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Show 188 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [ ETH, AXN. 19 into Alaska, and eastward to the great divide of the Rocky mountains. In the southwest the Navaho- Apache language is understood by nearly all the Indians of Arizona and New Mexico, while on the plains the Sioux language in the north and the Comanche in the south hold almost the same position. In addition to these we have also the noted " sign language," a gesture system used and perfectly understood as a fluent means of communication among all the hunting tribes of the plains from the Saskatchewan to the Rio Grande. ( 3) DIALECTS ( page 17): The linguistic affinity of the Cherokee and northern lroquoian dialects, although now well established, is not usually obvious on the surface, but requires a close analysis of words, with a knowledge of the laws of phonetic changes, to make it appear. The superficial agreement is perhaps most apparent between the Mohawk and the Eastern ( Lower) Cherokee dialects, as both of these lack the labials entirely and use r instead of I. In the short table given below the Iroquois words are taken, with slight changes in the alphabet used, from Hewitt's manuscripts, the Cherokee from those of the author: | person fire water stone arrow pipe hand ( arm) milk five tobacco fish ghost snake Mohawk ofigwe' otsi'ra' awefi' onefiya* ka'non' kanofinawefi* owe'ya* unefi'ta* wlsk [ tcarha*, Tuscarora] otcofi'ta' o'skgfina' efinatufi Cherokee ( Eastern) yuflwl atsi'ra ( atsi'la) ftwft' ( amft') nuflyu' kunl' k& nufi'nawu uwa'yl unofi'tl hlskl tsaru ( tsalu) u'tsutl' asgi'na i'nadu' Comparison of Cherokee dialects fire water dog hair hawk leech bat panther Jay martin ( bird) war- club heart where? how much? key I pick it up ( long) my father I my mother my father's father my mother's father Eastern ( Lower) atsi'ra ftwft' gi'rl' gitsu' tsa'nuwa' tsanu'sl' tsa'weha' tsufitu'tsl tsay'ku' tsutsu' atftsu' unahu' ga'tsu hufigu' stugl'stl tslnigi'u agida'ta a'gitsl' agini'sl agidu'tu Middle atsi'la ama' gi'll' gitsu' tsa'nuwft' tsanu'sl' tsa'meha' tsufitu'tsl tsay'ku' tsutsu' atftsu' unahu' ga'tsu hufigu' stugi'stt tslnigi'u agida'ta a'gitsl' agini'sl agidu'ta Western ( Upper) atsi'la amft' gi'll' gitlu' tla'nuwft' tlanu'sl' tla'meha' tlufitu'tsl tlay'ku' • tlutlu' atasl' unfthwl' ha'tlu hila'gu stui'stl tslne'u eda'ta etsl' 1 enl'sl edu'tu |