french grammar

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

I suppose there are a lot of Lakota surnames which are French in
origin. Picotte and Bordeaux spring to mind. Perhaps that is the
reasoning
Bruce
  On 25 Feb 2004 at 13:11, Pat Warren wrote:

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From:           	Pat Warren <warr0120 at umn.edu>
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Subject:        	french grammar

> Has anyone ever seen the french lakota grammar by Slim Batteux?

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> I'm also curious about the comment that "The Sioux have French blood in
> their veins". That seems like a very...complex...thing to say.
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> Thanks in advance,
> Patrick
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