DOESBT-S wanton] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



75 



60 niki'. Ekeha^' wahe'xti. Ekeka^', "E'de he'da° 



Dot And then it screamed And then "That far (7) 



exceedingly. 



kuyankye'ho'^ni 



you do not know me 



tuka'niya'^ du'si 



its mother's took it 

 brother 



Ekeka^' extixti' 



And then very far 



na'nki ha'^'tca ha'," 



ha'^ 



and 



ha°' 



and 



yanka' 



when 

 (?) 



am 



water 



a ni 



water 



ye'hi 



edge 



taVe 



making 

 a slap- 

 ping 

 sound 



6 



said 

 she 



da' o°oi 



was going 



de xki'di ka°' 



now I have when 

 come 

 back 



kite'di. Ekeka'^' 



she hit at And then 



it. 



ya'o"^ da' o'^ni'. 



singing was going. 



nanke'di. Eke' na'nke o^'di'. 



E'ya*^ ki'di. Ekeka"" a°tatka'-ya° kudi. 



There she And then child the he gave 



to her. 



65 he'tu 



they 

 finished 



veho'^' 



she 



came 



back 



[to land] . 



ka'^' du'si kide'di. 



when he took went 



it home. 



Psi 



was sitting 

 In the dis- 

 tance. 



Ekeka"' 



And then 



So 



[she] was sitting 

 there. 



psiye 



suckling 

 it. 



a'nde 



she was 



de' 



that 



E'ya'' 



There 



ki'di 



reached 

 home 



ka^' a'^tatka' a'diya^ dusi' 



when child the father took i 



ha^, 



knew it and "Sucking smells bad 



xyu'hu hi'usa''," "Tohu'di wiho'hanko^' xku' 



' Rattan vine 



I got milk from it I gave 

 toit 



[how possi- 

 ble?]" 



nka'nt ka'^tca na'" e' hande' kike', "Tca'k a'nde ko ya'nktitiki-ta'," 



Ihave because ." say- he was though "Where she is the tell me (male to male)," 

 (male ing [-ver] 



sp.) 



E ha'nt ka% "A^xti' a'nde ko' kii' te ni'ki e'di na'," 



Say- a while when, "Woman that the to be wishes not said ." 



ing it com- (male 



ing back sp.) 



e ka^ "O'xte ta'^'xti ha*" i'^xyo'^'xti awa'hi du'ti ha'' wa'x ada 



he when "Making a very and making haste cook it eat and hunt- they 



said fire large ing go 



70 hi'," e'tu ka''' awahi' ne' ka" uxta'x ka'' awo' ne'ya" uxta'ki. 



let," they when cooking stood when [he] when that other one 



been 



he'di. 



said 

 that. 



said 



E 'tike 



Sodoing 



yuke' 



they were 



[she] 



ha° uxta'ki 



and pushing her 



pushed 

 her 



he pushed 

 her. 



inda'hi 



to seek 

 her 



tclipa"' 



decayed 



ha'" 



and 



o°ni ya". 



his mother. 



)e'ti de'ye da'xiini'yetu. Ekeha"' 



ire sending they burnt her. And then 



her [into it] 



E'ya" i^'hi" na'nteke ha"' 



There arrived nearly and 



a'de a^tatka' 



they child 



went 



tu'kpe ne' ka" a^xti'-ya" tando'-ya" ani' ye'hi-ya" 



changed 

 into 



yao"' ne' 



singing stood 



aya 



tree 



n/ 



stood when woman the 



ka'^ 



when 



e'ya" 



there 



75 ku' ha" anahi"' 



gave 

 to 



and 



hair 



ki'di 



reached 

 again 



kido"'hi ne ha"' 



looking at stood and 



her the 

 brother 



a"xti'-ya". 



woman the. 



water edge the 



i"'hi" 



reached 



Ekeka"' a"tatka'-ya'' 



And then child the 



her 



tcaki - k' 



hand (ob. 



Ekeha"' 



And then 



i'iikiyo'ho". Ekeka"' 



he called to him And then 

 with it. 



ka'dedi. E'ya" ki"'x 



they took There reached 

 her home. 



a'tci ha", 



she and 

 asked 

 him 



"Ka"'xo 



' Grandfather 



ti' - ya" 



house the 



tcaki - k' adudu'ye de' - hed - ha"' 



hand (ob.) wrapped that fin- when 

 round ished 



and round 



eya'^hi"' du'si yinka'di ya'ndi. 



arrived took her her husband the (sub.) 

 there 



ka" apehe' a'nde ha"' tando'-ya" 



when pounding she was and her the 



[corn?] younger 



brother 



d6' ha" atcta"' utcu'wi ku-te'," 



go and sieve borrow it be coming 



back " (fe- 

 male to 

 male) 



83515°— Bull. 47—12- 



