CONTENTS 



Paga 



Introduction, by John R. Swanton 1 



Historical sketches of the Biloxi and Ofo, by John R. Swan ton 5 



Texts : 



1. Tc(5tkana^ yetcpi^, or The Rabbit and the Frenchman 13 



2. The Rabbit and the Bear 15 



3. How the Rabbit caug;ht the Sun in a trap: an Omaha myth translated 



into Biloxi 19 



4. A letter 21 



5. A letter 22 



6. The Brant and the Otter 23 



7. The Opossum and the Raccoon 26 



8. The Wildcat and the Turkeys 27 



9. How Kuti Mankd(l;6 made People 31 



10. Why the Buzzard is bald 33 



11. How the Dog delivered men 36 



12. The Ant, the Katydid, and the Locust 38 



13. The Crow and the Hawk 38 



14. The Crow and the Wood-rat 39 



15. Ama Kidunahi, or the World turned over 42 



16. TheRabbitand the Old Woman 44 



17. The Ancient of Tiny Frogs (Peskana) and his Grandmother 46 



18. The Water People 49 



19. The Buffalo: a fragment of a myth 52 



20. The Duck and her Brothers 54 



21. The W^olf and the Opossum 61 



22. The Wolf that became a Man 65 



23. The Red-winged Blackbird 67 



24. A ghost story 69 



25. A Fox story 71 



26. The Humming-bird 72 



27. The Indian and the Deer people 81 



28. Tube, the Thunder Being 85 



29. The Otter and the Sun 107 



30. The Moon Ill 



31. The Goldfinch and the Redbird 112 



Biloxi Phrases: 



Recorded in 1892 117 



Recorded in 1893 .- 138 



Biloxi-English dictionary, arranged under stems 169 



Index to the Biloxi dictionary 297 



Ofo-English dictionary 319 



Index to the Ofo dictionary 332 



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