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burst his belly by kicking him.’’ The woman did not speak. Coyote 
_ knew || that it was the tent of a chief. There was another | tent, 
which was not large. A woman came in | where Coyote was. Coyote 
looked, and it was his wife. | She said to him: “Why did you say 
what the child said? | This is your grandson. Where is the child 
that went with you?” || Coyote fell down crying. He said: | ‘He 
froze to death.” His wife said: | ‘My tent is near by. Let us 
start.”” Then it was | as he had told his dead son. He told him: 
“Your mother is going; | but if she has no one to share with her what 
she eats, she will turn back.’’ Then Dog had no one || to share with 
her what she ate. Then she turned back. Then Coyote took her 
back. | He entered Dog’s tent. Then | she ate. His wife said to him: 
‘They have | started deer driving.” In the evening they will come 
back. Don’t go in. | In the morning they will do it again. Then 
you may go in. || If you go in in the evening, they will not look at 
you. | The chief always does that way. He is the Sun.” | At night 
the deer drivers came back. Then all went to | the chief’s tent. 
They piled up the deer. | Then they talked, and they boiled the meat. 
All the men || went to the tent. Then (the meat) was being boiled. | 
All the children went there, carrying water where the meat was being 
boiled. | Coyote always went there. He disobeyed his wife. | He 
went with the children who were bringing water. | There at the head 
of the tent he threw down his blanket. They brought in water. | 
His blanket was taken and was thrown back to the door. | When 
Coyote took water into the tent, he saw his blanket. The child | 
near the door always spilled water on it | and cleaned his feet 
on it. When the meat was done, | it was eaten, but nothing 
was given to Coyote. || They were passing the food by the place 
where he was sitting. He stretched his hand out, | but he was’ 
told: “It is not for you; it is for the next one.’ | Another one 
who was sitting there took it. He was told: ‘“ It is not for you; | 
it is for him, for that child.’ Then all the meat was gone, | 
and he did not receive anything to eat. Then all went out, and there 
was much || food left over. Coyote had nothing left over, because | he 
was not given anything. Then all went out. Coyote said: | “Give 
_ me my blanket; I put it there.’”’ | He thought that his blanket was 
lying at the head of the tent; therefore he said so. He was told: | 
“Tt lies over there.” Coyote looked, and there was || his blanket lying 
at the door. It was dirty and wet. | Then he took it and went out. 
He went into the tent of his wife. | He was told: “Did you eat? Are 
you satiated?” Coyote said: | “Oh, no! I was not given anything. 
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