which the future termination is sintze, as nenérsintze.

COMPLETIVE VERB.

25. This gives completeness to the signification of the word out of which it is made so full that nothing remains further, and is formed of the future taking away the final tze, and placing suam instead, as, baán, I eat; bétze, I will eat; besuam, I eat until I have finished it all; todam, I leave; todetz, I will leave; todesuam, I leave forever,—at once. The penitent may say, Oquine haóna no cananacemca todesuatze, Now, forevermore, I will leave my sins; the perfect being formed in coari, and the future in uatze.

ESTIMATIVE VERB.

26. This denotes the judgment that one forms of anything, as, dénitzem, I judge it good; déni meaning good; hana Diosi denitzem, perhaps you esteem God? nee

eme deosaritzem, I judge you happy; deosari meaning happy; nee eme náventzem, I consider you poor—pity you; náven meaning poor: and they form the perfect, tziui, and future tziúhtze.

CONVERSIVE VERB.

27. When a thing changes so as to pass from one to another form or quality, this verb is used. Earth, tevat; genitive, teuhte; accusative, teuhta, whence comes the verb teúhtuun, I make me earth,—as do the sticks become, and bodies that rot. So dóhmetum, make man, explains the mystery of the incarnation, as, God the Son made himself man for us, Dios noquát tamóde, or tamo, betzeguai dóhmetui. So batuum, is made water, bat, water; nasórtaan, I throw away; nasórtuun, is thrown away, to become corruption; of which the perfect is tui, the future, tutze.

28. There are some Compound Verbs which end in donon, signifying to go to do something, which appear to be formed from the future, omitting the last syllable tze, and substituting donon, as amúdonon, I go to hunt; amún being, I hunt; the future amútze ; cumándonon, I go to gather wood, from cumánan, I gather wood, future cumantze; baudónon, I go to bring water, formed of bat, water; vun, the future of vtze, bring, and donon, which has the perfect doni, and future dontze.

29. The termination guan, is usually a sign of the Active Verb, as in mótzguan, I begin: máguan, or máhuan, I plough, and is added by the natives to some Spanish words they use, such are perdonároguan, I pardon; ayunároguan, I fast; velároguan, I watch. Some form the perfect in guari, and future in guatze; others the perfect in uhri, and future in úhtze, úitze, or in guatze.

30. To form Compound Neuter Verbs, the verb dáan, I go, is frequently used, as bahútunan, I melt (active); bahútudaan, I melt, or am melting, the neuter, barínan, I soften; baricdaan, I go on to soften; zicónan, I break; zicócdaan, I break (neuter); the perfect being dai, the future, détze.

31. Other Neuters are formed of active verbs ending in an by changing it into en, as sebán, I freeze; seben, freeze; basán, I ripen; basen, ripen; sepán, cool; sepen, cool; nacuan, hurt; nacuen, hurt. To form the perfect, the en is changed into i; but the future, although it always ends in tze, differs, as will appear by the vocabulary.

32. In the same manner as of Active Verbs in an, Neuter Verbs in en are made, so from other actives in an, neuters are made in un, as, busán, I awake another; busún, I awake me; tutzan, I quench; tucún, I quench me, in the perfect changing the un to i, and the future to tze.

PLURAL OF VERBS.

33. This language has the notable peculiarity of the verbs oftentimes differing greatly in the plural from the singular, as, vaquén, enter one; múume, enter many; vóon, one to lay down; medáguame, lay down many; méran, one to run; vóome, many to run; batémucun, to drown oneself; betécoome, many to drown themselves; batemean, drown one; batecódan, drown many.

34. There are many Compound Active Verbs ending in puguan or puuan, which signify to pluck, as beguát, skin, genitive; beúhte, accusative; beúhta, whence beuhpuuan, tear off the skin is formed, and from mo, hair of the human head comes mópuuan, pluck the hair, etc.; sequát, flower, genitive, seúhte; accusative, seúhta

gives seúhpuuan, to pluck flowers; nágua; root, genitive, naúhte; accusative, naúhta, when naúhpuuan, eradicate, is formed, their perfect being in uhri, their future in natze.

ZEM, ZEN.

35. Estimative Verbs it has already been said end in tzem, but there are other verbs of that termination that signify certain passion, failing, or quality, as, hisumtzem, I am hungry; veráctzem, I am thirsty ; vrútzen, I am hot; vtétzen, I am cold, which form their perfects in tziui, the futures in tzíuhtze.

TAAN.

36. The Particle taan compounded with a substantive, signifies to do, as, sibúrtaan, to make girdles composed of sibúra, band; zántaan, to make arrows, zamát signifying arrow; vacotaan, to make bow, from vácotzi, that instrument; but when it is component of the verb it signifies, I say that I wish, thus from nósquen, I return, nósquitaan is made, signifying, I say that I wish to return, and from pánauan, labor, is pánauataan, I say that I wish to labor.

ENI, MANI, HABI,

Being the English substantive verb AM.

37. Such is the condition of this part of speech: yonder is a man, anát sei dor eni, and if he live there, or is there standing, anát catzí, etc., which catzí is used only for persons. Yonder is water, anát, or aguát bat maní, yonder is grass, anát dósa habí, and also may be said, bat eni, dosa eni, but bat habí, dosa mani would not be correct. Further than this the substantive verb am appears not to show itself clearly: thus that utterance of God, I am that I am, has no corresponding words in the tongue : it could seemingly be made somewhat intelligible in this wise: Nee uehva nee, which word for word means, I greatly I, and am is not expressed though understood. So in asking, Who is it, the answer is, Nee, and not I with the verb. This method of speaking should be regarded: to say the house of Pedro was my house, it should be, Pevroque qui no quiru, of which qui means house, and Pevroque qui, house of Pedro. The verb was, does not now exist in it apart, but in expression it appears, or nearly so, in the substantive qui, which is put in the imperfect by the termination of that tense, ru being added, as, quiru, was house; no quiru, was my house. The same is otherwise said: Pevroque qui no guaguaru, the house of Pedro was mine; the guagua, if alone, signifies, is mine.

MAGUAN.

38. There are several Compound Verbs that end in maguan, which signify, to throw something to another, as, ermaguan, to throw blood (erát) on him; dósmaguan, to throw grass (dosát) on him; teúhmaguan, to throw dirt (tevát) on him; sitórimaguan, to throw honey (sitóri) on him, which form the perfect in guari, the future in guatze.

TADEN.

39. The Particle táden, the terminal of several verbs, expresses the like or dislike the good or evil appearance of anything according to the name or adverb to which it is joined, as, neve sodóta nanactáden, or hidenatóden, I do not like this bower; tamide naven tamo tademe, we find ourselves poor; nee deosári no taden, I find myself fortunate, the perfect being found in taderi, the future in tadetze.

MUCUN.

40. Of the Verb Mucún, I die, compounds such as these are made: vrumucún, I die of heat; vrúcóome, they die of heat; hisú-mucún, I die of hunger; hisúmcóome, they die of hunger; varótmucún, I die of thirst; varó-coóme, they die of thirst; cúmemucún, I die of envy; cumecoáme, they die of