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matter of giving him burial. It was deliberated whether he should 

 be buried or burned, and all the A'otes were that he should be burned. 

 They prepared the hearth with wood and with the dead Oiot on 

 top of it, and fearing that the Coyote might eat him, they sent him 

 away to hunt for fire. And what the said Coyote did was to with- 

 draw to a short distance and hide, spying on what they were doing, 

 and on one occasion when he was some distance off they lighted 

 the pyre, and the Coyote seeing it, behold he comes back at full 

 speed, and although they did not allow him to approach, he saying 

 that he wanted to burn himself up and die with his chief, he jumps 

 over them into the flames, and seized a piece of the shoulderblade 

 and shoulder of Oiiiot, ate it up, and he did not get any more because 

 the rest had been consumed by the flames. This Coyote was called 

 Eyacque, which is the same as second chief, and at that time they 

 changed the name Eyacque to the name of Eno, which means thief 

 and eater of people, and thus they call coyotes at the present time : 

 End. 



After concluding the functions and ceremonies of the burial of 

 their Chief Oiot, that is, after having burned him, they all assembled 

 for a great council, at which they discussed in what way they could 

 have wild seeds to eat, such as acorns, Wild x\maranth, chia, etc., and 

 also game such as deer, cottontail rabbits, jackrabbits, quails, ground- 

 squirrels, rats, etc. While all were at the above mentioned meeting, 

 they saw on various days and many times one like a phantom, differ- 

 ent from themselves, who kept appearing to them and disappearing, 

 sometimes in one direction, sometimes in another, and finding them- 

 selves in suspense and fear at what they were seeing, they decided 

 to call him to them. They called him, he came to them and they 

 asked him if he was their Chief Ouiot. " I am not Chief Oiot," he 

 answered them, " but a greater chief, and I am called Ckinigchinix." 

 They asked him where he lived, and he answered : " My habitation 

 is above." He asked them what matter they were discussing at the 

 meeting and why they were all gathered there. They answered him 

 that it being that their Chief Oiot had died, they were disussing how 

 they could support themselves with wild seeds and game, and not have 

 to subsist any longer on the clay that they were eating. 



In consideration of these motives Chinigchinix answered them 

 and told them : " I make all things, and I shall create people for 

 you people, distinct from yourselves, whom you soon shall see. 

 And now, from this moment on I give unto you power and faculty, 

 to each one of you, that one shall make it rain, that another shall 

 make the weather clear up, that another shall produce acorns, that 



