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getting from him his bow and hawk. Young man transformed into baby and 

 old woman from camp hears it cry. She rescues baby and takes it to her tipi. 

 It grows rapidly. Once when meat scarce boy makes hoop oi buffalo hide. 

 Tells foster brother to roll hoop and make wish for buffalo of any kind. He 

 does so and boy shoots arrow at hoop which becomes young buffalo bull. Boy 

 repeats process for grandmother and old fat bull is killed. Chief offers his 

 daughter to any one getting red bird for him. Boy kills bird but Old Man 

 Coyote runs off with it. Chief again offers daughter in marriage for pelt of red 

 fox. Boy traps fox, but Old Man Coyote runs off with it. Grandmother gets 

 feather from red bird and some hair from fox for boy. Boy sends grandmother 

 to tell Chief he has killed -red bird and fox and wants to marry his daughter. 

 Grandmother says boy will come four times and daughter must catch him one 

 of the times and no one was to look out of tipis. Little Buffalo calf comes 

 in bellowing and daughter loses courage and fails to catch him. Next time he 

 comes as yearling buffalo bull and breaks fastening pin of tipi. Daughter again 

 fails. Third time he comes as dangerous two-year-old bull. , Daughter shuts 

 her eyes and grabs bull about neck and bull is transformed into young man. He 

 gives red bird and fox to Chief and marries daughter. Old Man Coyote brings 

 to Chief bag he supposes to contain red bird and fox, but when opened they 

 are buzzard and gray wolf. Chief jpities Old Man Coyote and gives him an 

 older homely daughter. Camp moves to bank of river where all go swimming. 

 Young man transformed into buffalo bull who takes wife across river on his 

 back. Old Man Coyote says he can do lit, transforms himself, but only into gray 

 wolf. Wife grabs him by tail and swims little way, but they are nearly drowned. 

 Women stand in row and young man points out his mother, who tells him never 

 to say anything with reference to his father. 



14. — Old Man Coyote, the Giants and their Little Enemies. 



Three young men find buffalo trail terminating in big hole in side of 

 mountain. They walk four days through hole and then come out into another 

 world, where people are tall and large and there are plenty of buffalo. Old Man 

 Coyote tells them to ask for horses, as they are buffalo. Big people very kind 

 and let them take and eat buffalo. Big people go into tipis to escape 

 enemies, who are mosquitoes, ants and bugs with small animals and birds. Three 

 young men kill many and chase others from camp. Big people very thankful and 

 Jet young men take as many buffalo as they want. They drive buffalo through 

 hole four days. At end something is asleep, one part resembling alligator and 

 other part resembling otter. They light fire and burn through it. One of young 

 men eats some of it and changes to long otter. Otter dives into lake and tells com- 

 panions that whenever his people go to war they must come and see him and he 

 will give them power. 



15. — Old Man Coyote, the Young Man and Two Otter Sister& 



Old Man Coyote tells rich young man he will find him suitable wife. Young 

 man goes to place where young men were pulling people, sat on buffalo skulls. 

 over ice. He sees two beautiful women whom he thus treats. Women are long 

 otters with fine fur, transformed to ensnare husband. They force young man into 

 air hole and he finds himself in tipi under water. He marries them, goes to 

 buffalo hunt and brings meat, which wives dump through air hole. Young man 



