Fig. 173. — Earnest Pierrette, one of the few remaining speakers of the 

 Tunica language, also descended from the Avoyel and Biloxi tribes. His 

 wife, Rosa Pierrette, was the last who knew the Ofo tongue. (Photograph 

 by Miss C. Dormon.) 



Fig. 174. — Sesostrie Yauchicant or " Sam Young," one of the last speakers of 

 Tunica and tin- writer's principal informant. (Photograph by Miss C. Dormon. ) 

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