Show Indians Talk 1000 O Languages B BEFORE E you write the government or orD orthe orthe D the Smithsonian Institution and request it to send you the Indian name namo for tor this or that thing thing- bear in mind that there thero is no one American Indian language On the tho contrary there are no less than 1000 languages In the tho two Americas and practically practically distinct Indian languages north of ot Mexico Thus it Is impossible to give the Indian word for tor any English En lent lont If It you OU do receive an answer to your our inquiry tho word given Is probably chosen from tho the language of the tribe which once Inhabited the the particular part of the tho th count country country coun coun- t try from which hl h the tho request comes 4 |