East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, September 20, 1917, ROUND-UP SOUVENIR EDITION, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8

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Eat Orcgonian Round-Up Somrenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Thuraday, September 20. 1917.
Twenty-Eight Page
1000 Dialects Found Among Indians
THE HUB
atns TlmiifMnid Olalcrta. Are I Vund in
tlw Two American.
The Hureau of American KthnoloRy
tf ibe Smithnonian Institution, which
vwnilurts utiidlps and InvestlRatlona
rnmrmg the Indians, l conBtantly bom
tardrd with request for "the Indian
wont" for this and that. It may be
worth while to explain to the public,
herefore, that there la no one Amerl
an Indian language. On the contrary
(here are about l(0 languages in the
tm America, and practically 500 dis
irtct Indian lanBuaea north of M-
It become, then, impossible to Kive
"the" Indian word for any English
wuulvnlent and consequently it is usu
ally rhonen from the language of the
Tilw. which inhabits, or once inhab
rel, (he particular section of the
?nuntry from which the request
eoiim; for example the world may be
-hosen from the Sioux, Delaware,
Tverokee, Seneca. Zuni or other lan-
tme of the exhibits of the Bureau
,r American Ethnology at the recent
Vnmama-Pacific Kxposltlon at San
Tamcisco was a large placard, in tab
ular form. Intended to illustrate the
mibrr and variety of Indian langu-jon-a
north of Mexico. Although not
wihausUve. It included 33 family
wroops and 167 different tribes. The
-ituK-alent of only one word was
wfeown. the concept expressed by
Ijuio homo, "human being-."'
FVr example, a member of the Cher
wkee tribe says "yunwl." while his
Ibrtwr neighbor of the Creek tribe
y "istl." The Delaware of the Al
gonquin says "in," for a male person
and "lenno" or "lenape" for a human
"twin. The eastern and central Eski
mo uses the word '"leuiV meaning
people, or "milk." person, whereas his
ot far distant relative, the Aleut,
awvs "aliwut." The Zunl Indian ex
presses the word by "kwe." and the
sage by "nikashisa." These few ex
amples show in how many ways, all
different, this one idea is expressed.
In fact, the Indian languages are so
numerous and so difficult to record
hat the American Anthropological
Association appointed a committee
some time ago to devise a standard
method for transcribing them. Its
Teport has lust been published by tne
Smithsonian Institution, and is en
titled "Phonetic Transcription of In
flow! Lanjruattes." It goes into detail
sis to the best and most improved
-manner of reci.rdine the many Indi
an languages of this country in a
Tfnrm that is feasible and easily under
stood. The report is intended pri
marily for phil. .Insists and students
f phonetics, and is desii-'ned to show
what is necessary in order to record
an Indian langonge properly.
Fcrtunately for the student of In-
olutn linguistics, nearly all the
and familv languages may be class!
"Tied into groups, so that it is not ne
-otwaarv f..r th" philologist
ach language: he studies the basic
Trmc'.p!es of the speech of
live that an Indian of one tribe pro
nounces a word differently from one
of another trible, but because he can
not pronounce certain sounds. The
Arapho. Cheyenne and Caddo tribts
have the sound of "n"' but lack "1"
and "r"; nn the other hand, the
Kiowa, Apache. Zuni and Cherokee
have "I" and "n," but lack "r." The
Sioux call themselves by a name mean-
trihal ' "allies. pronounced "imkota ny
those of the eastern or antee ai-
.iviPion: Nakota ' ny tne miooie or
learn I Yankton division, and ' Lakota d
the western or Teton division; me lai-
lin- I ler division compriHes all the tribe
Ti"st"r croup and. foiiowincr cenain ; " 1 1 .
, and exceptions, is able to com- ' "f the whole nation. This example
e"end much of the speech of its , show, the three methods of express
ieral lynches. He knows, accord- lnB one word by the members of a
in to OrimnVs law evolved years ago sinele family.
bv our old friend, the compiler of the ; But besides these variances ano
Yairv tales, that certain consonants '. many others, there are the eccentrici--orrepond
in all related lanimases. as : ties in speech of Ihe individual, of the
fhr example, in Herman, the Hleh ' family proper and of the camp
Ve.riran "das" becomes "daf In Low croup, all of which intrude transient
the "V ehanftine to "t." , forms, just as In the Enclish speech
The consonants "1." "n" and "r" are ; of North America we find variations
jUso readilv interchaneeable. Thus ! between the speech of a Northerner.
