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Golden Eagle went out, | took a feather of his body, and threw it up. | 
There was a tree. Where he threw it, (the feather) became an 
eagle. | He always used to make eagles, and therefore his name was | 
Golden Eagle. He spoke, and said: ‘‘Here on the tree | a golden 
eagle is sitting. Let all the children, youths, | big men, and old men, 
shoot atit! Whoever kills it shall || marry my daughter, the one who 
remains.” Then they all | took their bows. The people of that town 
went out. | It wasabigtown. There were many boys, youths, | men, 
and old men, and all shot at it. Golden Eagle said: | ‘“‘ Every one 
shall have one shot.” Then they all shot. || Coyote shot once. He 
shot, shot. Then | they laughed at him. They all shot, but no one | 
hit it. Tree Chief knew that they were shooting | at the golden 
eagle. He was not told about it because he was small. They 
thought | he would not be able to do it. He just discovered through 
his manitou power what was happening. || He made a small bow and 
a small arrow. He started. He went there. | He arrived, and all 
the people were outside. | They saw the boy coming, shooting away 
while he was coming along. | Then just from the edge where they 
were he shot. | Only a few saw the boy. Coyote was still shooting, || 
shooting. Coyote just shot again. When | the child shot, they knew 
that he had hit | the golden eagle. It felldown. Coyote saw it fall 
down. | He ran after it. When it reached the ground, he took 
hold of it. He | saw that it was not his arrow. Then he took out his 
arrow and exchanged it (for Tree Chief’s arrow). || He began to run. 
He had (the bird) on his arrow. He said: | “‘ Father-in-law, father-in- 
law!” He shouted. He said to his father-in-law: | ‘“‘I killed the 
golden eagle.’’? One man said to Coyote: | ‘Try to be sensible. What- 
ever may have happened, this is not it. | Look at it! It is a prairie 
chicken you are carrying. ‘There, that || boy has it on his arrow. 
He shot it.’”’ Coyote looked at what he was carrying. | It was a 
prairie chicken. Then they all laughed at what Coyote had done. | 
He thought he would take Eagle’s other | daughter, because he had 
fooled Golden Eagle before. He thought he | ought to marry both 
his daughters. Then all went into | the tent. They said: ‘The 
boy | is too small to have a wife.” But Golden Eagle thought: | 
“Even if the boy.is small, I’ll take him to be | the husband of my 
daughter.” | : 
At night, when the people slept, Tree Chief’s |] grandmother came. 
She carried the golden eagle. | His grandmother said to him: ‘‘Who 
killedit?’ Hesaid: “Tdid.” | Shesaid to him: ‘‘ What did you kill 
it with?’’ He said to her: ‘‘With | my bow here.” His bow was 
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