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 •2,") 1 A SYNOPSIS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES. [iNTROD. chish-no, thine. il-lap, his, hers. pish-no, ours. hup-pish-no, ours. huch-ish-no, yours. il-lap, theirs. chishno, thou, chish-no-a, plsh-no-a, liiip-pish-no-a huch-ish-no-a thee, him, us, ,us, you, them, i-pish-no, ice, hup-pisli-no, ive, huch-ish-no, ye, thru Pishno is both dual and plural. Hopishno is only plural. When a number of persons in conversation are giving an account of something in which they are all concerned, they say, hopishno. But when they are re- lating to others something, in which the hearers are not con- cerned, they say, pishno. Hochisno is dual and plural. Perhaps it was originally dual; as the Chahtas, to express the plural, often add the word okla (vuJgus.) The possessive pronouns are always prefixed to nouns ex- pressing kindred. The possessive pronouns, used in composition, when united to nouns, are, 1. When prefixed to nouns expressing kindred, or to the names of the members of the body, or to the word " dog " : 1st Person. 2d Person. 3d Person. Singular, su or sai, che or chi, none. Dual. peotpi, Plural. nuppe-huppi, huch, none. (oMa, ' multitude,' sometimes used for the third person plural.) 2. When prefixed to other nouns : 1st Person. 2d Person. 3d; Person. Sing, an, um, chin, chim, in, im, Dual, pin, pirn, huchin, huchim, ok/a, Plur. huppin, huppim. He, she, it, and they, are wanting. They are implied in the verb, and the subject of discourse determines whether the singu- lar or plural is intended ; as, pisa, ' he, she, or they see. 5 Sometimes the word okla is used ; okla pisa, ' they, the multi- tude, see.' The same remark applies to him, her, it, and them, as, pisa, ' he sees him, it, or them,' according to the subject of discourse. Adjectives have all the variations of neuter verbs, including the participial, frequentative, and negative forms. The verb of existence does not occur in a separate form.