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21. — NlH'ANgA** AND COYOTE. 



Nih'a°Qai and Coyote try to deceive each other. Coyote takes the form 

 of a woman. Cum Niha^qa"^ cum ea coire conatur, Coyote cum eo idem facit. — K. 



22. — NiR'ANgA** AND Coyote. 

 Nih'a'^ga^ tries to seize a woman, who turns into Coyote. — K. 



23. — Nia'A^gA^ AND THE DeER WomAN. 



Two bathing women cover themselves with mud to look Hke stumps. 

 Niih'a^ga'^ cum appropinquat, eas scrutatur. Sed postquam penem inserere cona- 

 tus est, aufugiunt in cervas conversae. — K. 



24. — NlH'A'^gA'''S FEAST OF BeAVER STOLEN BY COYOTE. 



Nih"a"qa° persuades beavers to leave their dens. He cuts club and fol- 

 lows them. Nih'a'^Qa'* shows little beaver club and says he is to be killed with 

 it. Little beaver runs and tells. Nih'a'^ga" denies he said so. When beavers 

 go a little farther from dam, Nih'a"ga° strikes one dead. Others turn and 

 begin running back. Nih'a^ga^ running after them and knocking them down, 

 until only two left, male and female. Nih'a°Qa° tells them to return to 

 dam that their seed may increase. Nih'a^ga** makes pit and builds fire to roast 

 dead beavers. Wind makes two limbs at top of cottonwood tree rub together 

 and make squeaking noise. Nih'a°Qa° tells them to stop fighting, and climbs 

 tree to part them. Taking hold of each" limb he becomes fast between them. 

 Coyote runs up and digs out roasted meat.. Nih'a^ga" tells him not to eat them 

 all, but he does so and turns away. Nih'a"(;a*^ frees himself, trails Coyote, 

 finds him asleep. Nih'a'^ga'^ builds fire to windward of Coyote so close to him 

 that it bums hair off his legs and wakens him. Nih'a.nqa'^ tells Coyote he will 

 have yellow fur around his legs and runs away. — D. 



25. — NlH'ANgA" AND THE BeAVERS. 



Nih'a'^ga'i persuades the beavers to leave their dam and cross a hill to 

 reach a larger stream. When he has them away from the water he kills them. 

 — K. 



26. — NlH'A'f^gAN AND THE DANCING DuCKS. 



Nih'a°ga° meets ducks and gets them to dance about him with closed 

 eyes. While they dance he kills them. One of them sees him, and the surviv- 

 ors flee. Nih'a°ga° hangs up the meat, eats, and sleeps. His meat is stolen 

 by wolves. He meets a blind bear and thinks him the thief. He persuades 

 him to enter a heap of brush, which he fires. The bear is burned. Nlih'a^qa** has 

 called the wolves to help him. but they devour the bear also and run off mocking. 

 — K. 



