A remarkable similarity has been discovered between the Swedish language and the dialect of the Cheyenne Indians. A Swede who had enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, overheard some of the conversation among the Cheyennes, was struck with the resemblance of their language to his own, and on talking to them in his mother tongue he found that he could make them understand.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 126, 1 October 1875, Page 15
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61Untitled New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 126, 1 October 1875, Page 15
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