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he went to the house of his friend and found the door closed with a 

 grass mat. This he removed and went in, but found no one in the 

 house. "Aha," he said, "they have run away from me," and com- 

 ing out of the house he found their tracks leading north-eastward. 



He followed the tracks and came to the house of the Deer. "Has 

 the Grasshopper come here with his family?" he asked. "Yes," the 

 Deer replied, "they have come here." "You get them out here," 

 the Coyote said. "No, you come in yourself," the Deer replied. 

 "No, no, bring them out," the Coyote insisted, "I want to devour 

 them." "No, no, you come in yourself," the Deer once more said. 

 So the Coyote went down the ladder two rongs and then jumped out 

 again. "Oh," he exclaimed. "Do not be afraid," the Deer said, 

 "we are not going to hurt you. " So he again went down two rongs, 

 but jumped out again, being afraid. "You just go in, " the Deer said, 

 "we shall not hurt you." "No, you bring them out here," the 

 Coyote once more requested. But finally he concluded to go down. 

 He stopped at the elevated portion of the kiva, and saw two strong 

 Deer standing one on each side of the fireplace. In another part of 

 the kiva he saw the wife of the Grasshopper and her children. "You 

 hand those to me here," he said to the Deer. "No, you come down 

 yourself, and get them," they replied. So he stepped down into the 

 deeper portion of the kiva, but at once one of the Deer picked him 

 up with the horns and threw him upward towards the hatchway. As 

 soon as he fell down the other Deer picked him up and threw him 

 upwards, and so they kept it up until he was dead, whereupon they 

 threw him out. 



Hereupon the Deer said to the Grasshoppers: "Now, you go out 

 wherever you think, nobody will hurt you now." When they had 

 left the kiva their mother said to them: "Now, every one of you go 

 where he wants to go," so they immediately scattered, flying in all 

 directions, and that is the reason why the grasshoppers are now found 

 everywhere. If they had not scattered out at that time they would 

 be just living at one place now. 



80. THE THREE MAIDENS AND THE COYOTE.' 



Haliksai! In Oraibi the people were living. Over there at How- 

 akapchomo somebody, some maidens had a crop. They had a father 

 and a mother; three maidens there were. They were living at 

 Pilcatsva.* From there they went to watch their crop; and now at 



« Told by OSyAwaima (Oraibi). 



* A place in the north-west comer of the village. 



