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were wondering where he procured it, but soon agreed that he must 

 have stolen it in Oraibi, and that he had deceived them. In order 

 to get even with their friend, they concluded that they would "song- 

 tie" him, that is, they would make a song about their friend. They 

 at once started to compose a song, but did not finish it to their satis- 

 faction. So, after the Humming-bird had left, the Coyote kept think- 

 ing over the song, and during the night, while he could not sleep, 

 finished it. The next morning he at once went to the house of the 

 bird , to whom he sang this song, to the satisfaction of both of them : 

 Sawya, Sawya! 



Bat, Bat! 

 Tucivakiota, tucivakiota. 



In the hollow, In the hollow ! 

 Anawit kwitaat 



Along its excrements 

 Tucanmuruta, tucanmuruta 



A ridge (of) dirt, a ridge (of) dirt! 

 Kikanqo, kikanqo 



To the village, to the village. 



The following is supposed to be the complaint of the party whose 

 food the bat carried off : 



lyumukvi, akwihkwistkae 



From my inner chamber, because fat he got 

 Kalatoto matototimaia. 



The Kalatoto are running about. 



They practiced the song until they both knew it. Hereupon the 

 Coyote returned to his house, the Humming-bird saying he would in- 

 vite the Bat to come over in the everting, which he did. When the 

 Bat arrived, the bird went over to the Coyote's house, telling him 

 that their friend was waiting for them. The Coyote at once also pro- 

 ceeded to the house of the bird, where the latter soon proposed to 

 have a song. The Bat consented, saying that they wanted to be 

 happy together. So they stood up in a line and the bird commenced 

 to sing the song which the Coyote had made. The Coyote at once 

 chimed in and the Bat also commenced to sing with them the best he 

 could, but soon found out that a joke was being played on him, and 

 that he was being song-tied by his two friends. As soon as he had 

 found this out he stopped singing and became angry. "You have 

 song-tied me," he said to the others. "The Coyote has made the 

 song; you both have made it. Now this ends our friendship." 

 Whereupon they dispersed and never became friends again. 



