DOBSHY-s WANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 109 



k6'tcfima'na i°'dah hu' ka° ko' kide'di. Eva''' ki'di ha'nde ka° 



again to seek was when without he started There reached was when 



him coming waiting home. home 



25 ku'^'-ku'' ya'ndi ya'hi ki'ko'' nedi, ya'hiya" he' yi'nk sti kiko''' 



his grand- tne (sub.) bedstead making stood bedstead too small very making 

 mother for him for biTn 



te'-hed-ha'' ati' hiyo'ki-ya° ustu'ki. Ustu'ki ha'' ekeka"' Xyini'xkana' 



that fin- when other room the she set it She set it and and then Ancient of Otters 

 ished up. up 



atoho' ka" o^da^hi adukse' te'-heda" ka" ma'x ka" ekeka"' ku''ku'"ya'^ 



laid on it when bear skin she spread that fin- when he was when and then his grand- 

 over him ished reel. mother 



ko' pe'tuxte ye'hika" xex na^'x ka" a''xti'd sunawi' hu'x nafike'di. 



(sub.) fire close to sitting when woman dressed in silver was coming in 



and rattling with it the distance. 



E'ke eya'"hi'' ha"', "A^ya'di ande' ya" xa"'," e' ka", A^'ya xo'hi 



Well reached and, "Person stays the where?" said when, Old woman 



there ^ (that) she 



30 ya'ndi, "A^ya'di kike' ndo'x-ni na'nki ni'," e' ka", "A^ya'di e'd 



the (sub.), "Person soever I see not I sit ". said when, "Person here 



(fem.) she 



ande' ya"^ ni'," e' ka", ''\Jx\ sP't ku'dini ha'," e' ka", "E'ya" ni," 



stays the ." said when "Pshaw! boy ugly ? " said when "That ." 



(fem.), she (fem.) 



e' ka", "O' huwe' duti' xehe' a'nde o"di' tca'ke ko' dutca'ni 



said when "Fish stewed eating sitting was hand (ob.) not washed 



she 



to'x mafiki' unkihi' ni," e ka"' eya"'hi". Ti' sunahe' uwe' ha° 



he is reclining I think .'' said when arrived Just rattling sheen- and 



(fem.) she there. tered 



"Ewaxti' toho-te'," kiye' ka" kina'yeni ma'x ka" ''Atkyu'hi toho' 



"Further lie thou " (fe- said to when he did not reclin- when "To get over and lie 

 male to male), him move ing him down 



35 hi wo'," yuhi' ha" ama' yank to'ho. Ama' de'x toho' ha" sunawi' 



that in she and ground the (ob. ) she fell Ground there she fell and rattling 



thought" thought on. on 



toho' a'nde o"di' kine' ha", "Psude' unkwii'xiki nita'ni xude'dike 



she was falling about she got and, "This night I am ashamed great that way* 



up (fem. sp!) 



ni'," e' ha"tca', "Na'wi ya"do"'xtupi'tuni' kike' u"na'nki da'nde 



." she when, "Day they can not see me well though I sit will 



(fem.), said, 



ni' " e' ha"tca', na'wiya" ka"' kowo'd de o"nidi" kowo'd nanki' ya 



.'' said when day when upward she went and so upward was s'it- 



(fem.), ting 



etu' xa. E'ke o"'ni-di"' Xyini'xkana' di" Ina'fik wuxi'kiye ka" 



they always. " Therefore Ancient of Otters (sub. ) Sun ' made her when 



say ashamed 



40 kowo'd de o"ni-di" kowo'd ande' xya. E'ke o"'ni-di"' a"ya' 



upward had gone as up above is always. Therefore people 



do"xpi'tuni' a'nde xya'. 



can not see her [she] is always, 

 well [so] 



NOTES 



Observe that the Sun in Biloxi mythology is a woman. Compare 

 the German, die Soufie. 



1. anixya (anix) usually means, "'one who plays [ballj often or 

 regularly." 



2. esetik {exti^-ha'^^ *' at, there"). 

 6. ketcumana {kiya^ tc). 



8. xkidad {de). 



