McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017

Boat 

I Sha lip a ushe 

Six 

Nikutewashiche 

Building 

A she tu ru in 

Seven 

Nechouache che 

Cloathes 

Mani tu ué gane 

Eight 

Nichoo oche 

Food 

Medsime 

Nine 

Pe io kué she té 

Rain 

The me uin 

Ten 

Ni koo too ze ni oo 

dressed 

Ues pi shu 

Twenty 

Ni shoo rini oo 

Thief 

Kat shi mu tou 

Thirty 

Ni she too rini oo 

War 

Nanto buri u 

Forty 

Ni wa ri ni a oo 

Quarrel 

Nashetamebariutche 

Beginning 

Pitshe rique 

Fighting 

Mashi kag ga uin 

Ending 

Matshe telle 

Spear 

Ani tu gan 

Yes 

Hu-hu 

Guard 

Shimaganiss 

No 

Numa 

Distress 

Katshe to ma ui ne 

Before 

Niche tam 

Victory 

Mashe kua kanu 

After 

Patouche 

Friend 

Nikanishe 

Here 

E kucté 

Enemy 

Matshi irini uetche 

There 

Ma koo wes 

Servant 

Co pa nishe 

Yesterday 

A ya weche tu koo shishe 

Chief 

Utshema 

Today 

A nootche kashegatte 

Writing 

Mas hi naitshe 

Tomorrow 

Ua batshe 

Number 

 

Look 

Uabata 

One 

Peiogue 

When 

Tan es he pitche 

two 

Nishoo 

Where 

Tanté 

three 

Nishetoo 

What 

Te kuan 

Four 

Newa 

Who 

A wenne 

Five 

Petetishe 

With what 

T shi koo a ri ou 

 

 

Under 

Ta peshishe 

 

 

Upon 

Ta kootche 

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