New views of the origin of the tribes and nations of America / By Benjamin Smith Barton.

  • Benjamin Smith Barton
Date:
1798
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    Curdi, the Arabs, the Tartars, the Vogoulitchi, and. other nations, from whence are derived confiderable portions of the languages of the Delaware-ftock, the Six-Nations, the Chee- _ rake, the Creeks, the Chikkafah, Choktah, and’ many aoa tribes, both in North and in} South-America. a refer the rea- _der to the vocabularies for the various proofs of the derivation. of the Delawares, and the other American nations jut mention- ’ ed from the Perfians, &c. and fhall here point out fome of the affinities. between the Mexican language, and the 6 a of “the Afiatics. The Mexicans call a hill, Tepec and Tepetl: Tartars, g2, Zepe, and the Turks (who are ‘Tarters), ea and Depe: the Perfians and the Curdi,’ Tel: the Arabs, Ze//. Here the affinities are very ftriking. Tt will hardly be doubted, * that the Tepetl, of the Mexicans is compounded of the Zepe and Depe of the Turksand Tartars, the Zé/ ofthe Perfians and Cur- a and ‘the Zél] of the Arabs. Again, the Mexicans call water, Atl, In the language of the’ Vogoulitchi, 67, it is Agel. The Mexicans calla houfe, Calli: the’ Vogoulitchi, 69, Kol: 67, Koella and 68, Kooal. The Mexicans call the moon, Metzrli: the Lefghis, so, 51,52, Moots: the Kuf- hazibb- A biffinian, 113; Mexe, The Mexicans call the hand, Maytl: the Armenians, _ 107, call. the fingers, Mat, &c¢. and the Altekefick-Abiffinian, 112, Matcha, The Mexi- cans call the fingers, Mahpilli: the -Curdi, 7, deelleg:: the Tchechentzi, 114, Paleek ; and the Ingufhevtzi, 115; Palk, and Pelgeefch, The numeral one in the language of the Mexicans, is Ce:,in the language of the Kabardinian- er rheteti, it is Ze. I could point out other affinities. Thefe will be confidered as very ftriking, efpecially after the remarkable affertion of the learned’ Clavigero, which has already been taken notice of.* The difcovery of more ftrik- . ing affinities between the Gagaree of the Mexicans and *-See Preliminary Difeourfe, 50 8 xxii. D*