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ptco°'-k kiduptpa'siye ka"^' ani-ya'^'-ka'^ xwitka'xti dikohe'. 



nose (ob.) caused to be flat when wa- the (ob.) very muddy sure enough, 



for him ter. (or, altogether) . 



Tca'ke-ya'ndi-pa' du'tca, e'keo'^'nidi' supi'xtitu' xa. Etu' xa. 



Middle of the palm only washed, therefore they are very as a They regu- 



of the hand black rule. say larly (?). 



NOTES 



Biloxi version of the story of the Garden of Eden. 

 1. dP'-ya d^ni. We should have expected here, a:^ya-k o'^ni^ h being 

 one of the signs of the object, as in so'^sa-k, a'^octi-Jc^ aduti-k^ etc. 



1. 2. YaP-x nedi, no attitude specified. 



2. ha = ha'^^ then (and); Tc = ha'^^ objective sign. 



3. Kawat; t^ a contraction of -di, denoting the subject. Ek 

 iduxtu hiy etc. ; Ek, probably from 6, the aforesaid, and -^, the sign 

 of the object; hi probably expresses the thought or intention of Kuti 

 mankd^e as alleged by the "other person." 



4. kane\ kanedi'^ "already," a sign of completed action. 

 8. akldixyd^^ rather akudexyi d^ {kde). 



8. Mdiya, archaic form of kidiye; cf . kidtkyi-daha. 

 12-13. toho used instead of utoTio; eMd-xyi^ = eked-xya'^. 

 15. anda = ande ( ?). 



TRANSLATION 



Kuti mandk^e. The One Above, made people: He made one person, 

 an Indian. While the Indian was sleeping, Kuti mankd^e made a 

 woman, whom he placed with the Indian, and the latter slept till day. 

 Kuti mankd^e departed for the purpose of making food for the Indian 

 and the woman. After his departure, something was standing erect 

 [it was a tree], and there was another person, who said to the Indian 

 and the woman, "Why have you not eaten the fruit of this tree? I 

 think that he has made it for you two to eat." And then the woman 

 stewed the fruit of the tree, and she and the Indian ate it. As they 

 were sitting down after eating the fruit, Kuti mankd^e returned. He 

 had departed for the purpose of obtaining food for the Indian and 

 the woman, and he returned after they had eaten the fruit of the tree 

 and had seated themselves. ' ' Work for yourself and find food, because 

 you shall be hungry," said Kuti mankd^e in anger as he was about to 

 depart. 



When he had gone a long time, he sent back a letter to them; but the 

 Indian did not receive it — the American took it, and because he took it, 

 Americans know very well how to read and write. 



And then [after the receipt of the letter] the people found a very 

 clear stream of water. The American was the first one to lie in it; 

 next came the Frenchman. They were followed by the Indian. There- 

 fore Indians are not usually of light complexion. The Spaniard was 



