Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical

by R. G. Latham

XIII. The Capistrano group.—Buschmann in his paper on the Netela and Kizh states, after Mofras, that the Juyubit, the Caguilla, and the Sibapot tribes belong to the Mission of St. Gabriel. Turner gives a Cahuillo, or Cawio, vocabulary. The district from which it was taken belonged to the St. Gabriel district. The Indian, however, who supplied it had lived with the priests of San Luis Rey, until the break-up of the Mission. Whether the form of speech he has given us be that of the Mission in which he lived or that of the true Cahuillo district is uncertain. Turner treats it as Cahuillo; at the same time he remarks, and shews, that it is more akin to the San Luis Rey dialect than to any other.

But it is also akin to the Chemeuevi, which with it is tabulated; a fact which favours the views of Hale respecting its San Capistrano affinities rather than those of Buschmann—Hale making them Paduca.

A vocabulary, however, of the unreclaimed Cahuillo tribes—the tribes of the mountains as opposed to the missions—is still wanted.

English.	Chemuhuevi.	Cahuillo.
man	tawatz	nahanes.
woman	maruqua	nikil.
head	mutacowa	niyuluka.
hair	torpip	piiki.
face	cobanim	nepush.
ear	nancaba	nanocka.
eye	puoui	napush.
nose	muvi	nemu.
mouth	timpouo	netama.
tongue	ago	nenun.
tooth	towwa	netama.
hand	masiwanim	nemohemosh.
foot	nampan	neik.
bone	maiigan	neta.
blood	paipi	neo.
sky	tuup	tuquashanica.
sun	tabaputz	tamit.
moon	meagoropitz	menyil.
star	putsih	chehiam.
fire	cun	cut.
water	pah	pal.
one	shuish	supli.
two	waii	mewi.
three	paii	mepai.
four	watchu	mewitchu.
five	manu	nomequadnun.
six	nabai	quadnunsupli.
seven	moquist	quanmunwi.
eight	natch	quanmunpa.
nine	uwip	quanmunwichu.
ten	mashu	nomachumi.

P. [353]. Now comes the correction of a statement in p. [353]—"the language of San Luis El Rey which is Yuma, is succeeded by that of San Luis Obispo, which is Capistrano."—This is an inaccuracy; apparently from inadversion. A reference to the Paternosters of pp. [304]-[305] shews that the San Luis Rey, and the San Juan Capistrano forms of speech are closely allied. Meanwhile, the San Fernando approaches the San Gabriel, i. e. the Kizh.

See also Turner, p. 77—where the name Kechi seems, word for word, to be Kizh. The Kizh, however is a San Gabriel form of speech.

XIV. The Yuma group.—Turner gives a Mojave, or Mohavi vocabulary; the first ever published. It is stated and shewn to be Yuma. The Yabipai, in the same paper, is inferred to be Yuma; containing, as it does, the word

hanna	= good	= hanna,	Dieguno.
n'yatz	= I	= nyat,	do.
pook	= beads	= pook,	Cuchan.

The Mohave vocabulary gives the following extracts,

English.	Mohave.	Cuchan.	Dieguno.	Cocomancopa.
man	ipah	ipatsh	aykutshet	ipatshe.
woman	sinyax	sinyak	sín	sinchayaixhutsh.
head	cawawa	umwhelthe	estar	——
hair	imi	ocono	——	——
face	ihalimi	edotshe	wa	——
forehead	yamapul	iyucoloque	——	——
ear	esmailk	smythl	hamatl	——
eye	idotz	edotshii	awuc	ayedotsh.
nose	ihu	ehotshi	hu	yayyayooche.
mouth	ia	iyuquaofe	ah	izatsh.
tongue	ipailya	epulche	——	——
tooth	ido	aredoche	——	——
hand	——	isalche	sithl	——
arm	isail	——	——	——
foot	imilapilap	imetshshpaslapyah	hamilyah	——
blood	niawhut	awhut	——	——
sky	amaiiga	ammai	——	——
sun	nyatz	nyatsh	nyatz	——
moon	hullya	huthlya	hullash	——
star	hamuse	klupwataie	hummashish	——
		hutshar
fire	awa	aawo	——	ahúch.
water	aha	aha	aha	——
I	nyatz	nyat	nyat	inyatz.
thou	mantz	mantz	——	mantz.
he	pepa	habuisk	pu	——
one	setto	sin	hini	——
two	havika	havik	hawuk	——
three	hamoko	hamok	hamuk	——
four	pinepapa	chapop	chapop	——
five	serapa	serap	serap	——
six	sinta	humhúk	——	——
seven	vika	pathkaie	——	——
eight	muka	chiphuk	——	——
nine	pai	hummamuk	——	——
ten	arapa	sahhuk	——	——