gu age w ill be defective in other r e fp e f ls ; not ha vin g words
to didinguifh or exprefs differences w hich rea lly exift, and
hence not fufficiently copious. T h is was obferved to be the
cafe, in many indances, particularly with re fpc it to the
names o f animals. T h e relation or affinity it may bear to
other languages, either on this, or on the Aliatic continent,
I have not been able fufficiently to trace, for want o f proper
fpecimens to compare it with, except thofe o f the Efqui-
maux, and Indians about Hudfon’s Bay ; to neither o f w hich
i t bears the lead; refemblance. On the other hand, from the
few Mexican words I have been able to procure, there is the
mod obvious agreement, in the ve ry frequent terminations
o f the words in I, tl, or z, throughout the languag e
T h e large vocabulary o f the Nootka languag e, collected
b y Mr. Anderfon, fhall be referved for another place f , as
its infertion here wou ld too much interrupt our narration.
A t prefent, I on ly feledt their numerals, fo r the fatif-
fadtion o f fuch o f our readers as love to compare thofe o f
different nations, in different parts o f the w orld;
Tfawack, One.
Akkla, Tw o .
Katjtfa, Three.
Mo, or moo, Four.
Sochab, Five.
Nofpo, Six.
Atjlepoo, - Seven.
A t laquoltbl, Eight.
Tfawaquultbl, Nine.
Haeeoo, Ten.
* May we not, in confirmation o f M r . Anderfon’ s remark, obierve, that Opulfzthl,
the Nootka name o f the S u n ; and Vitziputzli, the name o f the Mexican Divinity,
have no very diftant affinity in found ?
t It will be found at the end of the third volume.
Wer«
Were I to affix a name to the people o f Nootka, as a M i
' A p r i l .
d id in it nation, I w ould call them Wakajhians g from the word \ v— -»
waka/h, w hich w a s ve ry frequently in their mouths. It
feemed to exprefs applaufe, approbation, and friendffiip.
For when they appeared to be fatisfied, or w e ll pleafed with
any thing they faw, or any incident that happened, they
would, w ith one voice, call out wakajh" waka/h! I fhall
take m y leave o f them, with remarking, that, differing fo
effentially as they certainly do, in their perfons, their.cudoms,
and languag e, from the inhabitants of, the iflands in the Pacific
Ocean, we cannot fuppofe their re fpeitive progenitors
to have been united in the fame tribe, or to have had any
intimate connedtion, when they emigrated from their origin
a l fettlements, into the places where w e now find their
defcendants.
My account o f the tranfaclions in Nootka Sound would
be imperfect, withou t adding the adronomical and nautical
obfervations made by us, while the ihips were in that dation.
Latitude.
r Sun - - 49° 36' 1", 13"'
T h e latitude o f the ob- t South 49° 36' 8", 36"'
fervatory by - j t>tars j j f g g f 4g° g | | g | § J |
The mean o f thefe means - 49’ 36' 6", 47'"North.
Longitude.
T he longi
tude, by
("Twenty fets taken on t h e ^ ^ „ ■ ^
2 id and 23d o f March J
Ninety-three taken at the ) M
lun ar ob-1 obfervatory - -- J
fervations Xwenty-four taken on the) 0 , -y,
id , 2d, and 3d o f May J ^ ^ ’ c
T he mean o f thefe means - 233° 17' 14", o"'Jpad.