DORSBY-swANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 87 



45 A''3^a^ xo'hi- ya'' he' du's-tu ka°', ":^kint-ko' nkaku'di ni'," e' 



Person old the too they seized when "I I fed him . " say- 



[old woman] her (fern.) ing 



ha'nde ki'ke, te'yetu ka''' ku'hiya° a'di ha"^ a'^suna' a'tcu 



[she] was although they liilled her when upward he climbed and duck dried 



ayihi'xti ka° pa'wehi i'de ka"" du'ti tcu'nki ya° kode'ye duti' 



a great many (ob.) he knocked [they] fell when ate dog the he collected eating 



them them 



ha'nde oMi'. E'da'' ha°' kide' ne' ka** ta'iiki ya'ndi te o'^'ni yihi' 



he was in the past. (?) He fin- and going stood when his sister tfie (sub.) dead he was she 

 ished home thought 



ha° utoho'ye hux ne'. Ekeka''' ma sa°' tcu'nki no'xetu ka*^' ta'nki- 



and following his she was And then turkey white dog they chased when his sister 



trail coming. 



50 ya"* hux ne' yuwa'ya'^ ka"" niye' de' ka"^ ta'nki- ya"^ asa'hi 



the was coming toward her (ob.) flying went when his sister the leaped up 



with arms 

 above her head 



du'si toho' ka"^ eya-^'hi^. Hi'^' kida' te'-hed-ha°' eya°' kiki'x ka° 



to catch fell when he reached Feathers picked that fin- when them (ob.) he carried when 

 there. off ished home to 



him 



tuka'ni- ya^^ka"', " Ita' ka^" kiya' kiye' ka° a'nde oMi'. Kiya' ta-o' 



his mother's the (ob.), "Deer sinew," again said to when he was going Again shot 



brother him about. deer 



ha'^ ika"^' ya'^ kida' te'-heda'' e'ya° kikihi''' dixya'^', " Etike' niki'. Ita' 



and sinew "the picked that finished that he carried when, "Such not. Deer 



(collected) (ob.) home to him 



sa"*' ika'^'," kiya' kiye' ka"* ita' sa°' i^da'hi ni ha'nde ka°' Ita' sa°' ya° 



white sinew," again said to when deer white seeking walk- he was when Deer white the 

 him Ing 



55 ha'ne ha°, " Ka'k iyo°' ini' ya'nde wo'," kiye' ka°, "Tuka'nidi' ita' 



found and, "What you do you you are ?" said to when " My mother's Deer 

 him walk him brother (sub.) 



sa°' ika'^' yanke' ka° e'tike nka'nde na'," kiye' ka°, "^kinka"^' dus-ta'. 



white sinew said to me as so lam . " said to when "My sinews, take (male 



(masc), him to male, 1st 



time) . 



Ekeha"' a^sa'^'kudi- k duka' ya'xkuno°da-ta'," kiye' ka° eko'^'ni. 



And then mulberry tree (ob.) peel off put it in for me" (male to said to when he did so. 

 the bark male, 1st time), him 



Ekeka°', "Nati' i'ta ni' iki'yuhi' di'' etikiyo"' ka° kaya'nde 



And then "Just you die that they wish because "they" do when you are 



for you to you 



na. Ku'-ite'ni he'eya** yaki'di ido^'hi hi na'," kiye' ka° 



You do not die to the same you reach they see you shall . " said to him when 

 (masc.) place home (masc), 



60 ki'de o-^'nidi'. E'ya° ki'di ka^ " Ku'deska yi'nki i^da'hi ku-ta'. 



he was going There he reached when, "Bird young to seek it becoming 



homeward. home back (male 



to male, 1st 

 time). 



A'^ta-tka' inixyi' hi na'," kiye' ka"* de'di. Eya'^'hi'^ ka°' Ku'deska 



Child to play shall . " said to when went. Reached when Bird 



roughly (masc), him there 



with it 



yi'nki dusi' ya'^'xa ha'nde ka"^ xo'hi ya'ndi ki'di ha° adudu'di. 



young took it almost he was when old one tn ' (sub.) reached and was flying 



(female) home round and 



round. 



Ekeha"' a'nde ha°, "Ka'k iyo°' ini' ya'nde ha'," kiye' ka'*, 



And then she was and "What you do you walk you are ?," said to when, 



[doing so] (when) him 



"Tuka'ni di''' ku'desk yiiiki' a^tatka' i'nixyi hi', e' ka° etike' 



"My mother's the (sub.) bird young child play roughly must, said as so 



brother with it 



65 nka'nde na'," e' ka°, "Eke'ko, nki'ndi di°' ta'niki ta'^'ya" xki'di 



lam ." said when, "Weill I (sub.) first village I come 



(masc), back from 



