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and Hum-muk-hah-ve nations on the Colorado River, or near it, speak a dialect of the same original language, and that the Yuma (or [[Coo-chan-oh]]) is probably the root.

That the Co-hu-il-las living on or near the Colorado, and in the San Bernadino [[strikethrough]]Indians[[/strikethrough]] Mountains, the origins and mountain Indians bordering the desert also derive their language from the Yuma but it has become more corrupted - and is spoken with a [[underline]]splutter[[/underline]], unknown to the softer and distinct tones of the River Indians. 

The Wyl-au-py-yah and Yev-ah-py-ah according to Miss Oatman speak a dialect also of the Yuma.  I am at a loss to distinguish what she calls the Yev-ah-py-ah from what we have known heretofore as the Yam-pi, but presume they are different tribes.  The Yam-pi and Chim-oh-way-vas speak an entirely different language according to all our authorities.  I have no means of obtaining their vocabularies.  Miss Oatman speaks of a tribe often heard of and spoken among the Hum-muk-hah-ve living far above there