Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . are as yet unknown. Though it is true that, broadly speaking,the Cree group is the more archaic, nevertheless, in a number of pointsthe Montagnais-Nascapi is the more archaic. Wherefore, the secondgroup cannot be derived from the first; they both come from a com-mon ancestor. A few examples showing how phonetic shifts disguiseMontagnais-Nascapi words are (in the Fort George River dialect ofMontagnais-Nascapi) tipaimau, He controls him, Moose CreetipeUmew, Plains Cree tipeyimew; nitcistcaimau, I know him,Moose Cree nikiskelimau;

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Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . are as yet unknown. Though it is true that, broadly speaking,the Cree group is the more archaic, nevertheless, in a number of pointsthe Montagnais-Nascapi is the more archaic. Wherefore, the secondgroup cannot be derived from the first; they both come from a com-mon ancestor. A few examples showing how phonetic shifts disguiseMontagnais-Nascapi words are (in the Fort George River dialect ofMontagnais-Nascapi) tipaimau, He controls him, Moose CreetipeUmew, Plains Cree tipeyimew; nitcistcaimau, I know him,Moose Cree nikiskelimau; and, perhaps a more striking example,tcimioimitn, I like you (singular), Moose Cree kimilwelimitin. The folklore of the Moose Cree is decidedly reminiscent of CentralAlgonquian. The name of the culture-hero (and trickster) Wisahket-cahk (and variant WisahkwetCclhk at Moose Factory ; there are cog-nates in Plains Cree, Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Peoria; the Algonkin andOjibwa bands which have the name clearly borrowed it; Prairie Po- SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I935 79. Fig. 84.— Indian women at Moose Factory.

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