March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 189 



62. THE COYOTE AND THE FROG.> 



Aliksai! A long time ago the people were living in Wdlpi. North 

 of the village lived the Coyote. In the spring called Sun Spring (Ta- 

 waba) lived the Frog. They were friends with each other. So one time 

 the Coyote went over to visit his friend, the Frog. He ascended the 

 mesa and passed by the village. The dogs of the village, noticing him, 

 made a raid on him. He ran and jumped down the mesa, but was 

 not killed. Arriving at his friend, the Frog, he first drank a great 

 deal of water. "Thanks that I have had this drink," he said to the 

 Frog. " I was very thirsty." " Now, let us sit down," the Frog said. 

 "You sit down there at the edge of the water and dance for me," the 

 Coyote said to the Frog. So the Frog jumped down into the deep 

 water from where he was sitting and passed down to the bottom, but 

 immediately came up again having his mouth wide open. He was 

 pregnant. "Draw me out," he said to the Coyote, so the Coyote 

 grasped him by the arms and forcibly . threw him onto the ground 

 close to the water. Hereupon the Frog burst and it was found that 

 he was full of little tadpoles which were swarming around him. But 

 the Frog himself died. "Oh!" the Coyote said, "why did you jump 

 into that water there. I shall run home now." 



So he started off, went up the mesa and by Sitc6movi. When the 

 children of Sitc6movi saw him they said: "There a Coyote is running." 

 The people living in Hano now also noticed him. "There is a Coyote ! 

 There is a Coyote! There is a Coyote!" they said, whereupon they 

 followed him, trying to capture him. By this time a heavy rain and 

 hail storm came up. The Coyote ran for his hole, but found that it 

 had been filled up with water so that he could not get in. Heavy 

 hail stones were by this time falling upon him and he was running 

 around trying to find some shelter, but the hail stones were so heavy 

 that he was finally killed by them. 



63. THE COYOTE, THE BAT, AND THE HUMMING-BIRD.^ 



A long time ago the Coyote lived at Ishmovala, west of the village ; 

 a Bat at Tovitoala, north-west of the village; and a Humming-bird at 

 T6hchipchookpu, also north-west of the village. They were all three 

 close friends. The Bat and the bird often visited the Coyote, spend- 

 ing their time there in joking, laughing, and eating. The Coyote, 

 being a great hunter, always had plenty of rabbit meat and other 



1 Told by K6hkiuma (Shupaulavi) . 



2 Told by OOy^waima (Oraibi). 



