boRSEi'-s WANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 95 



de'ye. E'ya"^ di"^' tcuuxti ya° aka'nak na'nteke ha'^' du'si na'yi. 



he sent That one (sub.) went so fast he came out nearly and caught swal- 



off. . (=reached the it lowed it. 



other side) 



220 Ekeha'^' anksi'-k akite' -k de' ama' tidu'p ka'' kude'ni. Afiksi'- 



And then arrows (ob.) he shot when went ground alighted when [alligator] Arrow 



on did not go. 



ya"^ kite' kide' ka° piikxyi' uxwehe' sa^hi^'ya"^ aka'naki. 



the he shot it forcibly when loop of string he sat in it to the other side he got over. 



Ekeha'^' tuka'ni ti'-ya"" da' o°ni. Ta'iiki yandi' hu'x ne'di. 



And then his mother's house the he was going. His sister tlie (sub.) was coming 



brother (close at hand). 



Hux ne' ka° anksi' akite' kide ta'niya" ti'dup ka'' dusi'. 



Was'coming when arrow he shot it forcibly first it alighted when she took 



[close at hand] it. 



"Ka'wat anksiyo'" ha. Tando' anksiyo°' ha'nde o"^ e'ke xye'," 



"Whoever made arrows (?) My brother making was in the so indeed" 



(female sp.) arrows past 



225 c' ha°, "Ka'wat o^'ni ko ksunka' hi ni'," e' ha"* naxa'x kse' 



said and, "Whoever made it if I break it will ." said and not yet break it 



(fern.) 



te ka°', "Ksa'ya na'. Nkindi'nkta na'," e' ka-^ ta'fiki-ya° 



wished when, "Do not break it. It is mine ." said when his sister the 



ha'ne. Kine'pi wa'adi. Dusi' wahe' ha'ude ha'^, "Ka'k iyo"^' 



found She was glad very. She took crying out was and "What you do 



him. hold 



te ya'nde, ha°V' kiye' ka"*, "Nka'o^ te nkan'de ni'," e' ka", 



wish you are (?)," said to her when, "I make wish lam ." said when, 



hominy (fem.) she 



"Tuka'nixa'^' a°tatka' fccanaska kta wo'," he' ka% "Xe'he ni," 



"My mother's brother child how large his (?)" he said that when "It sits ." 



(fem.) 



230 e ka°, "A'ni axi'hiye ko' ek uno'^'da-di'," kiye' ka^tc kide'di. 



she when, "Water you boil it when in it you put it [the hef>aidto at length he went 

 said child] in," her home. 



"Te'hiyetu te^ ko ndao' kudi'," kiye' ka'^ kide'di. Eya°' ki'di 



"They kill you wish when hither becoming he said when went home. There she got 



back," to her home 



ha"" a'ni axihi'ye yao''' ne'di. Yao''' ne ka*"', "Ka', O'-pa-na'ske- 



and water she made it singing she stood. Singing she when, " (said in Very long- 



boil stood ridicule) headed- 



ho^'na ko nao^'t-ka" tando'ya Ividi' dande', kiye'tu ka'^'tca ha' na," 



fish (sub.) to-day herbroth'er have will, theytoldher musthave ." 



come home (masc.) 



e' ka'', "Ayi^'xtu xa°' ite'tu ya^xa"^' kiya' iki'^'hi'^tu' xa ha'^'tca 



said when, "You (pi.) you die when again do you [all] 



come back 



235 ha'," kiye'-daha'. Ani' axi'hiye ne' ka"^, "A^tatka'-ya"^ ndu'si 



(?)," she said to them. Water making it she stood when, "Child the I take it 



boil 



uxwe'heilke a'ka'^ teti' kika'," edi'. E' ha'nde ha'^ a°tatka'-ya^ 



I put it in suppose it die Iwonderif," shesaid. Sayingit was and child 'the 



uxwehe'ye. Ekeka°' te'ye te ha°' akuwe' ada' o'^ni, tando' ne'ya^ 



she set it in '[the And then to kill wished and taking her they were going her that std. 



water]. her along brother one 



yuwa'ya'^-ka" a'da o'^'ni. Ekeka^' naxa'x teyetu' hi di'^' aya"^'- 



toward him (ob. ?) they were going. And then not yet they time to when stick 



killed her (?) (?) 



ya° aku'hitu' ka° tando' -ya"^ e'ma'^ hu' akana'x ka^ ama-xa'wo°ni'-ya° 



the they raised it when her the just was came in when spade the 



[on her] brother there coming sight 



240 da'swa de'ye isi'nti mak-o'^ni' E'xka-na'skana'-di^ (See variant, p. 96). ■ 



behind sent it for a the reel, made Long-necked Buzzard, (sub.), 

 him tail ob. it the Ancient one 



Ekeha°' kine'pi wa'adi. A'^ya' tcitci' kide' eya""' ki'di lia'^ akini' 



And then she was very. People they lay down there reached when walking 



glad all along home on [them] 



