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‘““Maybe they did not see me.’”’ He went out again. He went back 
coughing. | He went in again. They did not look at him, | and he sat 
down. They did not give him anything to eat, and he was hungry 
when he saw the meat. | He was very hungry. He went out and 
went home without anything to eat. || He arrived at his tent. | 
In the evening he said: ‘‘To-morrow we will move. | My food is 
there. I did not bring it.” Dog thought: | ‘‘He was stingy, there- 
fore he did so.”’ On the following morning they moved their camp. | 
When they got there, Coyote said to his wife: ‘‘Oh, go quickly 
get meat, that youmayeat!’’ Dog left | for that tent. She entered, 
but they did not look at her. She sat down. | She said: “I came 
for the food that you gave to Coyote.” | They did not look at her. 
After a long time she went out. She did not get anything to eat. | 
She was hungry when she saw the meat. She was poor. She went 
back || and said: ‘They didn’t give me anything.” | 
Coyote said: ‘Try again. It may be givento you. Itis | hanging 
ready made by the doorway.’ Dog went there again. | She en- 
tered, and they did not look at her. She looked up. | She saw it 
hanging here. It was all tied up. || She said: ‘Is this it?’’ Then 
she took it. | Panther looked around, and saw that she was taking 
it down. | A stone was lying there. He took it; and when Dog put 
her arm up, | he struck her with the stone. He struck her hard right 
on the breast. | Panther said: ““Oh, you bad-looking one! || This is 
not for you. Jam hunting for my children.” | Then Dog ran out 
quickly, howling. | 
When she came back, Coyote heard his wife. He uttered his war 
ery | and ran out quickly. He split a young tree | to make a bow, 
and made asmall bow for his son. || He made a hammer for his wife, 
and for his daughter | a small hammer. He said to them: ‘‘Let us 
go now! | I'll go against my fellow man;—you go against | your fellow 
woman.—You shall go against | your boy companion,—and you shall 
go against your girl || companion.” Then they started. They reached 
there, and he said | to his wife: ‘‘Open the door for me.”’ | Then Dog 
opened the door for her husband, and heshot into the tent of | Panther. 
He shot in again. Then Coyote attacked Panther. | He took him 
and held him. When he knew that || he was dead, he put him down. 
He looked, and just then (the female Panther) was taking | the 
hammer from his wife. She was about to strike her with it. | Then he 
attacked her and took it from that woman. He took it from her 
and | struck her down. He looked, and just then his son was about 
to shoot | with hisbow. (The Panther boy) took it from him. || (Coy- 
ote) shot him and killed him. He looked at his daughter, and saw | 
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