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

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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._

ENGLISH. SECUMNE. CUSHNA.

_one_ wikte wikte-_m_.
_two_ pen pani-_m_.
_three_ sapui sapui-_m_.
_four_ tsi tsui-_m_.
_five_ mauk marku-_m_ (mahkum?).

So are several other words besides; as--

_head_ tsol chole.
_hair_ ono ono.
_ear_ bono' bono.
_eye_ il hin.
_sun_ oko okpi.

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