Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-07-08


indian language a. nov employed BY the
PenObscOts
- The practice IS afsxed to a name il
diaiastise--e. g. SAX. James. Saksis. little
James. MaIiesis. little Mary Bot Il ihere
arr t~o names. and this particle De found
sfkKed 10 the second. thea "a means 500.
IL Is to be-remarked that tbis parcticle =
always AfiNed to the name Of the father.
aud not 10 that Of the son. e. =. Sabatis
Efiensis. john the Baptist. soa Of Ste
Phen-
The particle cue sfKcd 20 a name
means wife. and il Is sl~sys affixed 70 the
name q the husband. nd not 20 that OF The
vie. thus. Male Thoma~isque. Mar. the
wife Of Thoaaas. The syllable We Is for
the SAKE Of euPhony. When the particle
az = AIDED 70 q1e. thus quests. Il means
daughter. e. 9. Sesil Esienni-qoesis. Cecily
the daughter of stephen. u instead ofsi..
they place the particle peun. thus quepeVn.
u means widow. v. :. MsEh ktchi Nioo-
la~isquePeun. Mary the widow Of cd
NiVbolAs.~ V Certainly fc~ languages En-
hi5ii 4 greater degree Of originality in
their construction. or more conpactness
IN their etymoiogy than may Le sern ia he
Abaski
Another peculiar fcsfure !. the formation
ofthe Plural n=zscs q animate being. -hich
terminate in SAX. Prk. a pig. Peksak.
pigs Names Of inaniu.afe objects formed
the plural IA AZ This Vas all the gram
rnAtieal distinction Of gender in the lan-
gaage- The verbs 70 Be. an have. DO net
properly exist in the language. bot they
have large class Of shat nlsh, be termed
substantive verbs in which the idea Of tie
noun is combined wi;h the action % the
verb. and both expressed by ooe ~0ni.
Their lack Of words was freqaently sup.
Plied BY eomPounliag those already IN
uss. Which sometimes gave a truly beautiful
exPression and force to the language. not
unworthy place by the side Of German
Rev. Cyrus By inston Who has been :
Missionary among the ChootAws for forty
van. gives Is Illustrations from their
language whirh IN some form or other an
Ply 20 al the dialects IN The country. Thus
the sngers are called - soa q the hand.'
the toes. - sons Of the foot. caves. tree
hair. the moon. the night travelling s,ln. .
the river. "a water road. 50 the word
for handsome - literally ITO Sc GOOD -
ugly. ''to see not good. run. '.Firevater.-
Col. . the great Faihe- Of Lie. Verr
many words Ia ase among tie Anasaran-
tloooSs were compound words. a. ~e lave
already shown in their ua-ies q places Il
Is evident thar The language C tte Nor
ridgeWocks vas essentially that q the
saguuiieooSs, differing oaly a. ,he IN
written language Of one tribe ~iu slwsvs
differ from that % another
The Indians At ibe present day are
Frequently unable 20 give TIE definitions q
names Of places. The changes have been
90 great IN pronunciation that they do no,
rec0gnire them. Ask a modern Indian
the meaning q Araoscoggin and he would
cal il old Indian.
In fact the existing languages are row
regarded a. dialects a The ancient and
Pure Abnaki. Which included ail the tribes
~ Name. b. tbe Abnaki is meant
dialect Of the Algonkin language Which -as
the most extensively employed o. any On
this continent.
A Interesting at pestAining % thsir
langusge nav he noticsd here. Tbey new
e. exhibited any conflsion ofthoughi The
language vas a. Transparent a. tire IDEA.
The Indian orator never failed 20 make
himself understood. In addres.iag ti.s
thc ~hits IN broken Enrlisb they rsrsiy
fail - present their Arguments in Tie mos,
eonsiucing manner.
The number q words 10 their ianguage
vss limited. Abstract term, we're hardly
kno~n BAT hey could Substitute Tor ,b..e
some q The most beautiful ricforicai cures
ever taken from nature. The tree. fbe
rlver' the ocean. The stars. were sources
from Ebigh they drew some o. thc best
Specimens of eioq1ence Men. -hos- blood
bad been stirred Up ia var. could arisc r.
tseir councils. and speak 18th e8nseiou.-
ness o. tbeir superiority over their fellows
Niih the FIRM belief that the right vas on
their side. ibey did rot hesitate to present
tht r clsim ior jastice to tho uhife man i,
language rot O. be mistaken. Thei- re-,,ri,-
iorm' Of erPre''ioa have given n.e 10
~hat Hsy be called o. Indiaa syie. ul,.b
az once recognized by tae nos. casual
observer. some of their rbetorieai sru-..
nave oeen incororafcd into our GA la.
guage 10 takr up fhe Ratchet a. =,
iorc.bie eEPrcssion sig1ifinr fbe con-
nencement q hosuEtsss. IL bury a..
h'irhct "a TIE eEPrcssioo far peace To