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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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tca-uxe'-k dasi' yukpe'- ya° adu' a'nde o'^'nidi 



finger (ob.) strung 

 nails 



A'^ya' tci'diko'^' 



People how to do 



leg 



the 



was wrapping 

 id 



because 



yukpe' 



leg 



te'tu hi 



ka°' 



when 



no xe 



he ran 



they 

 kill it 



a'tckaxti 



very short 



m or- 

 der to 



kiko^'tu' 



hey made 

 it for him 



a'^ya'di, 



people the 

 (sub.) 



hi' kiye'tu 



that he they said 

 should to him 



ku-da'aixti 



infe- superfluous 

 rior, (= what is 

 left) 



su^'niho'^ni 



mush 



kude'xye. 



striped or 

 spotted. 



ni'kixti ta'^hi'-xti ka"*' Tcu'nki a'kutita'^'tu 



not at all he ran so as Dog they set him 



fast on it 



kide' dusi' te'ye. Mank te' ka** aduti'-k 



with force took it killed it. Wild dead when food (ob.) 

 Turkey (or as) 



Aduti' pi'xti-k duti' a'nda 



Food very (ob.) be eating it 



good 



Tcu'nki 



Dog 



xe 111 



but 



ndu'ti 



I eat it 



adu'ti 



food 



kiko'"tu. 



they made 

 it for him. 



hena'nixti 



all kinds 



10 Eke'di 



That is 

 why 



ne 



sit- 

 ting 



aduti'-k 



food (ob.) 



ka°' 



(ob.) 



nka'nda 



I continue 



du'si 



he took 



he'," 



shall" 

 (?) 



mantk de' 



he went 

 aside 



manki' 



were 

 there. 



he'di 



said 

 that 



kuda'ni-k 



not the .(ob.) 

 best 



du'ti 



he 

 eats 



xya . 



habit- 

 ually. 



xehe 



sat 

 down 



Etu' 



They 

 say it 



Ekeka'^', 



And then 



Tcu'nk:i. 



Dog. 



"Aduti' 



"Food 



Ekeha°' 



And then 



du'ti ha'nde 



was eating it 



xa. 



regu- 

 larly. 



o°'ni. 



in the 



NOTES 



2. u'^naho'^ni^ "the tuft of hair on the breast of a turkey gob- 

 bler." 



4. taP-hi-xti^ for ta'^hi^-xti. 



6. aduti pixti-k, "good food." The noun and adjective together 

 are the object of the verb, as the objective sign is joined to the adjec- 

 tive rather than to the preceding noun. 



9. manik de^ in full, mant-ka^ de. 



TRANSLATION 



The Wild Turkey was killing very many human beings. He took 

 their scalps, and wore their hair as a necklace; therefore the turkey 

 has a tuft of hair at the present day. He took off the finger nails of 

 the people and strung them [on sinew], wrapping the strings of nails 

 around his legs; consequently a turkey's legs are now covered with 

 ridges just above the feet. 



The people could find no way to kill the Wild Turkey because he 

 ran so fast; therefore they set the Dog on him, and the Dog did not 

 have to run very far before he caught the Wild Turkey and killed 

 him. Then men made a dinner in honor of the Dog: they told him 

 that he should be eating the very best kinds of food; but they had 

 there all kinds of food. Then the Dog said, "I am going to eat the 

 food which others leave." And the Dog took some mush which was 

 there, went aside, sat down and spent some time in eating it. There- 

 fore dogs do not eat the best kinds of food, but those which are 

 regarded as inferior, or what is left. 



