BOAS] KUTENAI TALES 945 
69. Frog AND ANTELOPE! 
Well, Pll tell you how, long ago, | Frog won over Antelope. | 
There was a town. It was named Fish Hawk Nest.’ | Antelope 
was chief. Anteloperuns fast. Even | the best runners were beaten 
by Antelope. He was a manitou, and won over everybody. | There 
was a town of Frogs. Then Chief | Frog thought: “Tl cheat Ante- 
lope.”’ He said to | his tribe: ‘Let us play with Antelope!” They 
said to him: | ‘“What shall we do with Antelope? He runs fast.”’ 
He said to them: || “We shall.go, all of us. We shall play with him.” 
Then | he told his people what to do. All the Frogs said: | ‘ Well, 
your thoughts are-good.” That chief said: | “Tl go alone. Later 
on, if | he agrees, to-morrow we shall go.”” The Frog said: || ‘It is 
well.” Then he started. When he arrived at Antelope’s (tent), | 
Antelope said to Frog: ‘‘Why do you come to my tent?” | Frog said: 
“T come here to see if you are not afraid to run a race with me.” | 
Antelope laughed. He thought: | ‘“‘Even if he runs fast, I can easily 
do (leave behind) what Frog says.” ° Frog was told: || “If you agree, 
my property shall be your property. | You may give it to me.” 
Frog said: “Go; | Iam glad. I'll take your property.”’ Then they 
laughed at him | because he could not do (leave) what Antelope said. 
Frog said: | ‘To-morrow just at noon I’ll come, || accompanied by my 
tribe.” Then Frog started. When he came home, | he said to his 
tribe: ‘‘Now we will cheat Antelope | and his children.” On the fol- 
lowing morning the Frogs started, all of them. | There were many. 
The women went along with the men Frogs. Whenthey almost | came 
to the town, the chief Frog said: || ‘Before any one comes out, go and 
lie down | on the trail they go. Just at that distance jump! | You 
shall be that far apart.” Then the Frogs went | to the starting 
place, and all of them lay down | on the way they were to run.|| 
They lay down up to the point where the track turned. When this 
was all done, others went | to the town. They said: ‘The Frogs | 
have come to play with us.” Then all of them went out. | They went 
to the starting place. Then | the Frogs bet their property. All 
their clothing was blue. || Then they bet with them. They staked 
much, | because they thought the Frogs would be beaten. They 
thought | they themselves would win. Thus they spoke among them- 
1See p. 42. 2 A place in Tobacco Plains. 
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