BOAS] KUTENAI TALES 151 
Young Coyote. Even the fastest runners could not catch up 
with him. | Therefore they laughed about it. Young Coyote came 
along. | They could not catch up with him at all. Then he came 
to | where the parents were. Fox and his friend arose. | Then it 
was known that he had taken back hisson. They told one another: 
“Don’t look at Coyote and his friend! They are bad. | They might 
kill us.” Then the friends started back. Hiya! they all | cried, 
because they had no toy in that town. | Coyote and his friend went 
on. They arrived at home, and | they were glad. | 
(b) COYOTE GAMBLES WITH SALMON 
The Salmon 
heard that the friends | Coyote and Fox had the hoop. He started 
Then the friends lived in their tent. They had the toy. 
to gamble with them. | He thought he would win the hoop. Salmon 
was a good | gambler, therefore they started to gamble. Long ago || it 
was known that Coyote was a good gambler, but he did not keep it 
up. | Therefore they tried their luck with him; but Fox never gam- 
bled. | They thought he was a bad gambler. Then Salmon arrived, | 
traveling by canoe. They were young men, and one (woman) their 
sister | went with them. When they arrived, (Salmon) said to Coyote 
and his friend: “Let us || play!’’ Coyote said: ‘‘Whatshall we play ?”’ | 
He was told: “The hiding game (lehal).’’ Coyote said: | ‘‘ Well, let 
us gamble!” 
Then they made a fire outside, | and they began to 
gamble. Coyote said: ‘Don’t | let him gamble! Your son and my 
son shall be partners.” Then || they played. It was not long before 
Coyote lost the game; and | he played again, and Coyote lost. Then | 
he lost everything. Young Fox and his uncle had lost | the hoop. 
That is what they wanted to get. Coyote sat down, | and said to 
Young Fox: ‘‘Go to your father || and tell him to give me the thing 
striped crosswise.”” Young Fox went. | He said to his father: “Uncle | 
says you shall give him the thing striped crosswise.”” Fox thought: 
“What | does he mean? He did not give me anything. Why should 
he say that?” He said | to his son: ‘‘Go to him and ask him what 
he means.” || He went back, and Coyote was told: ‘My father says he 
doesn’t know | what you mean.” Coyote said: ‘“‘Oh, how should | 
he not know it? Go to him and tell him not | to keep it from me 
because he likes it.”” The child went back and came to his father. | He 
said to him: ‘‘He says you should not keep it back because you like it, 
but give it to him, || even if you should like it very much. He wants 
to bet withit.’’ Then Fox knew (what it was). | Then he gave it to 
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