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The Badger laughed, saying: "That Fool Old Man (Una Wuhtaka) be- 

 lieves that I took that fat out of my body." 



The next morning the Coyote took the knife and commenced to 

 cut into his abdomen. It hurt him very much, and as he was 

 cutting he moaned, "Ana-na-na," but he kept on cutting and the 

 blood was running out profusely. When he had cut through the 

 abdomen wall he took hold of the fat and commenced to pull at it, 

 but before he got through he became exhausted and fell down and 

 died. When his friend, the Badger, arrived he found the Coyote 

 lying there dead. "That Fool Old Man," he said, "thinking that I 

 extracted that fat from my body!" And thus the Badger killed his 

 friend, the Coyote. 



75. THE BADGER AND THE COYOTE.^ 



Halfksai! North-east of W^lpi at Oaktoika lived the Coyote. 

 West of this place at Shiw^pba lived the Badger. They were friends. 

 One time the latter visited his friend, the Coyote. "Have you 

 come?" the Coyote said. " Yes, " his friend replied. Hereupon they 

 conversed until noon. "Now let us have something to eat," the 

 Coyote said, whereupon he went into a room and got out some juniper 

 berries. "This I am eating," he said to his friend, and set it before 

 him, "Now, eat this," he said. Hereupon they ate. When that 

 was eaten they conversed until towards evening, when the Badger 

 said he had to go home now. "Very well," the Coyote replied. 

 And after having invited his friend to visit him too, the Badger went 

 home. In the evening he went on a hunt and tracking a rabbit 

 into a hole he quickly dug him up and pulled him out. Having 

 killed the rabbit he took him home and put him away until the next 

 morning. 



Early in the morning he roasted the rabbit nicely and then waited 

 for his friend, who soon came. "Have you come?" the Badger said. 

 "Yes," the Coyote said. "Very well," the Badger said. So they 

 conversed all forenoon and at noon the Badger said: "Now, we are 

 going to have something to eat, too," whereupon he brought forth 

 the roasted rabbit, which looked very inviting. Cutting the rabbit 

 up, the Badger invited his friend to eat, whereupon they enjoyed 

 their meal very much. When they had eaten they again conversed 

 with each other, and were very happy talking about the good food 

 that they had eaten. Towards evening the Coyote said that he must 

 go home now. "Very well," the Badger replied, whereupon the 



' Told by Sikdhpiki (Shupa\ilavi). 



