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Coyote for assistanco. Aflor thov had returned to land and Coyote 

 had restored the sight of Yellow Coyote the two brothers went to 

 dwell in the land lying het\\een the Pima country and the Mohave 

 territory, near the mouth of the Grand Canyon. There they built a 

 house with the doorway toward the east, as is the Pima custom. 

 When it was finished Sandy Coyote said, "Go in and take your choice 

 of sides. You need only half the house, and I will take the other half." 



Yellow Coyote said, "You take your choice sind I will take what is 

 left." 



And so they continued telling each other to go in and take the first 

 choice until the house grew old and fell down. They built a second 

 house, and again their dispute lasted until it fell. The same result 

 was reached with the third liouse, but when the fourth was built the 

 elder brother went in and chose the south side of the house, leaving 

 the north side for the yoimger. 



Wlien they went to gather the screw bean the elder brother took the 

 beans on the south side of the trees and the younger brother took those 

 on the north side. One day the elder said to the younger, " How do 

 the beans taste on that side of the tree." 



"They are very good," replied the younger, but when they returned 

 home in the evening he was taken sick. 



" It is caused by the beans you ate," said Sandy Coyote. " The beans 

 on the north side are not ripened by the sun as are those on the south 

 side. To-morrow you shall see the difference." And so the next day 

 they went again and found the screw beans sweeter on the south side 

 of the trees. 



Every evening they sat and split sticks with which to build bins, 

 log cabin fashion, for the screw beans that they gathered. One day 

 the elder brother said, "Let us play some kind of a game and bet our 

 screw beans, and then we will not sleep too soon." So they made some 

 ki°tsk1it." The younger lost all his screw beans that night and the next 

 day the elder said, "We will not go for beans to-day." So that day 

 the younger went Irangry, and for many days thereafter, for the game 

 of ki°ts continued until the beans were rotten and not fit to eat. Then 

 they wagered their arrows and other property. Sandy Coyote won 

 the arrows, bow, sinew, and feathers belongmg to Yellow Coyote and 

 then went out and brought in all the large and fierce animals, but 

 Yellow Coyote without a weapon could get nothing but the small 

 creatures which were of little use to him. 



In these straits Yellow Coyote sought the aid of Finish, who lived 

 in the West. "I need your help, for I am losing a great deal," said he. 

 Finish accompanied ^'ellow Coj^ote to the latter's home. When they 

 reached the house Yellow Coj^ote went in first, but when the stranger 

 tried to enter he was caught by sticks and held fast in the doorway. 



a See p. 175. 



