68 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 47 



Kutci'^'ckana' eyi^'hi'^ ha"^', "Ka'k ayo'^'-k ya°'hi ina'Ski wo\" 



Ancient of Red- came there and "What you when you cry you sit ? " 



winged Blackbirds do 



kiye'tu ka°', "Ta-k' ya'nka-kya°'hi a'de ni'," e' ka"^, "E'ke ko' 



they said when "Deer (ob.) they took from me they ." she when "Lo! if 



to her went (fern.) said 



Skakya'^'hi" iiki^'x ka'' i'duti hi na'," e' ha"^ a'de. Ekeha°' 



we take it from we when you shall eat it ." said and they And then 



[them] come (masc.) went. 



akude'diye a'da o'^'ni. Ekeha'^' a'tckaxti'ye ha''' niye'tu, "Ti'^'wetu" 



creeping upon they were And then [they] got very and they flew They made a 



[the wolves] going. close up, whirring sound 



20 niye'tu ya'ndi. Ekeka'^' ta'-ya'' i'nki kixyoxtu' Yi'hi'' ya'ndi. 



they flew when. And then deer the leaving they ran off Wolf the (sub.), 



up 



Ekeka"^' ta'-ya'^ du'si e'ya'^ kiki'^'xtu ha°' e'keo^'nidi' Ku'tci°cka'adi 



And then deer the took there brought it and therefore Red-winged ^sub.) 



back to her Blackbird 



Yihi'^'-k ki'^'si'^hiye' o'^'nidi' e'keo'^'nidi' niye'tu xyi°' nati' ti'^we' 



Wolf (ob.) they made [them] as therefore they fly up wnen only whirring 



cowards [entire] 



a'de xya', etu' xa. 



they regularly, they usually. 

 go say 



NOTES 



1. A^yaxohi refers to an old woman, tcu^ "to [string and] put 

 down a number of small objects," refers here to persimmons. The 

 Biloxi used to string the persimmons and place them before a fire to 

 dry. They pounded the dried persimmons, and made bread of the 

 powder. Tcldike-yd^nidi^ probably from tcUli'ko'^ni {tcidike^ d^ni)^ 

 "how did he do that?" 



3. nlputcutcati (tcati). 



3. un'kpatco'^ {ptcu^); unhpaxa^ 1st sing, of paxa; flTcl'^hi^yo^ Ist 

 sing, of hi^yo (line 7). 



4. nlcuMdadi {da). 



9. aduksd^lio'^ {aduhse.^ o^\ ho^). 



9. Yik't^di., the AyiMP-di of myth 22, 2; Imka for Tcawa-ka^ (line 10); 

 y^ for iyl {e); hinedi=ayine of line 14. 



10, 13; Yaina'^ na (masc.) should be Yama'^ ni (female sp.). 

 13,16. Icak^ Q>i. Jc(Mna-lc {12)', ayine{na)\ ^aqq hi7iedi{10). 



15. hade for ade {de). 



19. akudediye, given as Medye' in 1892. 



20. kixyoxtii {koxta). 



21. Mhi^xtu {ki). Kutci^cko^ adi used instead of Kutci^ckanadi. 



TRANSLATION 



Once upon a time there was an Old Woman who was putting a great 

 quantity of [strung] persimmons before a fire to dry. While she sat 

 there two Deer came to her and said, "How do you manage to have so 

 many ? " The Old Woman replied, " 1 split a very fat pine into many 

 slivers, and I run two of them into my nostrils; then I run and butt 

 against the persimmon tree, the persimmons fall, and I gather them. 



