ENGLISH. COPEH. SHASTI, ETC.

_head_ buhk uiak, S.

_hair_ teih tiyi, P.

_teeth_ siih itsa, P.

_ear_ maht _mu_-mutsh, L.

_eye_ sah asu, P.

_foot_ mat pats, L.

_sun_ sunh tsul, P.

_thou_ mih mai, S.

and, probably, others.

The Copeh is spoken at the head of Putos Creek.

Observe that the Copeh for _water_ is _mem_, as it is in the languages

of the next group, which we may provisionally call--

VII. THE PUJUNI.--Concerning this we have a notice in Hale, based

upon information given by Captain Suter to Mr. Dana. It was to the

effect that, about eighty or a hundred miles from its mouth, the river

Sacramento formed a division between two languages, one using _momi_,

the other _kik_ = _water_.

The Pujuni, &c. say _momi_; as did the speakers of the Copeh.

For the group we have the (_a_) Pujuni, (_b_) Secumne, and (_c_) Tsamak

specimens of Hale, as also the Cushna vocabulary, from the county Yuba,

of Schoolcraft; the Cushna numerals, as well as other words, being

nearly the same as the Secumne, _e. g._

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