Transcript take from:A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages Accompanied with Thirty-one Biloxi Texts and Numerous Biloxi Phrases By James Owen Dorsey, John Reed SwantonWhen the Ancient of Otters was about to go to see the ball play his grandmother objected But he replied That makes no difference I will view it from afar and then I will return home Off he went On reaching the place he was standing afar off when a woman sent some one to him saying Tell that person to go home He emits a very strong odor Then the man went to the Ancient of Otters and delivered the message That woman in the distance says that you are to go home as you emit a very strong odor Yes replied the Ancient of Otters but he still remained there Then another person was sent to him with the same message Yes replied the Ancient of Otters I was about to start homeward but I am here still Nevertheless he did not move so another messenger was sent to him When he beheld him coming he started off at once without waiting for his arrival as he suspected what his message would be On reaching home he walked to and fro saying nothing Then his grandmother said For what reason have you come home And he replied A woman said that I smelt very strong so I came home His grandmother laughed at him for some time and then said I said to you that it would turn out thus but you would not heed at all and you went anyhow By and by she went out to dig some medicine Having brought the medicine home she administered it to the Ancient of Otters and made him vomit Then she urged him to try his luck again Return to the place where you were before you started home and after remaining a while come home If they say anything to you say 1 have just come back after eating some stewed fish Hasten to return home So the Ancient of Otters departed again When he arrived there and was standing there viewing the players the woman said to some one Tell that person to come back and I will play with him So the messenger said Yonder distant woman says that you are to go thither and she will play with you To this the Ancient of Otters replied I have just returned after eating some stewed fish and did not move from his position Again she sent a messenger who said the same words but with like want of success but this time the Ancient of Otters never said a word When the third messenger was seen in the distance the Ancient of Otters started off at once and went home When he got home his grandmother made for him an ordinary sized bed and a very small one too She set them up in the other room of her house She made the Ancient of Otters lie down on the larger one and she covered him with bearskins As he was lying there and his grandmother was sitting close to the fire the Woman was coming in the distance her garments rattling on account of the silver that she wore On reaching the house she asked the old woman Where is that person The old woman replied I have not seen any one at all I refer to the person who stays here said the visitor Pshaw Is it that ugly boy whom you wish to see said the old woman That is he said the visitor He was sitting around here for a while after eating some stewed fish and I think that he is now lying down with unwashed hands said the old woman The visitor entered the house making her garments rattle as she moved Addressing the Ancient of Otters she said Lie farther over But he did not move She thought that she would get over him and lie down on the other side but in attempting it she fell to the ground and her garments rattled exceedingly as she kept falling about She rose to her feet and said lam much ashamed to night Though you shall not be able to see me well during the day 1 shall be there in the sky Then she went up above when day came and they say that she is still there They say that because of the treatment of the Sun Woman by the Ancient of Otters i.e. his making her ashamed she went up above and she is still there And because of the words of the Sun Woman she is always one whom can never see well
note the pun on "play" ; the sun's dress rattles, because it is made of silver coins - modern addition, obviously ....and she can smell the AOO from over 100 yards away ( app. )
I like indigenous stories. I read a couple of Lakota stories in Russel Means' autobiography. These were brief descriptions of events, with no resolution in the sense of European culture. They are intended to make the listener draw his own conclusions.
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