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Then he worked his manitou power. | He said to the manitou power: 
“Tell me, what shall I do to that Deer? | I want to change it. Later 
on there will be many people | in this world. What will they do for 
their food? | It might always kill them.”’ His munitou said: “It is 
good. || I will tell you. Goon! and if the Deer runs after you, | take 
it and pull out its teeth | and make it so that its meat shall be good, 
and | make a tail for it.””. Then Coyote started. | He went, and the 
Deer smelled him. Then the Deer pursued him. || There was a bunch : 
of little trees in the direction from which the wind came. Coyote 
went around this way. | He saw a thicket. Deer made noise, and he 
noticed | that it would go for him. He put down his bow. Then he 
saw | the Deer coming out. Coyote ran after it and tookit. He took 
it | by the mouth and pulled out its teeth. Then he held it, || and he 
made its body good. He took grass, nice | grass, and stuck it on. 
After he had changed it, he let it go, and said to it: | ‘‘Go on, snort! 
Go this way!’’ Then Deer | snorted and went along. It put up its 
tail quickly. | The Deer was nice. Its body was nice. Its tail was 
nice. || Coyote said to the Deer: ‘‘ Now I have finished with you. | 
Look at yourself! Look how nice you are! Now don’t | bite people! 
You shall be afraid of them. When you see them, | you shall snort. 
You shall run away. | Only skillful people shall kill you. Unskillful 
ones || shall not kill you. Later on, when there are many people and 
when there will be enough | to kill animals, you may be killed.” | 
Then Coyote finished making things good. | 
Coyote started on, and he saw a Deer and killed it. | He went on 
and killed another one. Then 
He reached the town. | A little ways from the town, children | were 
| he went back. He carried two Deer. 
playing. They just looked at him, and he scared them with the two 
Deer he was carrying, | because they used to kill people. He said to 
the children: | ‘“Why are you looking at me? Shout for joy! || That 
is what children willsay. Later on, when there are many people and 
when children see | somebody carrying meat, they will shout for joy. 
Then it will be known in the town | that somebody is brmging meat. 
Therefore the children shall shout.’ | The children did not know how 
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to do it. | Coyote said to them: “Say ‘Hohowu!’”’ Then || the chil- 50 
dren all said so. When they heard what the children were saying, 
they all said: | “Why do your children say that?” | They came out 
and said: ‘‘Look at Coyote! | He is carrying two Deer.’ Coyote 
was looked at. | He was carrying meat. Coyote said: ‘‘ Now || go out 
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