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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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3'ou shall continue so. When the people clear the ground, and rabbits, 

 rats, and mice run out of brush on account of the flames, you shall 

 kill and eat them." And to-day the people say that this is the reason 

 why, when the forest is smoky, this hawk acts thus. To the Ancient 

 of Blue Darters she said: "Though the birds be small, you shall always 

 kill and eat them. The people shall call you The One Who Always 

 Collects Birds, and that shall always be your name." 



When she had done this, she named the Summer Ducks. Therefore 

 the summer ducks always have the name tahafikona. 



21. The Wolf and the Opossum 



hed- 



flnished 



Kucka'yokana' 



The Ancient of 

 Opossums 



ha'^' u'dasi' ha^ 



when strung them and 



Ayi'hi" -k 



Wolf (Ob.) 



te'ye 



killed 



ha"' 



and 



1°SU'- 



teeth 



ya° 



the 



kida' de' 



gathered that 

 them 



nupu'ni nix ne'di. 



wore around was walking, 

 his neck 



"Ha'ma 



"Ground dew Ground 



P'su-na' hi°wa'+ye. 



Teeth 



A'nixa'nixye." 



He plays at intervals 

 as he goes along." 



E'tikehe' nix ne'di. Ayi'hi°na'-di 



Saying so was walking. The Ancient (sub. ) 



of Wolves 



"Ka'wa-k iye' ya'nde wo\" 



"What (ob.) you say you continue ." 



[you are] 



"Axaye'hi pixti' nke'x iika'nde 



"Flowers very I said I continued . " 



pretty [I was] (masc.) 



yuxku'+ Ha'ma yuxku'+! 



dew 



e'ma a'hi 



close to him 



a'kuwe'di. 



came out. 



Ekeha'^', 



And then 



Ekeka'^', 



And then 



na 



"Ya'ma° 



"Nothing 



Ekeka"^' 



And then 



na 



hedi. 



. " he said 

 (masc.) that. 



a'de ha°' 



he spoke and 

 (when) 



kito'he tani'ya"* 



to hide from [going] or 



axaxa: 



they were 

 him to be ahead standing 



"Xaye' pixti+! Xaye' 



"Flowers very pretty Flowers 



Hi'^wa'+ye! Hi°wa'+ye! 



pixti+! 



very pretty. 



A'nixa'nixye!" 



He plays at intervals 

 as he goes along." 



E'tikehe' nix ne' naha', 



Saying so was walking subse- 

 quently 



ha"^' ke'tcuma'na i'^su' 



and again teeth 



"fi'xtixti'k 



"A very long dis- 

 tance 



de'di 



he went 



WO 



ayii'hi 



he thought 



ki°'hi°-ao°'-daha' 



he sang about them 



15 a'hi a'kuwe'tu. Eke' yandi', 



they were they came in So (?) when 



coming sight. 



na'ni xyo'," e ha"" dukutcke' 



must be" said and tied him 



ekeha°' teye' 



and then to kill him 



xkite'tu ka"' 



hit me when [if] 



hi^pi' 



laid nim 

 down 



tetu ka°', 



they wished when 



nta hi'-usa°," 



I die shall not" 



nix ne'di. Ekeka^' e'ma 



was walking. And then right 

 here [or 

 close to 

 him] 



te'yanke'-daha' ya'ndi 



he killed us the one who 



(sub.) 



i°su'-ya° kiya' kiha'netu' ha", 



teeth the again they found for him and 



"E'de 



"This one 



Aya"^' tci'dike tiki-k' ayo°' ya"^' 



'Stick any sort (ob.) you use you 



to'manki. Ekeha"', "Aya"*' 



ex 



when 



he 



said it 



he was reclin- 

 ing 



And then 



'Tree 



