on the west, the Unami and the Unalachtin are classed as Delaware as distinguished from the Minsi. The Mahican has been preserved, partially at least, as has also to some extent the Long Island,

the latter extending along the east side of the

Highlands, where it met the Wappanoos, which has been preserved as spoken by its more eastern families in the Massachusetts ; but the dialects on the west, .as they were modified by association with those on the east, and the river

as far as the

the east as modified by association with those on

dialects of

the west, are lost except as they live in geographical names, which resist established rules of interpretation, or are approxi

mately preserved as they were spoken elsewhere, modified by How widely they differed, can be inferred different associations.

from Loskiel's statement that the Minsi of the Hudson resem bled the Mahican and the Sbawanoeand was scarce understood by its

more western families

how widely they differ in the imper

fect forms in which they have been preserved, a few words from

each

will

sufficiently

illustrate.

Man,

in

Long

Island,

is

wonnun (white man) in Wappinoo or Massachusetts, lenno. wosketomp-, in Mahican neemanoo; in Delaware and Minsi, run ;

Mother,

in

Long

Island,

is

cwca-y in Massachusetts, okaooh ;

APPENDIX.

Minsi, guy; in Delaware, gabowes. Stone, in Long Island, is sun ; in Massachusetts, bussun; in Ma

in

Mahican, okegan ; thaunaumka;

hican,

in

in

achsun, in

Minsi,

akbsm

Earth, in Long Island, is keagb ; in