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quickly. He got there. || His son had disappeared. He heard him 
making noise in the water. | He went there. His legs stuck out. 
He pulled at them, and took him out. | Then he knocked down the 
young Beavers. He looked for | the many Beavers, but only the 
bloody ground was left. | The two young Beavers were all he got. | 
He made a hole in the ground. Then he made a fire and put the 
meat into it. | When it was cooked, he took it out. | He put the 
fat there for his son because it was soft. | He himself, Coyote, was 
going to eat the meat. | Then they ate. He looked again at his 
son, and he wished to eat || what his son was eating, who was eating 
fat. Hesaid to his son: | ‘‘Let us change!”’ He put the meat there 
and took back (the fat). | Then he ate. He made his son cry. 
After they had eaten, | Coyote and his son moved camp. | 
(d) DEATH OF COYOTE’S SON 
He went along. Coyote slipped and fell. || He slid down a long 
distance until something stopped him. He looked at his son. He 
laughed at him. | (Coyote) thought: ‘‘Let me make my son glad. 
I'll | slide down on the snow for a little while.’”’ Then he slid 
down. | His son did not laugh aloud. He just smiled. Then (Coyote) 
thought | he would go back. He thought he would put him again 
on his back. He touched him || and he saw him. He was frozen to 
death. | He cried all the time. He said: ‘There is | nothing that 
should prevent him from being glad (?)’’ Then | he threw his things 
away because his son was dead. He said: “Ah! | This is what people 
shall do when their relatives die. || Then the dead will not be put 
into bad condition.” After | Coyote had thrown his things away, he 
started. He went fast. There was nothing | to keep him back. | 
(€) COYOTE TRIES TO STEAL THE SUN 
He went along, and he came to a town. He entered a tent 
there. | Hesat down. Hesaw a woman sitting || with her back toward 
the fire. He saw a child sitting there | which had a big belly. Coyote 
thought: “The mother is good, | but the child is bad.” The child 
said: ‘‘ Mother, | this manitou thinks his mother is good, but her 
child | is bad.’’ He thought: ‘The child is bad; || it knows my mind.”’ 
The child said: ‘“‘ Mother, | the manitou thinks this child is bad; it 
knows my mind.” | Coyote thought: “Vl burst his belly by kicking 
him.” | The child said: ‘“‘The manitou thinks he is bad. | I will 
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