CROW (Corbeau)[243]
Arm, a̍hdä.
Arrow, annúhtä.
Bow, mannáchi-iahsä (the last word even and lowered in tone).
Child, wah-káh-tä (run together).
Eye, ischtä̍.
Fire, biddä̍ (short).
God (the ruler of life), búattä (u and a separated; ta short).
Hair, ichsi̍e (ich German with the point of the tongue; si and e separated; e ½ and short; i with strong accent).
Hand, ischsä̍.
Head, a̍nschua (an French; sch and u separated; a short).[244]
Man, matsä̍.
Moon, minitásia (sia short and low; i and a a little separated).
Mouth, i̍h-a (a very short and ½; pronounced together).
Pipe (tobacco), i̍impsä (accent on the first i; separated from the second i).
Star, ichkä̍.
Sun, achá-se (run together; se distinctly pronounced but short).
Tomahawk, mani̍htsip-ihpse (an French; e distinctly pronounced).
Water, minä̍.
White-man, máeste-schi̍hrä; literally yellow-eye.
Woman (wife), mi̍a (mi run together; a separated; the whole short).
FOOTNOTES:
[243] Written from the pronunciation of a Crow Indian. They pronounce the words in the manner of the Minnitarri; ch is guttural, r is spoken with the point of the tongue unless there is an exception noted. According to Donald Mc Kenzie who lived among the Crows (Gallatin, ibid., p. 125), they number some three hundred lodges and three thousand souls. This seems to me to be a correct estimate.—Maximilian.
Comment by Ed. Gallatin doubtless intends Kenneth (not Donald) Mc Kenzie, for whom see our volume xxi, p. 45, note 25.
[244] According to Captain Bonneville, it is called popo in the Crow language; this does not agree with my experience.—Maximilian.
Comment by Ed. This refers to Washington Irving, Rocky Mountains; or Scenes, Incidents and Adventures in the Far West (Philadelphia, 1837).