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fi. — Old Man Coyote and the Buffalo. 



Old Man Coyote persuades buffalo to run race with him to edge of bank, 

 over which they jump with eyes shut and are killed. He then feasts off them. 



6. — Old Man Coyote and the Four Men, Fat, Grease and Berries. 



Coyote meets four men, whose bodies are made of fat, grease and all kinds 

 of berries, fruits, etc. He becomes poor dog and gets in front of them. While 

 they pat his head he licks them. They pass and Old Man Coyote gets in 

 front of them again as a larger dog. He licks them again and bites small pieces 

 off them. Again he meets them, a still larger dog and bites larger pieces. The 

 fourth time they discover who it is and begin to run. Old Man Coyote knocks 

 them down in old lake bed and they melt into soup. He calls for his partner 

 and sends him for his spoon (lynx's talil). His partner goes but returns, claim- 

 ing his moccasins were worn out. This occurs three times, Old Man Coyote 

 fitting him with different kind of moccasins each time. Then Old Man Coyote 

 goes for spoon and partner drinks all soup and' runs away. Coyote finds partner 

 asleep and pushes stick through his rectum into ground. He then builds fire 

 and arouses partner who dashes away to save himself. As he runs his intestines 

 stretch out across country. Old Man Coyote sucks soup out of intestines but 

 finally vomits all up. 



7. — Old Man Coyote and the Gooseberry Bushes. 



Old Man Coyote dares Gooseberry to make him itch. He eats many goose- 

 berries and rubs his body with them. He scratches and rubs against bushes and 

 rocks until he bleeds all over. 



8. — Old Man Coyote and the Indian Turnip. 



Old Man Coyote asks Indian Turnip its name. He eats many turnips and 

 breaks wlind. He is raised off the ground and takes bushes and rocks into air. 

 He pulls up big trees but is carried from roots of birch tree to top and falls 

 to ground again. 



9. — Old Man Coyote and the Beavers. 



Old Man Coyote comes to beaver dam and runs stick through his body. 

 Mother beaver finds him and takes hiim home. He cuts off heads of little 

 beavers, burns them on each side of mouth and places heads where they generally 

 slept. He eats remainder of them. Mother beaver tells him not to drink water 

 on hands and knees. He does so and beaver bites his nose off. He makes nose 

 out of mud and afterwards of fruit pits. 



10 — Old Man Coyote j the Wolf and the Holes in the Ice. 



Rock tied to Wolf's tail makes holes in ice as Wolf trots over it, and fat 

 of buffalo sticks up through holes. Old Man Coyote offers Wolf throwing stick 

 wtith buffalo horn on end if he will show him how to do it. Wolf accepts and 

 Old Man Coyote ties rock to corner of robe. He makes holes and eats fat; then 

 takes throwing stick away from Wolf and runs off. Wolf tells him not to try 

 to walk on ice as before, but he does and falls and his rump sticks fast to ice 

 under berry trees. Old Man Coyote threshes bushes with branch until all 



