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are dancing and ask her to join them. She says she would like to, but cannot 

 get up there. Blue Jays put some of their wings, tails and feathers on her 

 legs. She ascends and dances with them. Then they fly away, Coyote with 

 them, and alight on another tree. This they repeat three times. They then 

 fly up into air, and when very high they surround Coyote and tear out all 

 feathers they h^e loaned him. Coyote falls to earth and dies. Coyote hunts 

 for his wife, but dogs pursue him and he goes back to children, who now have 

 no mother. Coyote afterwards hunts food alone for children, and this is why 

 so many coyotes look out for food alone. 



69. — The Coyote and the Eagle. 



Coyote seeing Eagle stand on one foot, asks him why he does so. Eagle 

 says he has cut one leg off. Coyote inquires how Eagle did it. Eagle tells 

 him to lay leg across stone and strike on it with sharp stone and it will come 

 ofif, adding that it does not hurt. Coyote does as told. Eagle lowers second 

 leg, stretches out his wings, laughs at Coyote, and then flies away. Coyote 

 limps away, crying. 



70. — The Coyote and the Red Eagle. 



On Coyote's returning from hunt one hot day, he finds his children very 

 thirsty. They are still very young. He goes to Toriva for water, which he 

 gets in his mouth. On returning he sees Eagle dancing on one leg. Coyote 

 laughs and spills water. He runs back to spring and again fills mouth with 

 water, which he again spills through laughing at dancing Eagle. He is angry 

 and goes to cedar timber to get some pitch. He goes again to Toriva and, 

 after drinking, fills his mouth and pastes it up with pitch. He again sees 

 Eagle dancing and again laughs, but he does not spill water. He finds his 

 children sleeping nicely and pours water into their mouths, but they do not 

 awaken. They are dead. He is angry and goes to kill Eagle, who flies away, 

 and shows that he has two legs. 



71. — The Coyote and the Turkeys. 



Coyote and Turkey are great friends and both have children. Coyote goes 

 to Turkey's house and admires figures on little turkey's feathers. Turkey 

 mother says she baked children and ate their meat, but did not break any 

 bones, which she put into tray and waved up and down, singing song, and then 

 threw bones outside and children got alive again beautifully figured. In 

 morning Coyote gets wood and makes oven very hot. Then he throws all 

 little Coyotes in and plasters oven up. In evening he takes them out thoroughly 

 baked, eats meat, but does not hurt bones, which he gathers into basket. 

 During night Turkey mother sends her children away to San Francisco Moun- 

 tains. She rolls up small blankets and places them on floor to make them appear 

 as sleeping. Then she follows children. When sun comes out Coyote takes 

 tray containing children's bones, waves it up and down, singing song, and 

 throws bones away. Nothing comes alive and only bones are there. He is 

 very angry and runs very fast to friend's house. He jumps on beds and grabs 

 at young turkeys, but nobody is there. He hunts tracks of turkeys, who 

 have arrived at Little Colorado River. They cross it and little turkeys are 

 very tired and mother leaves them and runs ahead to San Francisco Mountains. 



