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sitting a stone which very much resembled her form, and was also 

 placed in about the position in which the Dove had been sitting. 

 "I have fallen down again and have forgotten my song, so I came 

 back again," the Coyote said, but he received no reply. "If you do 

 not sing I am going to devour you," and again receiving no reply, 

 he grabbed what he believed to be the Dove, but found that it was a 

 stone. He broke all his teeth, and much blood was streaming from his 

 mouth. He at once ran back and taking his way towards Shupaulavi, 

 came to the spring Toriva, which he approached in order to drink. 

 As he put his mouth to the water he saw a bloody face staring at him 

 from the depth of the water. Not knowing what it was, he did not 

 dare to drink, and ran away. Making his way northward, he ran 

 to another spring by the name of Nankava, which is situated north 

 of Shupaulavi. Here he again saw his reflection in the water, and did 

 not dare to drink. He then ran to a third spring by the name of 

 Ishkachokpu. Seeing the same reflection in the water again, he was 

 angry and gnarled, or rather belched, at it, from which the spring 

 has derived its name, the Coyote Belching Water. He again was 

 afraid to drink, but was very tired and thirsty by this time. "I am 

 going to run to Oraibi," he said to himself; "there is a place where 

 there is some water, and I believe there is nobody living in that place." 

 So he ran to a place south-east of Oraibi, called Kuritvahchikpu. 

 When he arrived at this place he again put his snout to the water, and 

 was just about to drink when he discovered a skeleton staring at him 

 from the water. This time he was very angry and tore up the rocks 

 around the spring, from which that place has derived its name. He 

 by this time was so thirsty and exhailsted that he fell down and died 

 there. 



68. THE COYOTE AND THE BLUE JAYS.> 



Halfksai! A long time ago the people lived in Oraibi. West of 

 the village, at Ishmovala, lived the Coyote and his wife. They had 

 six children and the Coyote used to go and hunt rabbits for his 

 children. One day he went hunting again and found a little cotton- 

 tail rabbit, which he chased. The rabbit ran into the hole, which the 

 .Coyote could not enter. "How shall I get this rabbit out now?" 

 he thought to himself; then somebody came along; it was the Badger. 

 "You get this out for me here," the Coyote said, "I want this rabbit 

 for my children to eat." So the Coyote sat down and waited while 

 the Badger scratched a hole until he reached the rabbit, whereupon 

 he pulled the latter out. The Coyote was very happy. "Thus," he 



\ Told by Wikvaya (Oraibi) . 



