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lived, and south from there, at Jack-Rabbit House (Covfihkivee), lived 

 the Coyote. He was a friend of the L6l6okong. "I am going to 

 visit my friend," the L6l6okong said one day, so in the evening he 

 went over to his friend's kiva. The L661okong was very long. When 

 he arrived at the Coyote's house the latter said, "Come in." "All 

 right," he replied. "Come in," his friend repeated, so he went in and 

 kept coiling up until he filled the entire kiva. So they were sitting 

 and conversing there. "Now let us eat something," the Coyote said. 

 "Very well," his visitor replied. So the Coyote brought forth some 

 juniper berries, which they ate. "Thanks, that I have eaten," the 

 L6l6okong said. 



By this time it had become quite late. "I am going home now," 

 the L6l6okong said. "All right," his host replied, " it is getting late." 

 And after having invited the Coyote to visit him also, the Lol6okong 

 left. After his visitor had left the Coyote was thinking: "What shall 

 I do to my friend, as I want to repay him?" The next day he went 

 into the timber and got a big armful of dry cedar bark. This he tied 

 into a long rope, as it were, with yucca leaves, and rolled it up in his 

 kiva. He then fastened it to his tail and went out. After having 

 run around for some time, he went to his friend's house. "Have you 

 come?" the latter said. "Yes, I have come." "All right, come in, 

 come in," the L6l6okong said. So he went in and kept circling 

 around and around and around, filling the whol6 kiva with his long 

 tail. On the walls of the kiva of the L6l6okong were hanging many 

 snake costumes, and the Coyote kept looking and looking at them. 

 " Now let us eat," the host finally said, -and getting from a shelf a very 

 small bowl with some corn-pollen, set it before his visitor. "This I 

 am eating; eat of it too," he said to the Coyote. So they talked to- 

 gether until evening. "It is evening," finally the Coyote said. "I 

 am going home now." "Very well," the L6l6okong replied, "we are 

 through talking, and it is evening." 



The Coyote hereupon left the kiva, dragging his long tail after 

 him. When the latter was nearly unwound, the L6l6okong put a 

 little piece of ember on the tail, which set it on fire, and when this was 

 dragged out of the kiva, it set the grass on fire. The Coyote looked 

 around and was wondering who was setting everything on fire after 

 him. When the tail was nearly consumed he had arrived at his kiva, 

 and then he began to think that maybe his friend had done that to 

 him. "Well now," he said, "he is my friend, and that friend has 

 treated me this way." And then he became very angry at the 

 L616okong. He then entered his kiva and continued to live there. 



