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But the fire would not burn, and he got angry, exclaiming, "^^"liat 

 shall I do? Here is that dirty syphilitic woman. I know her. I have 

 ])assed her house many times, and I never thought she was to be my 

 brother's wife. When she came in I smelled her breath, and the 

 odor filled the house. What a lunatic my brother is to bring such a 

 woman into the house." Then he covered the embers of the smol- 

 dering fire and laid down to sleep. 



After four days "i'ellow Coyote went awaj' in the evening toward 

 the southeast and came home with a wife at midnight. She belonged 

 to the people living on the Gila river supposed to be the ancestors of 

 the Pimas, and her name was Ilo-ony Of'i," Com Woman. When 

 they entered the house Sandy Coyote said, "I am going to build a 

 fire and see what kind of looking woman my younger brother's 

 wife is." But the fire would not burn, and he became angry, ex- 

 claiming, "What shall I do? Here is that dirty syphilitic woman. 

 I know her. I have passed her house many times, and I never 

 thought she was to be my brother's wife. When she came in I 

 smelled her breath, and the odor filled the house. What a lunatic 

 my brother is to bring such a woman into the house." Then he 

 covered the embers of the fire and lay down to sleep. 



After a time they began to play ki°ts again, and Yellow Coyote 

 lost as before. After he had lost all his property he wagered liis body 

 and soul, which Sandy Coyote won. Then the latter killed him and 

 ate his flesh. Yellow Coyote's wife was pregnant at that time and 

 later gave birth to a boy. When this boy was about nine years old 

 he went out one day and met Sandy Coyote, who was bringing in a 

 deer on his shoulders. A piece of the deer fat fell, and the boy picked 

 it up, concealing it in his armpit. Sandy Coyote asked him if he had 

 seen anything of the fat, but the boy said he had not. Sandy Coyote 

 searched him and found the fat, which vexed him so that he thought 

 to treat the lad as he had his father. "Let us play ki"ts together," 

 said he. The boy told his mother about it, and she cautioned him 

 not to gamble, as that was the cause of liis father's death. For fear 

 that he might do so she took him that night away toward the east. 

 It was raining, but she carried fire with her in a small olla. She took 

 up her residence in the Superstition mountains, where they lived upon 

 herbs and grass seed. One day wliile the mother was away gathering 

 seed the boy killed a bird with his little bow and arrows. When she 

 returned he declared that he had killed a bird, but she would not 

 l)elieve that he had done it. But they buried the bird in tiie ashes 

 and ate it. .Vfter that the boy killed many birds, rats, cottontails, 

 and large hares. From time to time his mother made larger arrows 

 and a iieavier bow for him. One day he came running to his mother 

 asking for a yet larger bow that he might kill a mule deer. She told 



There is a conflict of opinion as to wbicb of these two women was married by Sandy Coyote. 



