DORSBT-swANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 77 



of this first visit of the Humming-bird, the Indians now, when they 

 see a humming-bird, say, "A stranger is coming,-' for the humming- 

 bird can be depended on at all times. 



28-29. The people who wished to have the Pretty Woman go to 

 their village were ready to honor her by spreading bearskins all along 

 the path from the abode of the Ancient of Crows to their own village. 



30-31. Then they offered to cover the path with mortars on which 

 the Pretty Woman could walk. 



33. Next they offered to cover the entire way with recumbent peo- 

 ple, on whom the Pretty Woman might walk. No objection to this 

 was raised b}'^ the Ancient of Crows. 



35. A'^/ii\ pronounced A^-\-Ai^. 



37. Tddakatcke^ archaic for MdukMche. 



38. huduta^-daha (duta'^). The Ancient of Crows sent off the Pretty 

 Woman and her brother, hence -daha is added. 



40. tno'^nl yandi, not the real elder sister of the Pretty Woman. 



42. The Pretty Woman married the chief of the village to which she 

 and her brother had come; yinkaditu, from yivika^ to give a female in 

 marriage; in this instance the di is not dropped before tu. It might 

 be written -ti instead of -di. 



45. I^su-Mtcona, perhaps I'^su-ketc-o'^-na, from i'^sudi., "teeth;" 

 Icetci^ "crooked" {ketci., "bent like a fishhook"); d^ni^ "to use or 

 have;" and -na^ a termination for names of archaic or mythical 

 personages. 



47. apdd (po). 



48. xe refers to Crooked Teeth. 



50, etc. na'^xkiya; and 51, iduii hi ya. The " ^/a " in these instances 

 may be a contraction of yama^., " no, nothing," with which compare 

 iyama'^^ klyama'^, koyama'^,''^ to have none." 



66. hi^ ahi^ she [Crooked Teeth] made the skin of Pretty Woman 

 grow on herself. 



68. pis texti; and 59, psiye, psl: the first is from plsi—psi. 

 63. nankedi^ i. e., the Prett}'' Woman, who was still alive. 



67. Teak ande, etc. Said by the chief, the husband of Pretty 

 Woman, who suspected that Crooked Teeth had removed his wife. 



68. A^xti ojide., etc. The reply of the wife's brother. 



69. Oxte, etc. Said by the husband; awahi refers to Crooked 

 Teeth. 



78. Ka^xo. This old man was not the real grandfather. 

 82, etc. The questions were asked by the Pretty Woman of the 

 grandfather. 



TRANSLATION 



Once upon a time a man and his wife abandoned their two children, 

 a daughter and a son. These children were found by the Ancient of 

 Crows, who put them in her boat and carried them home. She did 



