Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical

by R. G. Latham

The following shows the difference between the Weitspek and Kulanapo; one belonging to the northern, the other to the southern division of their respective groups.

English.	Weitspek.	Kulanapo.
man	pagehk	kaah.
woman	wintsuk	dah.
boy	hohksh	kahwih.
girl	wai inuksh	dahhats.
head	tegueh	kaiyah.
hair	leptaitl	musuh.
ear	spèhguh	shímah.
eye	mylih	ni.
nose	metpí	labahbo.
mouth	mihlutl	katsédeh.
tongue	mehpl'h	bal.
teeth	merpetl	yaóh.
beard	mehperch	katsutsu.
arm	mehsheh'	tsuah.
hand	tsewush	biyyah.
foot	metské	kahmah.
blood	happ'l	bahlaik.
sun	wánoushleh	lah.
moon	ketnewahr	luëlah.
star	haugets	uiyahoh.
day	tehnep	dahmul.
dark	ketutski	petih.
fire	mets	k'hoh.
water	paha	k'hah.
I	nek	hah.
thou	kehl	ma.
one	spinekoh	k'hahlih.
two	nuehr	kots.
three	naksa	homeka.
four	tohhunne	dol.
five	mahrotum	lehmah.
six	hohtcho	tsadi.
seven	tchewurr	kulahots.
eight	k'hehwuh	kokodohl.
nine	kerr	hadarolshum.
ten	wert'hlehwerh	hadorutlek.

In the Kulanapo language yacal ma napo = all the cities. Here napo = Napa, the name of one of the counties to the north of the Bay of San Francisco and to the south of Clear Lake.

We may now turn to the drainage of the Sacramento and the parts south of the Shasti area. Here we shall find three vocabularies, of which the chief is called—

VI. The Copeh.—How far this will eventually turn out to be a convenient name for the group (or how far the group itself will be real), is uncertain. A vocabulary in Gallatin from the Upper Sacramento, and one from Mag Readings (in the south of Shasti county) in Schoolcraft, belong to the group.

Mag Readings is on the upper third of the Sacramento—there or thereabouts.

English.	Copeh.	M. R. Indian.	U. Sacr.
man	pehtluk	winnoke	——
woman	muhlteh	dokke	——
head	buhk	pok	——
hair	tiih	tomi	tomoi.
eye	sah	chuti	tumut.
nose	kiunik	——	tsono.
mouth	kohl	——	kal.
teeth	siih	shi	——
beard	chehsaki	khetcheki	——
arm	sahlah	——	keole.
hand	semh	shim	tsemut (fingers).
foot	mai'h	mat	ktamoso.
blood	sahk	chedik	——
sun	sunh	tuku	sas.
wind	toudi	kleyhi	——
rain	yohro	luhollo	——
snow	yohl	yola	——
fire	poh	pau	po.
water	mehm	mem	mem.
earth	kirrh	kosh	——

In the paper of No. 134 the import of a slight amount of likeness between the Upper Sacramento vocabulary and the Jakon is overvalued. The real preponderance of the affinities of the group taken in mass is that which its geographical position induces us to expect à priori. With the Shasti, &c. the Copeh has the following words in common:—

English.	Copeh.	Shasti, etc.
head	buhk	uiak, S.
hair	teih	tiyi, P.
teeth	siih	itsa, P.
ear	maht	mu-mutsh, L.
eye	sah	asu, P.
foot	mat	pats, L.
sun	sunh	tsul, P.
thou	mih	mai, S.

and, probably, others.