DORSEY-s WANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 17 



hakxfdi haHca', 'TyiMa'hi yuke'di ko' ajande'-yuwa'ya'' nda'-hi 



got angry when " They are hunting you when toward the place where (See 



you are 



30 hanr," [he'di Tce'tkanadi']. Eo'^'ni-di' tcu'iiki tcetka-k' no'xe 



Note)," said that Rabbit the (sub.). For that reason dog rabbit the (ob.) they 



yuke'di-xya'^' o°ti-k' ha'ne o-tu'xa. Eka'^' Tcetkana' de' o'^'xa. 



are chasing when Bear the find they shot him Then Rabbit had gone. 



(ob.) (customary act). 



Ehe'da°. 



So far. 



NOTES 



1. kUenaxtu {tenaxi). 



3. tcaktcake {teak). In ^'O^ti ya^^'' etc., ya" may be the nominative 

 sign, instead of that of motion. 



4. poskifiki, pronounced poski^+ki {poska-{-yinki). 



5. i^ske-ha'^^ pronounced i'^ske<Jia!P'. 



8. sd^sa in two places, pronounced, so'^^sa. 



9. akuskusinki (from akuskuse-\-yinki), pronounced aku8kusi^-\-k{. 



9. Nkakiyasl xana yahe ko. Nkakiyasl {kiyast). The author 

 thinks that ko can not be translated by any single English word, and 

 that it probably modifies yahe. 



10. Eyd^ hiHa., pronounced Eya^'hiHa+. 



16. Kawa tiiki, being pronounced KaJioa ni-\-ki., conveys the idea, 

 "you are here now, but I have nothing for you." 



17. duti hande, pronounced duti-\rho!nde. Ande ad^ de ha'^, etc. 

 A case of "hapax legomenon." The exact equivalents of a/ic^e and 

 ad^ can not be given. 



18. yinki, pronounced yi'^-\-ki. 



20. Inayeya^ given as meaning, "this is what you eat with;" but 

 it is rather, "You (O Rabbit) can swallow this." 



21. nduxni {ti). 



22. iyankakuya^ {yaku). 



23. etikiyaftkd^ni (o"). 



29. nda-hi Tiani., a case of " hapax legomenon," given as mean- 

 ing, "I will go," but in ordinary Biloxi that is expressed by Nda' 

 dande' . Nda! hi as recorded by the author may have been intended 

 for Nyi^'dahi., "I seek j^^ou." 



TRANSLATION " 



The Rabbit and the Bear had been friends for some time. One day 

 the Rabbit said to the Bear : "Come and visit me. 1 dwell in a very 

 large brier patch." Then he departed home. On reaching home he 

 went out and gathered a quantity of young canes which he hung up. 

 Meanwhile the Bear had reached the abode of the Rabbit and was 

 seeking the large brier patch; but the Rabbit really dwelt in a very 



a Published also in the Journal of American Folk-lore, vi, 49-50, 1893. 



