80 IGUA'nAT his myth. [ethnolog? 



"I will go and search for Coyote; I have seen enough spirits." "Oh, 

 tell me who is your spirit?" Then he said to his grandaunt: "Let us 

 go outside." The Crow went out with him. Then he shot his arrow 

 toward the forest and it caught fire. He shot his arrow toward the 

 prairie and it caught fire. Then the Crow said: "Indeed you have 

 seen spirits." She said: "You must go, but take care of yourself." 

 The next day he made himself ready. He put on his dentalia and took 

 his arrows. Then it thundered, although the sky was clear. He went 

 on and crossed five prairies. 



Then he saw a house [a long way off]. He went on and when he 

 came near the house he heard a jjerson singing songs of victory. He 

 stayed outside. Somebody was singing there at the end of the house. 

 Slowly he opened the door and stood in the doorway. Then Coyote 

 sneezed and sang jestingly: "Salmon's son came; certainly he will 

 kill me. But I jump about much in my house; certainly he will kill me." 

 He had put black x)aiut on his face. His face was blackened, and so was 

 Badger's face. At that moment the door made a noise and he looked 

 back to the doorway. Verily there stood the one in the door whom 

 they had killed. " O, my dear, my dear!" said Coyote, "they killed 

 him whom I loved so well. Somebody who looks just like him is walking 

 about." Then the salmon's son entered. He sat down on the bed and 

 said: " Be quiet, Coyote ! I know that you killed my father." Then 

 Coyote was quiet. Badger meanwhile turned his face toward the wall 

 and was rubbing it [in order to remove the paint]. The salmon's son 

 said: "Give me my father's bow." Coyote replied: " I will give it to 

 you, my dear!" He arose and took a bow out [of a box]. [The young 

 man] took it and spanned it. It broke to pieces, and he struck Coyote 

 with the j)ieces so that he fell down headlong. His feet quivered. 

 Then Coyote arose again. The salmon's son said : " Give me my father's 

 bow." Coyote replied: "I will give it to you, my dear." He took 

 out another bow and gave it to him. [When the young man tried 

 to span it it broke and] he struck Coyote's face with the pieces. 

 He fell on his back and his feet quivered. Again he arose [and the 

 salmon's son said once more] : "Give me my fathers bow ! Why do you 

 deceive me? " Then Coyote gave him another bow to the back of which 

 heads of woodpeckers were glued. The young man spanned it with his 

 left hand. It did not break. Then he spanned it with his right hand 

 and it broke to pieces. He struck Coyote with the pieces and he 

 fell on his back. Then Coyote had given him four bows; and they 

 all broke. The fifth one which he gave him was his father's bow. 

 Three times he spanned it with his left hand ; three times he spanned 

 it with his right hand. It did not break. The heads of red-headed 

 woodpeckers were put by twos on the back of that bow. Then the 

 young man said to Badger: "Be quiet. Badger, I know that you are a 

 murderer." Badger replied : "I am no murderer; I merely blackened 

 my face for fun." Then the young man took hold of Coyote and Badger 



