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and dividing t h e s a m e w o r d differently w h e n I g e t it from different I n d i a n s . A c c e n t a n d inflection differ widely a m o n g them. A s a m e a n s of a r r i v i n g as n e a r l y as possible a t a c c u r a c y , before offering this p a p e r for publication all w o r d s p r e s e n t e d herein, w i t h their p r o n u n c i a t i o n a n d definitions, w e r e s u b m i t t e d to t h e m o s t intelligent and u n d e r s t a n d i n g I n d i a n s a m o n g t h e tribes of S o u t h e r n U t a h , a n d t h e y a p p r o v e d t h e r e n d i t i o n . N a m e s and w o r d s in m y list w h i c h t h e y said w e r e w r o n g h a v e been eliminated. A f t e r s e a r c h i n g a n d u s i n g every t e s t of proof, I pass on w h a t h a s been given to m e feeling t h a t it is as nearly correct as p a i n s t a k i n g r e s e a r c h can m a k e it.
SOME U S E F U L EARLY U T A H INDIAN
REFERENCES
B y J. Cecil Alter The earliest knowledge of the Indians occupying the hospitable valleys flanking the Great Salt Lake is the" vague story appearing in Baron Lahontan's report of 158 years before the Mormons settled in Utah. T h a t narrative purports to have been written by Lahontan from an interview with a group of these Indians themselves, whom he claims to have encountered in January, 1689, probably on the Upper Missouri River. Historians usually consider this one chapter ( X V I ) of Lahontan's Voyages 1 to be apochryphal, because of certain inconsistencies; but it is believed to contain sufficient truth to be worth presenting here in part. " L E T T E R X V I , Dated at Missilimakinac, May 28, 1689. * * * S I R , T h a n k God, I am now return'd from my Voyage upon the Long River, which falls into the River of Missisipi. I would willingly have trac'd it up to its Source, if several Obstacles had n o t stood in my way. I set out from hence the 24th of Sept. accompany'd with my own Detachment, and the five Huntsmen I mention'd in my last; who indeed did me a great deal of Service. All the Soldiers were provided with new Canows loaded with Provisions and Ammunition, and such Commodities as are proper for the Savages. T h e W i n d ' which stood then in the North, wafted me in three days to the Bay of Pouteouatamis, that lay forty Leagues 3 off. (Green Bay W i s ) * * * ^_* * 1
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