BOAS] KUTENAI TALES 111 
54. CovoTE AND YA.UK°E’,KA'M 
(a) COYOTE AND THE FAT! 
Coyote went along with Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m. .Ya.uke’;ka‘m said, | he 
said to Coyote: “Fat is hanging there. | They bite that fat once.’’ 
Then they got there. | Ya.uke’;ka‘m bit off a piece. Then he 
started. Coyote arrived || and bit offonce. Then he went on. Then 
he swallowed. | It tasted good, and he wantedmore. He did not tell | 
Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m. Coyote turned back. He came back to where | the 
fat was hanging. Then he ate of it. The fat fell down. | It was steep 
where the fat was hanging. When it fell,|| it began toroll. Then Coy- 
ote ran after it. He bit a piece off | and swallowed it. He saw that the 
fat was about to roll into the water | where it was deep. Then he ran 
after it and bit off another piece. He put it down with his mouth, | 
ran after it, and bit off another piece, and he put it down with his 
mouth. Then | the fat fell into the water and sank. Coyote re- 
mained there. || He thought he would go back and eat | what he had 
bitten off. Then Coyote started back. He arrived| where he had put 
down the fat with hismouth. There was no fat. It had become | a 
white stone. Then Coyote stood there. | He wanted to swallow 
the fat which was in the water. He thought: || ‘Let me heat stones.”’ 
Then he did so. When they were red-hot, | he took them with 
sticks to where the fat was in the water. | 
Ya.uk*e’;ka‘m was going along. He looked back, and he saw there 
was no | Coyote. He thought Coyote was not acting right. Ya.u- 
kve’;ka‘m went back. | He came to where the fat had been hanging. 
There was no || fat. It was steep there. He saw the | tracks of Coyote 
going down, and also the fat | and the tracks going along with it. 
Then he started down. Way below he saw 
a fire. He saw Coyote, 
who was there. | He went down. He saw him carrying the stones 
with sticks || to the place where the fat was in the water. A piece of 
the fat came up to the top of the water. | Coyote took a mouthful of 
the fat. | When Ya.uke’;ka‘m arrived, Coyote did not see him. Ya.u- 
ke’; ka‘m saw | his friend suffering. He said to him: | ‘‘Why did you 
do that?’’ Coyote was scared. 
| He said it tasted good. He was 
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told: “I told you | they take just one bite.”’ Then Ya.ukte’;ka-m ~ 
took | a pole. He fastened a knife to it. He speared | the fat. Then 
the fat was broken up. |. The fat came to the top of the water. Then 
Coyote was told: || “Now eat all.”’ Then Coyote took | the fat ashore. | 
1 See p. 48. 
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