MUSQUAKE, or Fox[260]
Arm, neneck.
Arrow, onué.
Beard, nemisstóllakan.
Beaver, amachkuá (kua short; ach guttural).
Bell, katúchtåoal (uch guttural).
Black, machkettauaw (a and u separated).
Blanket (woolen), makunaan.
Bow, matáck.
Buffalo, moskutáck-nallusuá (final a short): i.e., prairie cattle; for they call the domesticated ox, nallusuá.
Child, apannó.
Cool (of weather), kesü̍a.
Day, kischek.
Devil (evil spirit), matsché-mánito; often shortened to mallato.
Dog, honémua (mua short and indistinct).
Elk, maschauáwe (e short).
Eyes, naskissako; i.e., my eyes.
Fire (n), ascutä̍.
Foot, nassöt.
God (good spirit), kasché-manité.
Green, askipokáhk.
Hair, minásse; the red hair-ornament or deer's-tail, kateüikúnn.
Hand, nalake (e very short).
Head, uësche (e somewhat short).
Heart, netä̍.
Horse, nákoto-kaschá.
Lance (spear), achtauáll (ach guttural; a and u separated).
Leader (chief), hokimaw (w audible, but soft).
Leg (entire), nakátsch.
Man, nini̍.
Mouth, nattóle (e barely audible).
Night, pachkuttáwe.
Nose, nakiuólle (e very short).
Otter, kattatawe (w between u umlaut and w; e short).
Red, meschkuáwe.
Red-head (General Clark), Maskata-pate (e short).
Sun, kischés.
Sword-lance (lance with a sword blade), táüan (short).
Teeth, nettóne.
Tongue, ninoni̍ (indistinct).
Turkey (wild), mässesá (a short); or messesá.
War-club (with the iron point), pakakachkó (ach guttural).
Warm, nihoͣs.
Water, nápch (pch almost like German pich).
White, wapé; wapé-mallato, the white devil; this was the name of the Indian who gave me the words of this vocabulary.
Woman (wife), ikuá; hence the word "squaw."
Wood, mattäque (que pronounced separately; e short).
Yellow, assåuake (e short).
Yes, hehä.
FOOTNOTES:
[260] These words were written down from the pronunciation of a Musquake Indian.—Maximilian.