2 22 Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. VIII. 



You have spoken correctly, the Squirrel said, "we are living in 

 plenty." Hereupon they went to the peach orchard again to eat 

 peaches but found the old man in the orchard, so they waited a little 

 while until he had done his work and had gone to sleep under one of 

 the trees. They then carried a great many peaches as usual, to the 

 place on the rock where they generally feasted, and after they had 

 filled themselves they had a little dance, singing their song. They 

 stood on their hind legs holding their front paws upward. The old 

 man awoke from the noise of the singing, and when he saw them he 

 at once knew that they were the culprits who destroyed and carried 

 away his peaches, so he ran towards them, saying: "Aha, why are 

 you making noise? I have found you. You are naughty and I am 

 going to kill you, ' ' and saying this he tried to climb the rock upon 

 which they were. They jumped down, however, and both rushed 

 into the house of the Squirrel at the foot of the rock. The old man 

 followed them and when he saw where they had gone, he waited. 

 The two were very happy and laughed at their pursuer. The Chip- 

 munk looked up and said: "Aha, there he is watching us. I am go- 

 ing to get out, pass him, and run to my house. He cannot catch 

 me." "All right," the Squirrel said, "try it." So the Chipmunk 

 rushed out. The man ran after it furiously, trying to kill it, and had 

 almost overtaken it when the Chipmunk had reached its house and 

 rushed into it. 



After that the two did not fear the old man and continued to live 

 off his peach orchard, being careful, however, that he did not catch 

 them. And so ever since the Squirrel and Chipmunk are not very 

 much afraid of the Hopi and destroy and eat their peaches. Had the 

 old man at that time killed the two, such would not be the case now. 



86. A BET BETWEEN THE COOYOKO AND THE FOX.' 



Aliksai! In Shupaulavi, north of the village, is a bluff where 

 there is a place called C6oyoko House (C6oyok-ki). Here the Cooyo- 

 ko lived. One time a Fox, who was very handsome, came along, 

 and the Cooyoko Uncle (Tahaam) was sitting on the edge of the bluff 

 when the Fox came along. The sun had not yet risen, and the Cooyoko 

 was sitting and waiting to watch the sunrise. "Come here," he said 

 to the Fox, "come to me here." "All right," the Fox said, and 

 came. "Sit down, sit down with me," the Cooyoko said, which the 

 Fox did. "Now," the C6oyoko continued, "let us have a contest 

 and see upon whose song the sun will rise. The one that loses shall 



1 Told by Sikdletstiwa (Shupalilavi). * 