The -dentist recognizes the same word a Westerner and a Southerner. The
ieT,i.e its disTuises. J philologist has to fare all this and
But it i not with a view of dis- to sift and sort the Janeuasres to eli-
r.r making his speech distinc- mmate all sucn local nnu . o i..m.".
arnifiinif
. Hi- - ?i -eJ -Vs."- -a S SJt' e t4:
tSS. S23 U53 Na?i7 2.
accents, for it must be remembered
that the speech of the red man Is not
a written lansuase, with a grammar
and a dictionary, except those which
his white friends have evolved for
him. It is of interest and value to
know and record thee various abori
ginal lancuass before they become
extinct, and that Is one part of the
work of the Bureau of American
Kthnolosy.
In order to meet the popular de
mand for Indian names for postoffi
ceF, parks, villa sites and outinc orga
nizations, the bureau has lately com
piled and issued a circular Rivins
simplified forms in Dakota, Omaha,
Osasie, Blaekfoot, Delaware, Cheyenne.
Cherokee. Seneca, Chippewa and
other Indian languages. Some of
t-se names are especially interesting
and musical in sound.
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There, little doffie, you'd better quit
racin'!
Why don't you leave bo that roam
in around?
I'm ffettin- tired of all of th'p h;iin
When yon. break out from thf bully
bed-pro und;
V'hy don't you stick to the side of
yer mother
H'-rd in an' utay with the reM o"
yer breed: '
She in a-bnwlin an' won't have no
other
First thiner you know you w:!; start
a stampede!
IMjiine yer' Why don't you let up on
that millin'7
Why don't you rest an lie down fer
a change?
ain't ho anxious, ynu know, to be
killin'
f'ow ponies off chasin' y-)u 'round
the ranffe!
ff you'd bed down with tho rest of
the critters.
In by yer maw, she'd lot up on that
bawl !
Reckon you ain't of the breed they
call quitters.
That ain't the brand you are wear
in' at all!
There, litt'e doKie. you needn't Bit
skeery!
That ain't a thin but a coyote's
cry.
Course in the nisht-time it sounds
sort o' dreary.
But you'll Kit uPd to their yelps by
an by.
You needn't think he's agoin" to git
you
Not while Tm out here on niht-herd
at least'
Don't lt a sneakin coyote's yelp frt
you
Why. he's a cowardly, no-account
beast;
Jumpin' Jee hosophat' What Is the
matter?
Can't you locate yer ol mammy tonight?
Tf you ain't leery you'll make the
herd Hcatter!
Takes but darn litt'e to ffive m a
fricht!
! ain't dead anxious to see m stain
pdin. Not on a nti?ht when it's black a?
a cat!
Sleep Is a thing that the boys are all
needin.
They won't Kit much with yot;
actln" like that!
There, little dofrle. bed down an' quit
strayin'
'floun" through the herd an a
bawlin' like vrn!
Stick to yer maw. 'cuz the herd will
be playln'
Merrj' ol' hell if they ever hein!
Guess what you want is a Rood mid-
niKht dinner;
Mebby yer hungry on long fer
feed.
There! Now you've found her, you
blamed little sinner!
That Is the dope that I reckon you
need!
LET ER BUCK
"Let 'er buck!" Who cares if you I
pitch and whlsj?
My cinch is well fastened, my chaps I
buckled tight.
Ah! look at her mettle! Gee! what a
game fight!
"Let 'er buck! Oo to it!" the harder
you fight
The better you'll be when you give
up the game.
Success that is easy is rather too
tame;
It's action that counts most, if wrong:
or if right.
"I-et 'er buck!" The crowd may laugh
and cheer,
But, girl, for you and me it's work;
A duty's ours; we never shirk;
We'll tnckle a Job other people may
fear.
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In fact we carry everything for the men
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We also have contracts with niade
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To those truding with us we can sa
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Will you ride on the broncho a bo'd . All the glory to go to a man who .
meet
"Let 'er buck!" I've had my battles
before,
And only by losing; have learned how
to win
It's giving up easy that counts as a
sin
"Let er buck," but stay with it and
run In a score.
''Let er buck!" 'Tis the spirit of the
west.
Where time is young, and life is
free,
And Nature's strength and majesty
t ntamed. awaits us for the test.
Yes, life Is young, and spirits brave;
Ourselves, our country, yet un-made.
The best within must be displayed
If we humanity would save.
- buckaroo?
Or sit in the grandstand and cheer
with the crowd?
Will you think back and say, "My
poor will allowed
could do?" ('Inch your belt, don your spurs, grip
! the rope, take your seat.
'Let 'er buck!" If it's trials that And stick to your nadd'e 'til clone of
stand in your way. the day.
The play-time
er 'tis du
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