DORSBY-s WANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 99 



216. deyakiya hi ni, "you must send it ahead for me:" said by the 

 two women {deyakiye^ from de). 



218. Tuhe threw his dog into the water, and it was pursued by the 

 alligator, which caught and devoured it. 



220. The sense is not clear at this place. Part of the m3^th must 

 have been omitted, for nothing more is said about the two women who 

 had been so helpful to Tuhe. 



225-226. naxax Jcse te ha^^ " when she was about to break it." See 

 de te ne Jca'^ (159, 171). 



232. O-pa-naske-lid^na^ a name given to Tube's sister. 



233. tandoya^ archaic for tandoya^. 



237. akinve ada d^ni^ " they were going in pursuit of her." 



238. ^^■^ "when" (?). 



238-240. The Ancient of Long-necked Buzzards was one of those 

 who wished to kill Tube's sister, because she put her uncle's child in 

 the kettle of boiliiig water. Was this Buzzard related to Tube's 

 uncle? Or to Tube's uncle's wife? 



241. AHjch tcUci .... aMni hide. A similar incident is found in 

 the myth of the Humming-bird (page 73, lines 28-34). 



252, etc. ohd^ hande d'lxya^^ ''''Xohi xya^"* etu xa. Tube told the 

 Toad that when he wanted water, he must call, and rain should come, 

 affording him plenty to drink. Therefore, say the Biloxi, when the 

 Toad cries rain comes. 



TRANSLATION 



The uncle of Tube, the Thunder being, confined his nephew in the 

 house and went to get medicine to administer to him. The man's 

 wife, while going to the stream to dip up water, found a squirrel. 

 When she returned home, she said to Tube, " Shoot that squirrel for 

 me." He replied, " I can not shoot it." But the woman said, " It is 

 lodged in the brush." 



"i can not shoot it," repeated the youth. Then Tube's sister 

 pushed an arrow through a crack in the wall of the house, and Tube 

 shot through the crack, killing the squirrel. Then his sister ran 

 thither and picked up all the claws, as she supposed, but she over- 

 looked a very tiny one. 



Whereupon the woman went thither, seized the tiny claw, and 

 scratched herself in many places, drawing much blood; and being very 

 bloody she lay by the fireplace, grunting there till the return of her 

 husband. In response to his inquiry, she said, " Your nephew whom 

 you confined in the house for the purpose of giving him magic power 

 scratched me again and again, and so I lie here in this condition." 



The enraged man said to his nephew, "Since you have been going 

 out [despite my command to staj" in], you can now remain out. Fetch 

 me arrow shafts." Then Tube went to gather arrow shafts. On his 



