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dead. | After Frog had cried, she took her bones. She laid them out | 
and put them together. She carried them to the water. Then she | 
threw them into the water. Frog went back to her tent. She went 
in || and sat down. After a while, Chipmunk ran back into the tent | 
the same way as she had been before. | She was glad. She jumped 
at her. She embraced her. She said to her: | “I am glad, grand- 
mother, that we meet again.”’ | That is the end. | 
47. CoYoTE AND BUFFALO?! 
‘Coyote went along. He found the head of a Buffalo Bull. He 
picked it up | and threw it away. Then he went on. He went along 
and | went about and came back the same way, there where he had 
gone before. He went along | and came back to the place where the 
head was, at the same place where the || head of the Bull was. It 
happened three times when he went along. Then he said to it: | 
“Why, I went here before, this way where you are lying, and you 
lie in the same place again.”’ | He took a stone and smashed it. He 
took it and | scattered the pieces about. Then he started. He went 
and found a flat stone. | He threw his-blanket over it. Then he lay 
down. While he was lying down, || he cried. He said while crying: | 
‘Their mother Dog, ? Q!uta’ptsek and Mis'quto’,,wom | 
ha ha ho’ya; wes wis wis!”’ | 
He heard noise of running. He arose. He looked around, | and 
there was nothing. “Oh, I thought I heard running; but it is 
nothing, || because there are many passers-by who did it.” He 
lay down again. | After a little while he heard noise of running 
again: Heraised | his head quickly. He saw a Bull approaching, | 
that ran after him. He jumped up quickly. | He started torun. He 
was pursued. He was out of breath and was tired. || Then Coyote 
spoke, and said: ‘‘Somebody shall help me.” | He was told: “It is 
good, nephew, come to me.” | He disappeared inside. Then the Bull 
arrived. He knew that (Coyote) | wasin there. The Bull butted it. 
It wasastump. He split it in two. | Coyote ran away quickly. He 
started again. When he had gone a little ways, || he was out of breath 
again, and he spoke again, saying: ‘‘ How far are you, | manitou? I 
amin danger.’ He was told: ‘‘Nephew, come tome, | comein.” He 
saw it was a stone, and then | he disappeared init. The Bull arrived. 
He butted it and | broke the stone in two. Coyote jumped up quickly | 
and jumped away. He went along, and after a short distance | he 
was out of breath again. Again hespoke: ‘‘Iam already in danger.” | 
Somebody spoke to him, and he was told: ‘““Come, come to me.”’ | 
That was a small bush. He disappeared inside. The Bull arrived | 
and butted it. He missed it. He could not hit || the little bush with 
his horns. The Bull could just not get it. Coyote said: | “Stop, stop 
1 For another version see p. 12. 
2 Dog is Coyote’s wife; Q!uta’ptsek and Mis‘quto’ywom are his children, 
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