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ewitS'xti E'xka po'tckana' ha'ne ewite'xti. Nixu'xwi isa°hi°'xa ma'x- 



very early Buzzard short old one found very early in Ear on one side lying 



in the it the morning. 



morning 



ka° ha'ng. Hind-h6 ha'n6 ha'^' nixuxw ya° dakxo'pi, yo a' wo dakxo'pi. 



(ob.) he found He too found when ear the cut it off flesh another cut it on. 

 it. it [piece] 



Ekeha'*' H6'xkanadi' a^ya' tca'ye ha'nde ha"^' he'ya"- k te'yg hg'di. 



And then the Ancient of people killed he was (or when that one (ob.) he he said 

 Buzzards them continued) killed that, 



all him 



20 "Pta'^-nikixti'." A^ya'xi ti'- ya'^ e'ya° kiha'hi'^. A^ya' i^ej^'. 



"I was the first" (?). Chief house the he carried it there Man hekilled 



for him. 



hS'di. fika'^' xiy o° te. Dutca' de' he'd- ha*^ sa'^i'^'pixti' ku'hiya" 



he said And then chfef make wanted. Washed that finished when white and up high 

 that. clear 



axehe' kana', kvi'hiya'^ haxe'yetu kana'Ski. Te'ye ande'- ya°- ka"^' 



they set in the up high they made him sitting in the He wno had killed the (ob.) 



him past sit past. him (at a dis- 



tance) 



i'^da'hiyetu ka'^' i^'hi'^. Ek:a°' ptco'"- ya° nixu'xwi- ya^ yahe'ya'' 



they sent for him when he And his nose the ear the these 



reached then 

 there. 



e'ya'^ a'hi, a'^'ya xi'- ya"^ kitcu' de'di. Ekeha^', "fi'tu na'nkdgdi 



ne brought chief the he threw them And then " Is this st. one 



thither down before him. 



25 a'^ya'xi'di wo'," e ha"*' du'si pe'ti- ka"^ pa' wewe'ye. fi'tikeha"^' 



chief ? " Said when took fire into head he stuck it And * then 



it hold of partly in. 



a'yi'^kfnatce'-k ide'- k taho' kiya'. Ekeha'^' xyixyi'he a'nde 



"he threw at when fell when fell to again. And then he was making a sort 



random (?) the of blowing noise 



gromid(?) 



o^'di. E'keya ©"^'nidi' pa'- ya'' yu'ko. E'keo'^'nidi' a'^yaxi'- yandi 



In the That is why nead the is naked Therefore chief the (sub.) 



past. (bald). 



a'^xti'- ya°' i'nt- ka'^ ku o"^'!!!. Ku' ka'^ yi'Sko*^ a'nde o°'ni. 



woman the him (ob.) gave in the Gave to when he was marrying in the 

 to him past. him her past. 



Eka'" a'^xti'- ya'ndi, "S^u'ma'' nka'da," kiye'- di. Eka"^' de ko'x-ni 



And then woman the (sub.) "We bathe we go" she said to And to go he refused 



him. then 



30 hande'- ya° a'kuwe de' te ha'nde de' ko de'di. fika"^' ani' yi'nki 



he con- when to take him wish- she was this And water small 



tinned (?) (?) along ing then 



nax-ka'^' eyi'^'hi". Ekeha'^', "Uma'ki-di'," ki'ye ha°' e'xtiya'^xena'nki. 



sitting (ob.) they reached And then "Go and bathe" he said when at some hewassiV 

 it. (male to female) to her distance ting. 



"U'mak-te'," kiyg'di, ko'x- ni ka^ tca'ki- k o'^' ani' ika^'hi'' 



NOTES 



1. tcayixti. Before xti^ e becomes ^, as in naslce, naskl'-xti; iHjp^^ 

 iHjA-xti^ etc. 



3. oya^ according to the Biloxi archaic iov odi (sic); rather toroya^ 

 (J. O. D.). 



