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 li>2 A SYNOPSIS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES. [lNTROD. verb. But the corresponding Indian mood embraces the con- junction, and concentrates in a single word the verb, the pro- noun or pronouns, and the conjunction expressed or implied. Zeisberger says, that conditional conjunctions, such as ane and appane are thus compounded with the verb in that mood. And in his list of particles, we find anlc, l when ' ; eet, t perhaps.' The coincidence of those with the terminations ak, ank, anne, it, at, of the singular subjunctive, might therefore sustain the conjecture, that that mood was derived from the incorporation of those conjunctions with the verb. But Mr. Schoolcraft has pointed out certain possessive pronouns, differing from those in general use, to which I think it more probable that we can trace the formation of the subjunctive mood. He designates these possessive pronouns as " pronominal suffixes," which supply the ordinary distinctions of persons, and are used in connexion with a certain class of substantives descriptive of country and place ; and he has given the follow- ing example of the union of the possessive pronoun of that species with the word home, which may be compared with the subjunctive of the simple Delaware conjugation. Chippeioay. Delaware. My home, ainda-yan, lue-ya, Jf I say thy « ainda-yun, lue-yanne, " thou " his " ainda-d, lue-te, " he " our " our " ainda-yang, > ainda-yung, ) lue-yenk, « we " your " their " ainda yaig, ainda-wad, lue-yek, lue-ktit, (t y 6 U " they " Allowing for the usual permutations of g and 7c, and of d and t, and considering that the comparison is instituted be- tween two distinct languages though of the same family, the similarity of the pronominal Chippeway suffixes, with the Delaware subjunctive terminations, is so striking, that it is hardly possible that they should not have had a common origin. But why there were two distinct sets of pronouns, and why this was adopted for the subjunctive mood, remains unexplained. Amongst the various forms of which the verbs are suscepti- ble, some are mentioned by Zeisberger, which are conjugated, in the indicative, in a manner analogous to the conjugation of the subjunctive ; such as, To be or stay there, achpin, achpiya : to go, aan, aane ; to be, or do, so, lissin, lissiye : to say, luen, lueyaj where I stay, epia, epianne, &c. where I go, eyaya, eyayanne, &c. as I am, or do, elsiya, elsiyanne, &c. what, (or as) I say, cloweya, eloweyanne, &.c.