THE PUMA AND THE COYOTE. 101 
Wahtita"¢i" yucf-hna’i, Ku+! ku+! Mfyasi na‘a”i yi ytiha-biama. Ku+! 
Gun they were firing, Kur! ku+! Coyote heard it when feared it, they say. Ku+! 
ku+! Aci ua™siqti 4-i4¢a-biamé. Hau! Mfyasi aké. Utin’-ga! utin’-ga! 
ku+! Out leaped far _ had gone, they say. Ho! it is the Coyote. Hit him! hit him! 
té¢ai-ga! Mfyasi aké jéqti i¢é¢é-hna™-biamdé. Ing¢a’-si"-snéde yimtig¢a® 
to) fo) 
kill him! Coyote the valde sent flying regularly they say. ong-tailed cat stealing himself 
(sub.) cacavit suddenly off 
ac¢d-biamdé. Miyasi t'é¢a-biami Usa-biamd. Wa¢ijudji dha*. 
[=] 
went homeward, Coyote they killed him, They burnt him, He did wrong ! 
they say. they say. they say. 
NOTES. 
99, 13. da¢i*jahe a® aka édi a-inaji*-biama. The men of the village were playing 
there when the Coyote came in sight. 
99, 14. a-ia¢a¢a, from i¢a¢a, frequentative of i¢é. The Puma pranced a short dis- 
tance, then walked, then pranced, and so on. 
99, 16. inahit 4. Here and elsewhere “’” is a contraction of “aha.” 
100, 4. ¢aik, contraction from ¢anka. 
100, 18. iki¢ita"tanga, etc. The Puma entered the lodge after the Coyote, whose 
place he took, deceiving the woman; then the Coyote returned; next, the Puma; and 
so on till daylight. 
TRANSLATION. 
There was a Puma and also a Coyote, only these two. They met each other. 
“My friend,” said the Coyote, “TI will speak to you about one thing of which I have 
been thinking.” There was a very populous tribe. ‘My friend, please do just what 
I speak to you about.” “Yes,” said the Puma. ‘They have been wishing to get the 
chief’s daughter, but they have always failed; but I desire her. My friend, you will 
act the horse, and I will ride on you,” said the Coyote. And he put the bridle on the 
Puma. And the Coyote saton him. ‘My friend, please desire to act well, and to show 
your skill. Practice the actions of a horse such as prancing, jumping, arching the 
neck, champing the bit, walking, and also jumping high. And I will draw on large 
leggings; I will put on blackened moccasins; I will wear a winter robe with the hair 
outside; I will have an Osage-orange bow; and I will fasten very white feathers on 
one end of the bow. And I will ride you around the village when we come near it,” 
said the Coyote. He approached and stood at the place where they were playing the 
game called “ ga¢itjahe.” He continued sitting on the horse as it pranced, jumped, 
arched its neck, and went a little way at atime. ‘See, my friends, a person has come 
suddenly. Whew! a man has come, one whom we have never seen at all heretofore, 
a very different sort of a man from those we are accustomed to see! He is very 
well-dressed! He has come on an excellent horse! Stop! recognize him if you can,” 
said they. The Coyote had thoroughly disguised himself. They did not think that 
he was the Coyote. They said as follows to him, “Well, why do you go?” “Yes? 
said he, “it is just so. I have come because I desire the chief’s daughter.” And they 
went to tell him. ‘He says that he has come desiring your daughter. He is a very 
handsome man! The horse too is a very fine one!” said they. “Come,” said the chief, 
addressing his sons, “‘go for your sister’s husband.” They went for him. And they 
said “Come, sister’s husband, I have come to invite you to go with us. We have 
come for you.” “Yes, my wife’s brothers,” said the Coyote. Having mounted his 
