236 THE PIMA. INDIANS [eth. ann. 26 



with Sandy Coyote, taking with him beads, deerskins, and other 

 things to wager. As he jovirneyed he sang: 



Vasohona, vasohona, aikinynamiiginu yangai ku-uli. 



Vasohona-a, vasohona. 

 Over there, over there, yoii pay me my father old. 



Over there, over there. 



As he went along he took some white stones, which he made to 

 resemble white birds' eggs. These he put in a little nest wliich he 

 made. 'Wlien he reached his uncle's house he told Sandy Coyote 

 that he had come to play ki°ts with him. They got ready to play 

 and put up their wagers, but the yovnig man said, "It is about time 

 the birds laid their eggs.'' 



"No," said Sandy Coyote, "it will be two- or tliree months from 

 now before they begin to build their nests." 



"As I came along I saw that the dove had already laid her eggs." 



"No; you are IjTiig to me." 



Then the yoimg man said, "Well, if I go and bring tho.se eggs to 

 you and show j'ou that I was telling the tiiith I shall win our wager, 

 if I do not bring them yoii shall win. " So the young man went out 

 and brought the eggs. After the wager had been paid they pre- 

 pared for another game and another wager was laid. When they 

 were ready the yoimg man cut his toe nail and threw it uito the 

 west, where it hung, looking like the rim of the new moon. 



"Look at tlie moon there in the west," said he. 



"No; we are having a full moon now," said Sandy Coyote, "it is 

 in the east; you are hang to me. How could the full moon be in 

 the west in the evening?" 



"Well, suppose you look. If you fuid any moon you shall pay 

 me the wager, and if you do not then I shall pay you. " So Sandy 

 Coyote looked and saw the supposed moon and came back and said, 

 "You win." 



Again and again they played and again and again the young man 

 won. 



\Mien they were read}' to play ki°ts Sandy Coyote said, "Sit there; 

 it is your father's place." 



But the young man answered, "No; I shall sit here and _you may 

 sit there. If you wish me to sit there you must carry me there. If 

 you can carry me there you will win all we have wagered this game; 

 if you can not, then I shall win. ' ' 



So Sandy Coyote thought he coidd do it easily, and took hold of 

 the young man to carry him to the other side, but he found the man 

 so heavy that ho could not move him. So Sandy Coyote lost again, 

 and was compelled to admit that he had lost all that he had. The 

 yoimg man said he woidd like to have Sandy Coyote wager liim- 

 self, if he had notliing else, and the other agreed to tliis. 



