MISS CHOC 7A 46



 stayed there for about six months picking fruit, apples.

I: So you've enjoyed life. You've lived a happy life,

 Charlie?

D: Yes, sir.

I: You're satisfied?

D: I'm satisfied.

I: You've got a good family. Well, this is our interview,

 now. You see we've been talking about a lot of homey

 kinds of things, haven't we?

D: Yes, sir.

I: And this is the kind of work we're doing, talking to

 people like you. You wouldn't have any objections to

 anybody reading this once we typed it out, would you?

 Reading what we talked about today?

D: No, I don't think so. No.

I: We haven't talked about anything that's confidential

 at all. What was the Choctaw name?

D: Like (Mahantobi?) (Yetembitobi?) (Eeyahan-

 tobi?) --see, all name was "-obi."

I: The ending of it was "-obi," as though it was spelled

 o-b-i or o-b-e-y.

D: Yeah.

I: What did:that mean if you translate "-obi" into English?

D: Killer.

I: Killer?

D: Killer.

I: So all Choctaws then had a killer name.