DORSET-S WANTON ] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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175 nedi'<. 



she stood. 



when ground 

 (?) 



" Oh yes! 



ama' tupe 



hole 



De'di 



Went 



a°,ya' 



old 



xo'hi- ya° e'ma° 



woman the just there 



de'x kupa'hani. 



she she disappeared, 

 went 



e'- hed- ha°', Ko^ni' 



that finished when His mother 



180 de'ye de' ha'' o°ni'-ya'' 



he sent went and mother the 



E'ya'' ki'di 



There reached 

 home 



taotu' hi 



they shoot must 

 deer 



Ekeka^', 



And then 



yi'^skitu' ha xa°'," e ne' naha' de'di. 



You are all scared eh?" Baying she stood a while went. 



pitce' atkyu'hi sa^hi''' ya'' de' si"'x ka"* 



leaped he reached other side this stood when 



over the other 



side 



ki'di ka''' uxta'xk ka"^ uto'ho ha'' kokohe' 



came when he pushed when she fell in and making rat- 

 again her tling sounds 



Ekeka"^' kide'di. Ekeka"' Tci'dikuna' a^'hi" nanki' 



And then he went And then Tcidlkuna crying sat 



back. 



u'kanka'yi ku'kidatcke'ye te'- hed- ha"' 



her vine he tied them together that finished when 

 for her 



uka'nki aka'naki. Ekeka'^' a'kuwe kide'di. 



she caught she came And then he took her home, 



it out. 



iMa'hiye. "Ita' pa'wehi nko"' 



she sent him " Deer conjuring to I make 



for (Tuhe). him it 



tca'na i^da'hi eya^'hi"^. 



again to seek him went 



(Tuhe) thither. 



tedi e'tike he' ha'nde ni'," 



ha"^ ketca'na 



and again 



ni'," e' ka^tca' Tci'dikuna' 



. " said when (?) Tcidlkuna 

 (fem.) 



Ta' a'yinkta'ya"^ iya'nox 



ka'* 



when 



Deer ner pet one 



to chase 

 you 



she 

 ivishes 



kiye' 



said to 

 him 



185 ha" 



and 



ha", "ako'hi i'na ni',' 



and, " yard do not stand 



in it," 



kito'he ne ka" ta'- ya' 



hiding stand when deer 'the 



so saying that she is 



(fem. 

 See 

 Note) 



ustu'ki 



stand it 

 up 



tcu'uxti eya"'hi" ha"' a"ya' duk-o"'-ya" 



ki'ye ha", a"ya' 



said to 

 him 



and 



duk-o"'-ya" 



doll 



very old 



and 



doll 



the 



Ekeka"' kide'di. 



And then went home. 



Eya"' 



There 



arrived 

 there 



pxwe no"de hande ka" kite' o'-k taho'. 



gores it throwing was when shot hit when fell, 

 it down at him him 



ki'di ha"' ke'tciima'na i"da'hiye. "Ita' 



reached and again she sent him " Deer 



home (for Tuhe). 



a'de do"'xtu ni'," kiye' ka", Tci'dikiina' tca'na eya"hi"' kiye'di. 



let them go to see it," said to when Tcidlkuna again reached said it to 



him there him (Tuhe). 



Ekeka"', "Ankadaki yi'nki na' dande ka" tutca'ya ni," kiye' te'hetu 



ka" 



trap 



nko"' kune 



I have made it 



And then, 



" String 



190 ka"' 



when 



de'di 



he went 



xye ni 



but 



small stand 

 (=be) 



"Ankadaka 



"String 



will when do not touch it," saying it 

 to him 



yi'iiki-ya" ka'wako" 



small the what it do 



na x 



wo'," e ha"' tutce' ka" 



? " said when touched it when 

 [with his 

 foot] 



eya"'hi". Diikutcke' 



arrived there. Tied 



uka"'x kana'fiki 



it caught the one that has 

 him been sitting 



pe'ti yahe'ye ha" 



fire she took 



together 



195 ha"tca' te'ye 



at length to kill him 



xude'dike ni'," 



that way ." 



(female sp.) (fem.) 



enaski' 



of that size 

 (ob. seen) 



diikutcke' nax 



it tied him sat 



ka" 



sat when 



no+!" 



(said in calling)!" 



do"'hi 



saw him 



e' ka" 



said when 



ka"' 



when 



ha"', 



and, 



a"se'p 



Tci'dikuna' 



Tcidlkuna 



"Ko"ni', 



"0 mother! 



poxka' 



sledge-hammer 



they 

 finished 



na'ni 



can 



tca'na 



again 



ko"ni', 



O mother 



so"o"ni' 



kettle 



ki' de'di. 



and carrying went, 

 on her back 



te' a"se'wi-ya" 



wished ax the 



ha", 



and, 



e 



said 



Eya"hi"' ha" oxte' ani' axi'hiye 



She reached and made a water made it boil 

 there fire 



du'si ha", "Ka'wa iksixtu' 



took and "What you are crazy 



'Tcane', ikte'tu-k ite'-8o"'sa-tu pi'hedi 



Where is it you are when you once pi. ought (?) 

 hit die ending. 



