NUMERATION.—All these prairie tribes count by decimals and in no other way. The names of the digits are:
One—washe´nah. Two—noom´pah. Three—yam´ine. Four—topah. Five—ta´ptah. Six—sha´kpah. Seven—shakkowee. Eight—sha´kkando´gha. Nine—noo´mpchewo´oukkah. Ten—wixchemenah.
After ten the word akkai, dropping the name of the ten, serves until twenty, thus:
Eleven—akka´i washe. Twelve—akkai noompah. Thirteen—akkai yammene. Fourteen—akkai topah. Fifteen—akkai zaptah. Sixteen—akkai sha´kpah. Seventeen—akkai shakko´. Eighteen—akkai sha´kando´gha. Nineteen—akkai noompchewoukkah. Twenty—wixche´mmene noompa; i. e. for twenty, literally two tens.
From twenty to thirty the word “sum” or “more” (plus) is added, thus:
21—wixchemmena noompa sum washena (two tens plus one). 22—wixchemmena noompa sum noompa (two tens plus two). 23—wixchemmena noompa sum yammene (two tens plus three), and so on up to thirty, which is three tens or wixchemmene yam´mene. 31—wixchemmene yammene sum washena (three tens plus one). 32—wixchemmene yammene sum noompa (three tens plus two); the same as after twenty, and the same after each succeeding ten as far as one hundred, thus— 40—wixchemmene to´pah (four tens). 41—wixchemmene topah sum washena (four tens plus one). 50—wixchemmene zaptah (five tens). 51—wixchemmene zaptah sum washena. 52—wixchemmene zaptah sum noo´mpa. 60—wixchemmene shakpa (six tens). 61—wixchemmene shakpa sum washena. 62—wixchemmene shakpa sum noompa. 70—wixchemmene shakko (seven tens). 71—wixchemmene shakko sum washena (seven tens plus one). 72—wixchemmene shakko sum noompa. 73—wixchemmene shakko sum yammene. 74—wixchemmene shakko sum topah, etc. 80—wixchemmene shakandogha (eight tens). 90—wixchemmene noomchewouka (nine tens). 100—o-pah-wa-ghe. 101—o-pah-wa-ghe sum washea. 110—opahwaghe sum wixche´mmene. 160—opahwaghe sum wixche´mmene shakpa. 161—opahwaghe sum wixche´mmene shakpa sum washena. 170—opahwaghe sum wixche´mmene shakko. 180—opahwaghe sum wixche´mmene shakandogha. 190—opahwaghe sum wixche´mmene noomchewouka. 200—opahwaghe noompa. 300—opahwaghe yammene. 400—opahwaghe topah. 500—opahwaghe zaptah. 600—opahwaghe shakpah. 700—opahwaghe shakko. 800—opahwaghe shakandogha. 900—opahwaghe noomchewouka. 1,000—koke-to-pah-wa-ghe. 1,853—koketopahwaghe sum opahwaghe shakandoga sum wixche´mmene zaptah sum yammene. 2,000—koketopahwaghe noompah. 3,000—koketopahwaghe yammene. 4,000—koketopahwaghe topah. 10,000—koketopahwaghe wixchemmene. 20,000—koketopahwaghe wixchemmene noompa. 50,000—koketopahwaghe wixchemmene zaptah. 100,000—opahwaghe koketopahwaghe. 500,000—opahwaghe zaptah koketopahwaghe. 600,000—opahwaghe shakpah koketopahwaghe. 10,000,000—opahwaghe wixehemmene koketopahwaghe.