72 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL 80 
No. 21. Song of the Coyote (a) (Catalogue No. 823) 
VOICE | = 144 
Drum not recorded 
MiIs@eare festa ele eee ee old woman 
mada hia = Alek Re ates in the fall of the year 
iii! dQ 2ee3 ie ee ee ees .here 
MA TC! cat BESS an BE ie Ree Be I go 
niWhupairustal = Seaeres your medicine is strongest 
73This is a term sometimes used by a man in addressing his wife and is translated 
“old woman.” Its use in connection with the coyote is said to have had its origin in a 
mythical contest between Old Man Coyote and Cedar Post. Mr. Fred Huber related the 
following version of this legend: ‘‘ In the center of the old Mandan village there was a 
cedar post surrounded by a paling of slabs about six feet high. The post represented 
First Man, who made everything and who had a kindly disposition. Beside him, there 
was another, known as Coyote Chief, who was always making mischief. In early times 
