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"lyi'xo" wo'," Pudedna' kiye'ndi. "A°ha°', nki'yandi'pi na'." 



"Have you ?" Ancient of Brants hesaidto. "Yes, I am satisfied ." 



enough 



10 "Hi'yandi'pi hi'usa''," ki'ye ha°' kiyo'wo utco' o°ni kustu'ki 



" You are satisfied how possible?" said to when more he took it up set it down 



(strong denial) him before him 



ha° i'ndi kiyo'xpa kide'di. Pude'd-na kide' ha% "Wite'di ko 



when he (Otter) ate it up for rapidly. Ancient of Brants started when, " To-morrow when 

 htm home 



eya'^'hi'^-ta'," kiye'di Xyini'xkaka' Pude'dnadi. Xyi'nixka'di 



reached there " said to him Ancient of Otters (ob.) Ancient of Brants [Ancient of] Otters 



(male to male) (sub.) the (sub.) 



Pudedna' tiya°' i°hi°', "He + ha<, kani'ki na'x-ka°tca na'. 



Ancient of his [remote] reached "Halloo! I have nothing at all as I sit. 



Brants house there 



Xe'xnank-ta'," e' ha°, o'kuk de'di, ma'^tu'hu du'xtaxta'^'na de'di. 



Be sitting" (male to said it when to fish went " leather vine " jerking now and went, 

 male) , then to straighten it 



15 O' atca'xti ki'di, o' huwe'di. O' huwe' de'-hed-ha°' musiida' yi'nki 



Fish many were he car- fish he cooked. Fish cooked that finished when dish small 



killed ried on 

 his back (?) 



tcu'di. Tcu' ha"^ Xyi'nixka'ka" kyu'stuki. Ptco°'-ya'^ kuwe'ni ka"^' 



he filled. Filled Avhen Ancient of Otters he set it down Nose the could not get when 



(ob.) for him. in it 



kdu'x-ni. Pudedna' du'tcetce'hi aka°'tci Xyini'xkana'di. Tca'na 



he could not Ancient of he let it drip often licked it Ancient of Otters the Again 



eat. Brants up (sub.) 



o'xpa Pudedna'di o' huwe'-ya''. "lyi'xo'' wo'," kiye'di. "A%a°', 



swal- Ancientof fish cooked the. "Have you enough (?)" hesaidto "Yes, 



lowed Brants the (sub.) him. 



nki'yandi'pi na'." "Ke! hi'yandi'pi hi'usa". E'tikiyanko^' xkudi' 



I am satisfied . " "Nonsense! you are how possi- You treated me so Icameback 



satisfied ble? (strong hither 



denial) 



20 naxo'," kiye' ha° tena'x ksa'. Etu'xa. 



in the past," he said when friend broken. They say it. 

 to him 



NOTES 



Although obtained directly from the Biloxi, this will be recognized 

 as an Indian version of ^sop's fable of the Fox and the Crane. 



1. Pudedna^ ' ' the Ancient of Brants," as distinguished ivom.j)udeda, 

 "a brant of the present day." So, Xyinixkana^ "the Ancient of 

 Otters," as distinguished from xyinixJca or xanaxka^ "an otter of the 

 present day." 



4. okuk dedi (o and kuk). Duxtaxta'^na {xta^): see duxta^ dedi. 

 O atcaxti, "many fish were killed;" but {o] atcaye^ "to kill all of 

 another's [fish]." 



6. de-Jied-ha'^^ "in full," de heda^ ha^, " that finished when," i.e., 

 "when he finished that." 



8. natiaHata^ to raise the head often in order to swallow something, 

 as a duck, goose, or chicken does; but aHa^ to raise the head, as a 

 person, dog, or horse does. 



10. Tliyandipi hiusa'^; hiusa^ expresses the idea of a positive denial, 

 the very opposite of a previous assertion. Compare the fZ^egiha axta'" 

 (followed hj ta, tadaP-^ or tahd). 



