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Coyote.” Coyote sat on the bird’s back. | He sat on the back of the 
other one, and he also flew up. | Then he shouted again, and he 
flew back down to|the ground. The two friends, Coyote (and 
Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m) were glad. Hesaid to the (Thunderbird): | ‘Don’t be 
angry with the people. || You may scare whoever lies about you.” 
That was Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m’s prayer. | Then there were no more thunder- 
birds. That is the reason | why they do not kill any one now. The 
thunderbirds only make a noise. | 
(d) THE ANIMALS MAKE THE SUN 
The friends went along. The way the friends Coyote (and 
Ya.uke’;ka‘m) were going along | they heard that the sun was being 
made. Then || they started. He was to be the sun. Perhaps the 
one who was to be taken | would be the sun. Therefore the two went 
on together. | Some one was to be the sun. The one who was good 
was to be taken. | He was to be the sun. Then they arrived at that 
town. | They were told: ‘To-morrow you will start.’’ || They meant 
Ya.ukte’;ka‘m. Then night came. Early inthe morning Ya.uk*e’;- 
ka‘m started. | They waited for him, and he went up. | The sun was 
red. Because Ya.ukte’;ka‘m | always painted his clothing with 
ochre, | therefore his shadow was bright red. It wasnot hot. It was 
good. When||he came back, he was told: ‘You are good. ,There is 
only one thing, everything | is entirely red. Your red paint has done 
it.” | Ya.ukte’;ka‘m could not do it because he was | bright red. | 
Then Coyote was told: “To-morrow you shall go.’ Then|| they 
slept. Early in the morning Coyote started. Then | he went on. 
At once it was hot. | At noon it was very hot. Shade was made, but | 
it was always hot. The children were put into the water of the 
river, | but the water burned them. The water was entirely hot. 
Even || cold water was hot. Then the Sun always talked. | When 
Coyote saw a child crying, | he said: ‘‘ Put it into cold water;”’ and 
when he saw | the people eating, he said: “ You will give me some- 
thing to eat, something must be left for me. |I shall eat in the 
evening when I[ return.”’ Then the Sun||told everything that was 
being done. Then | the chief was angry. Coyote said: ‘Somebody 
stole | a woman, also the man and the woman catch each other.”’ 
Then | it was evening; and when the sun had almost gone down, it 
remained | always hot. At night Coyote came back. Then he went 
to || where they were eating. He went there to eat | what was left. 
He said it should be left for him. | 
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