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 /. 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:
Mohawk
Cherokee (East-
ern)
person
ongwe'
yufiwl
fire
otsi'ra'
atsi'ra (atsi'la)
water
awen'
awa' (ami')
stone
onefiya'
nimviV
arrow
ka'non'
kiuil'
pipe
kanonnawefi'
kanun'nawu
hand (arm)
owe'ya"
uwa'yl
milk
unefi'ta"
unuii'tl
five
wlsk
hlskl
tobacco
[tcarhu - , Tuscarora]
tsarfl (tsalu)
fish
otcofi'ta'
u'tsutl'
ghost
o'skefma'
asgi'na
snake
ennatuii
i'nadu'
Comparison of Cherokee dialects
Eastern
(Lower)
Middle
Western
1 Upper)
fire
atsi'ra
atsi'la
atsi'la
water
awa'
ama'
ama'
dog
gi'rl'
gi'll'
gi'll'
hair
gitsu'
gitsft'
gitlu'
hawk
tsa'nuwa'
IsVnmvn'
tlft'nuwa'
leech
tsanu'sl'
tsanu'sl'
tlanu'sl'
bat
tsa'weha'
tsa'meha'
tla'meha'
panther
tsuntu'tsl
tsuntu'tsl
ttuntu'tsl
jay
tsay'ku'
tsay'ku'
tlay'ku'
martin (bird)
tsutsu'
tsutsn'
tlutlti'
war-club
atasu'
atasu'
atasl'
heart
unahu'
unahu'
unahwl'
where?
ga'tsu
ga'tsfl
ha'tlu
how much?
hufigu'
hufigu'
hila'gu
key
stugi'stl
stugi'stl
stui'stl
I pick it up (long)
tslnigi'il
tslnigi'u
tsine'ii
my father
agida'ta
agida'ta
eda'ta
my mother
a'gitsl'
a'gitsl'
etsl'
my father's father
agini'sl
agini'sl
eni'sl
my mother's father
agidu'tti
agidu'td
edu'tO
mooney] IROQUOIAN MIGRATIONS 189
It will be noted that the Eastern and Middle dialects arc aboul the same, except-
ing for the change of I to r, and the entire absence of the labial m from the Eastern
dialect, while the Western differs considerably fr the others, particularly in the
greater frequency ofor Huron. ~\
Tionontati, or Tobacco nation.
Attiwan'daron, or Neutral nation. \ Ontario, ( lanada.
Tohotaenrat.
Wenrorono.
Mohawk. |
Oneida.
Onondaga. > Iroquois, or Five Nations, New York.
( layuga.
Seneca. J
Erie. Northern t Mhio, etc.
Conestoga, or Susquehanna. Southern Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Nottoway. "I
Meherrim'.J S "»""'>'" Virginia.
Tnscarora. Eastern North Carolina.
Cherokee. Western Carolina, etc.
Tradition and history alike point to the St. Lawrence region as the early home
of this stock. Upon this point all authorities concur. Says Hale, in his paper on
Indian Migrations (p.4): "The constant tradition of the Iroquois represents their
ancestors a- emigrants from the region north of the Oreat lakes, where they dwelt in
early times with their Huron brethren. This tradition is recorded with much par-
ticularity by Cadwallader Colden, surveyor-general of New York, who in the early
part of the last century composed his well known 'History of the