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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

Twelve             Da ga na ya wa la.
Thirteen           Ha son ya wa la.
Fourteen           Ki ya lu ya wa la.
Fifteen            Wisk ya wa la.
Sixteen            Ya yah ya wa la.
Seventeen          Ja dak ya wa la.
Eighteen           Ta ka lon ya wa la.
Nineteen           Wa tlon ya wa la.
Twenty             Ta was hon.
Thirty             Ha son ne was hon.
Forty              Ki ya lu ne was.
Fifty              Wisk ne was.
Sixty              Yah yak ne was.
Seventy            Ja dak ne was.
Eighty             Ta ka lon ne was.
Ninety             Wa tlon ne was.
One hundred        Ans cot ta wa ne a wa.
Two hundred        Da ga na ta wa ne a wa.
One thousand       O ya lee ta wa ne a wa.
Two thousand       Ta was ha ta wa ne a wa.
Million            O ya lu ta wa ne a wa-o ya lee ta wa ne a wa.
To eat             Yon take hon ne.
To drink           Yah na kee lah.
To run             Yah dak ha.
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To walk            Ee yun.
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To dance           Ta yunt qua.
To laugh           Yah go yas hon.
To cry             Da yon unt os.
To burn            U dek ha.
To love            Ee no lon qua.
To go              Wa hon ta de.
To strike          Wa a gon lek.
To kill            Wa gon wa lew.
To sing            Ka lon no ta.
To sleep           Ya go tas.
To die             Wa a ee ha ya.
To sit             Ya day lon.
To speak           Ya god ha la.
To see             Wa ont kot.
To hear            Yah got hon day.
To think           Yonnon ton nion ha.
To shout           Tay ya go hon let.
The war cry        At lee yos la tay ya go hon let.
To shout           Ta ya go hon let.
The retreat        Wa ha day go.
To give            Wa han da don.
To carry           Yay ha we.
To tie             Ka warn.
Walking            Ee yen.
Singing            Ka lon no ta.
Dancing            Ta hat qua.
Crying             Das yon unt os.
To exist           Ya gon ha.
I am               E gon ha.

The preceding part of this vocabulary, taken by myself, together with
the entire vocabularies of the Onondaga and the Seneca, which are
necessary to render the comparison complete, are omitted.




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Letter from Mr. D. E. Walker to Henry R. Schoolcraft.


  _Batavia, July 26th, 1845._

MR. SCHOOLCRAFT: I have visited the mound on Dr. Noltan’s
farm. Nothing of great importance can be learned from it. I should
think it about fifty rods from the creek, and elevated, perhaps, some
eight feet above the general level of the ground.

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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

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

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

Twelve             Da ga na ya wa la.
Thirteen           Ha son ya wa la.
Fourteen           Ki ya lu ya wa la.
Fifteen            Wisk ya wa la.
Sixteen            Ya yah ya wa la.
Seventeen          Ja dak ya wa la.
Eighteen           Ta ka lon ya wa la.
Nineteen           Wa tlon ya wa la.
Twenty             Ta was hon.
Thirty             Ha son ne was hon.
Forty              Ki ya lu ne was.
Fifty              Wisk ne was.
Sixty              Yah yak ne was.
Seventy            Ja dak ne was.
Eighty             Ta ka lon ne was.
Ninety             Wa tlon ne was.
One hundred        Ans cot ta wa ne a wa.
Two hundred        Da ga na ta wa ne a wa.
One thousand       O ya lee ta wa ne a wa.
Two thousand       Ta was ha ta wa ne a wa.
Million            O ya lu ta wa ne a wa-o ya lee ta wa ne a wa.
To eat             Yon take hon ne.
To drink           Yah na kee lah.
To run             Yah dak ha.
  294
To walk            Ee yun.
  296
To dance           Ta yunt qua.
To laugh           Yah go yas hon.
To cry             Da yon unt os.
To burn            U dek ha.
To love            Ee no lon qua.
To go              Wa hon ta de.
To strike          Wa a gon lek.
To kill            Wa gon wa lew.
To sing            Ka lon no ta.
To sleep           Ya go tas.
To die             Wa a ee ha ya.
To sit             Ya day lon.
To speak           Ya god ha la.
To see             Wa ont kot.
To hear            Yah got hon day.
To think           Yonnon ton nion ha.
To shout           Tay ya go hon let.
The war cry        At lee yos la tay ya go hon let.
To shout           Ta ya go hon let.
The retreat        Wa ha day go.
To give            Wa han da don.
To carry           Yay ha we.
To tie             Ka warn.
Walking            Ee yen.
Singing            Ka lon no ta.
Dancing            Ta hat qua.
Crying             Das yon unt os.
To exist           Ya gon ha.
I am               E gon ha.

The preceding part of this vocabulary, taken by myself, together with
the entire vocabularies of the Onondaga and the Seneca, which are
necessary to render the comparison complete, are omitted.




(N.)

Letter from Mr. D. E. Walker to Henry R. Schoolcraft.


  _Batavia, July 26th, 1845._

MR. SCHOOLCRAFT: I have visited the mound on Dr. Noltan’s
farm. Nothing of great importance can be learned from it. I should
think it about fifty rods from the creek, and elevated, perhaps, some
eight feet above the general level of the ground.

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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