DORSET-swANTON] THE BTLOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 4*7 



eh6', "Ituksi' de' idu'si do^-te'," ki'ye ka"^' pitce' tidupi' ha'nde 



to him " Your sister's this you grasp look at him" said to when leaping alighting he was 

 too (?) son him (female to (him) up 



male) 



naha' u du'si. Ekeka'^' a,ya°' i°diiko' ka° putco"' xoxo'ki ha° 



after com- seized And then tree whipped him when nose broken here and 



ing him. against and there 



e'keo'^'ni putco°' yink sti'. Ekeka°' Peskana', "Ha'awitka' de 



therefore nose small very. And then Ancient of " Under the leaves here 



Tiny Frogs 



na'nki da'nde na', Ena'^'x kike' ita' kinoxwo"' ya° i°hi°' ya^'xa 



I sit * will . (see Note.) deer chase him arrive nearly 



(see Note.) 



20 i'nkuduta'^' da'nde na'," kiye' ha°, ekeha°', "Pes! pes! nkedi' 



I urge you on will . " said to and and then " (cry of the Tiny Frog) I say it 



[him] 



ko, tciwa'ya-ta'," kiye' ha° eya'^hi'^' diko'he ko, "Pes! pes! pe's! 



when do your best" said to and arrived there just when " (cry of the Tiny Frog) 



(male to male) [him] 



nka' dande' na. E'ke ko', tci'nahi'^-ta', tci'waxtiya-ta'," kiye' o^^'ni. 



I say will . So (?) when go fast do your best" said to in the 



it (male to male) (male to male) [him] past. 



Etu' xa. E'keo^'nidi' Peskana' oho"^' hande' dixyi^' ita' kinoxwo^' 



They regu- Therefore Ancient of crying he was when deer runs after him 



say it larly. Tiny Frogs out 



ya°'xa etu' xa a"ya'adi. 



almost they regu- people 

 say larly (sub.). 



NOTES 



1. Peskana. The peska is said to be a tiny black frog, not more than 

 an inch long, with a sharp nose, living in muddy streams in Louisiana; 

 its note is, '■'' Pes-pes- pes P'' It is called also ^^ ap^ska.^"* It differs 

 from the bullfrog, common frog, and tree frog. 



1. axikiye {xi, "mysterious," " superhuman," and the causative end- 

 ing klye), given as meaning "to shut one up in a house, give him an 

 emetic and diet him," Had the mother acted instead of the grand- 

 mother, axiye would have been used; o'^di here seems equivalent to 

 o'^ni, a sign of past action {-di being occasionally used instead of -ni), 

 rather than "as" (see No. 14, line 6; o'^de, No. 14, line 15); Ptoheda'^ye, 

 given as meaning, "to finish," but as eda"^ and heda'^ mean finished, 

 and -ye is a causative ending, may not iHo be "brave" (compare indo, 

 i^doxti^ iHoxti, "to be brave")? 



2. inkananki^ L e., ina akanafiki^ "sun comes forth;" uwade^= 

 wade (wa). 



2, 3, mx ne, to be compared with adix de, line 4, nix being from 

 ni, and adix from adi. Most words ending in / add an x before a 

 dental {d, n). 



3. TaHd^na, archaic for taHa; probably TaH-hd'^-na (compare AHcka- 

 hd^-na, No. 13, line 1). 



3, Y, 11, 15. Mdi^ used instead of eya'^hi or i^hi^ (?). 



3. Itukslk — ituksiki in line 7, etc.; dusi used instead of idusi as in 

 line 7; o", in dd^Kd^-tl, an imperative, can not have a past reference; it 

 must be the other d^ni expressing continuous action or action at the 

 moment of speaking. 



