome           Yu yah tah yeuh snuh.
Ugly               Koh seuh.
Alive              Wunh heh.
Dead               Yah wunh ha yeuh.
Life               Na yah wunh t’kwah.
Death              Keuh ha yeuh.
Cold               Ah t’huh.
Hot                Yuh nah re hin.
Sour               Na yuh che ra noh neh.
Sweet              Yah wa kenh.
Bitter             Yu che wah kenh.
I                  E.
Thou               Ets.
He                 Trah ya nueh teh.
She                A ya nueh teh.
We                 E ah kwah ya sunh teh.
You, ye            Thwah ya sunh teh.
They               Kah ya yeh sunh teh.
This               Keh’n nuh.
That               Ha nuh.
All                T’wa’hn.
Part               Wa yu rah kwuhn.
Many               Yuh neh’r kenh hu hu.
Nothing            Tsah wunh teh.
Who                Koh na.
Near               Noos keuh.
Far off            E nuh.
To-day             Kah wunh yuh’r heuk enh.
Yesterday          Teh nuh.
To-morrow          Euh yuh’r heuh.
Yes                Euh heuh.
No                 Kwuhs.
Perhaps            Ah reuh kweh te.
Above              Strah kwe.
Under              Euh toh kenh’f.
Within             Oo nuh skeuh.
Without            Th’ neh teh.
On                 Hoh heh’n.
Something          Sto e keuh.
In the tree        Ooreuh oh kenk’f.
On the rock        Koh heh’r oo steuh roh keh.
By the shore       Oo che ah tah’qt.
On the table       Na kwah roh kwah keh.
In the book        Oo yah teuh strah keuh’f.
Now                Ka wunh.
Never              Sa nunh.
By and by          Ka wuh thenh ruh.
One                Euh che.
Two                Nak te.
Three              Ah sunk.
Four               Kunh toh.
Five               Weesk.
Six                Ooh yok.
Seven              Che oh noh.
Eight              Na kreuh.
Nine               Ne reuh.
Ten                Wah th’sunk.
Eleven             Euh che skah hah.
Twelve             Nah tih skah hah.
Thirteen           Ah sunk   “   “
Fourteen           Hunh toh  “   “
Fifteen            Weesk     “   “

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York

Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York

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