MEASURES
When describing distances travelled by water they used the bends in the river as units.
When describing distances travelled by land - through the woods - they used the distance in sight as a unit.
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MEASURES | |
| A span (thumb and little finger), | &uc irc;n-kw^t'-o-pûl-tche-ha'-so. | |
| A hand (long finger to first wrinkle on wrist), | ûn-kwût-ê'-yu. | |
| From tip of long finger to elbow, | kwûn-as'-kwip-tîn-a-mûs'-kwûn. | |
| A fathom (from tip to tip of long fingers), | ûn-kwût-on-ska'-so. | |
| Half-fathom, | a-pa-son-ska'-so. | |
| Three-quarters fathom, | ka-mûs'-kwûn. | |
| One pace, | êl'-mêl ki'-mûk. | |
| Two paces, | nis'-êl-mêl ki'-mûk. | |
| Three paces, | ni'-hi-êl-mêl ki'-mûk. | |
When describing distances travelled by water they used the bends in the river as units. | ||
| One bend, | ûn-kwût'-e-wam'-ke. | |
| Two bends, | ni'-se-wam'-ke. | |
| Three bends, | ûn'-se-wam'-ke. | |
When describing distances travelled by land - through the woods - they used the distance in sight as a unit.
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| One sight, | kwa-pût'-mûn. | |
| Two sights, | nis-kwa-pût'-mûn. | |
| Three sights, | ni'-hi-kwa-pût'-mûn. | |
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