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10. CoroTE AND THE WOMAN ; 
Coyote went along. There was ahill. He arrived on top. He 
saw a woman. Then the woman saw Coyote. She was afraid. 
Then she lay down. Then Coyote started. He saw the woman 
lying there. He thought she was dead. Coyote said: “Why is she. 
dead? Let me see what killed her.’’ Then he looked. He did not 
know what had killed her. Then Coyote started toward the back- 
side of the woman. Coyote looked. He saw her backside. He tore 
it. Heput his finger in. He smelled of it. He said: ‘It stinks. 
She has been dead for along time.’”’? Then Coyote went on. The 
woman lay there. She thought: ‘Let me go to Coyote; let me marry 
him.’”’ Then the woman started. She got there. She said to 
Coyote: ‘Let us go to my tent.” She started; she got to her tent. 
She staid there. 
10. CoYvoTrE AND THE WOMAN 
Qa‘na’xe’ sk:’n'ku'ts. swetslec’t.se’. youxXa’xe’. n’u’px,ne* 
' He went along Coyote. There was a bill. He got on top. He saw 
pa‘‘tkes. ta’xas ne; pa’tke; n’u’px,ne’ ske’n'ku'ts’. n’oni‘Ine’. ta’xas 
a woman. Then}? that woman saw Coyote. She was afraid. Then 
she lay down. Then he started Coyote. He saw the woman 
sakqa’pse’. qatwi’yne’ ks:’Veps. qake’jne’ ske’n‘ku‘ts qa’psins 
lying there. He thought she was dead. He said Coyote: “What 
ks:’Yep. hultse;ka’tmilt qa’psins ks:’Ve'p.” ta’xas__ tsejka’te’. 
is she dead? Let me see what killed her.” = Then he looked. 
qa.u’px,ne’ qa’psins kse’le‘ps. ta’xas  tslna’xe’ ske’/n-ku'ts 
Not he knew what killed her. Then he started Coyote 
aa kekpukl’se’s pa‘tkejs. tsejka’te’ ske’n‘kurts. n’u’pxane* a,‘ kekpu- 
to her backside the He looked Coyote. He saw ' her back- 
woman’s. 
kke’se's. n’u'mitse’;se*. tsaqa‘natsq !ahe’jne*. nakumscke’jte*. qake’ne* 
side. © He tore it. He put his finger into it. He smelled of it. He said: 
kstuktu’k"e’s  pee’/klaks k.tsPupe’le’k. ta’xas_ts!ma’xe° ske’n‘ku'ts. 
“Tt stinks, long ago she has been Then started Coyote. 
killed.”’ 
qa‘kqa’,zne’ ne, pa’tke. qatwi’yne’ hults!ma’mit sk-’n-ku'ts 
She lay there that woman. She thought: “Let me go to Coyote, 
kulsal-’te't. ta’xas ts!ma’xe* pa‘/tke;. laxa’xe*. qake’Ine* ske’n'ku'ts’ 
let me marry him.”’ Then she started the She got She said to Coyote; 
woman. there. 
hults!mnaxa’la —_— ka,‘ ke’t. fa. ts!mna’xe’ laxa’xe’ aa Ket.la’e’s. 
“ Let us go to my tent.” She started, she got to her tent, 
qaosaqa’,ne’. 
She staid there, 
