DOESEY-swANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 113 



tox-pi' a'yukuni' ya°xa°'," e' ka°, "E'wa-k xehe'hanke' nanki' na"^," 



fox liver that was roasted where?" said when, "There I have set it, " 



he 



e ka"*' dusi' duti' de o'xpa ha°, "A'^ya'di inanki' ko ka'wako" 



said when he took it ate it that swallowed and, "People reel. (sub.) what to do 



te' aiiksiyo"' ha'maki wo'," e' ka^, "^keha'. De'hi^naxe'-daha' 



wish making arrows they are ? " said when, "I do not know. Ask them 



20 do'^-te'," kiye' ka° de he'ya'^hi'' ha"^', "Ka'wak iyo"^' te anksiyo"' 



see" (female said to when reached the same and "What(ob.) you do wish making ar- 

 tomale), him place rows 



ya'maki wo'," e' ka", " Ka'wa nko"^ ta' hi wo'. SiHo' no'^pa' 



you are ? " said when, "What we do wish will ? Boy two 



ksi'xtu wa' ka" tca'hanke te' nka'maki na'," e' ka'^ ta^hi^'x 



they are very as we kill [them] wish we are ." said when running 



crazy (masc.) when 



kide'di. Eya°' ki'di ka°', "Ku°ku°', kiya' nkika°hi'''(x) xku' dande'," 



went home. There got when "O grand- again I dip water I will be coming back," 

 home mother, 



e' ha'' de'di. Ani'-ya'' i'^hi'" ha"* Tci'dikuna'-k kiya' kine'ye ha'' 



said and went. Water the reached and Tcldlkana (ob. ) again be caused and 



him to get up 

 (= alive) 



25 a'hi-ya" du'xpi ha" kiy, a'kue'ye ha" ika"'hi" -x ku' ka" 



skin the pulled off and again put on him and dipped water and gave when 



to him 



kide' ka" ind-he kide'di. Eya"' ki'di ha"' ":N^kaxtu'-ya° 



went home when he too went home. There reached and "Our father 



[Goldfinch] [Tcidlktoa] home 



tca'yinke-daha' te ha" afiksiyo"' na'nki na," e' ha", "Nki"'xtu 



to kill us wishes and making sits •" said and " We 



arrows (masc), 



he' a'fiksi nko"tu' hi na'," e' ha" ka"x-ko'nicka da"'x ki"'hi" 



too arrow we'make must •" said and hornet nests took and brought 



(masc), 



ha" tcaktca'ke ha" aiiksiyo"' ha' maki. Ekeka"' kite'tu ka"' 



and hung them up and making arrows they were. Arid then they [the when 



father, etc.] 

 shot 



30 i^^xtu he' kite'tu ho"de'. Anksi-ya"' atca' ha" ka"'x-konicka' 



they too they were shooting. Arrow[s] the they gave and hornet nests 



(boys) out 



du'kxoxo'ki ha"tca' ani-ya'fik u'wahe'tu ka"' a"'ya de'x tea 



knocked to pieces when (?) water the (ob.) they went into when people there all died 



ka"' kiya'kuwetu' ha"' axtu' -ya" i"da'he yuke' ka" Kudeska' 



when they came out again and their father the seeking they were when Bird 



him 



tcu'tkanadi ta'ninki a'diya" ha'ne ha" duxta"' a'nde o"di'. 



Ancient of red first his father found and pulling was in the past, 



ones him 



Aya"' xotka' usi"'hi"ye ha"' eya"' ki'di ha"', "Kudo"'x-m," 



Tree hollow he stood him in and there reached and, "I have not seen him," 



home 



35 e' ka" Tcinaha'yina'di ha'ne: "Tune' na! Tune' na!" e' ka" 



said when Ancient of Wrens found " Here he ! Here he ! " said when 



him: stands stands 



Ape'nixka-ha'yina' ta"hi"' ma'nki, Eya"'hi" ha"' duxta"' a'ko 



Ancient of Goldfinches running reel. Reached and pulled outside 



there him 



de'ye ha" utcati ha" i"manki' ha'nde te' -hed- ha"' 



sent him and split him open and bathing in was that finished when 



the blood 



Kudeska' Atcu'tkana'-ka" uto hi' kiye'di xye'ni ko'ha"ni ka" 



Ancient of Red birds (ob.) lie in it must said to him but he refused when 



tca'ki-k o" i"ka"'hi" a'tcu de' ka" kokta' a'nde o"'ni di"' 



hand (ob.) with dipped up threw it on when [Red bird] was in the as 



[blood] him running off past 



