106 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Buffalo-bull was coming from his place to rush against him, the Coyote having gone 
aside, the Buffalo-bull went’ by without hitting him on the side. “Really!” said Blunt- 
horns, “TI did think that you were speaking the truth; (but now I do not think so).” 
“No, grandfather, it happened so because I was afraid of you. Still, grandfather, pity 
me. As you are living, just so I wish to live.” [Hach Buffalo made an attempt, but 
the Coyote jumped aside every time. At last the aged Buffalo-bull said,} “Ho! 
Young Buffalo-bull, you begin.” ‘‘Ho!” said the young Buffalo-bull. ‘Stand with 
your back tome. If you flee this time, I will kill you,” said he. “Ho! grandfather, 
I will not flee,” said the Coyote. And the Buffalo went backward by degrees, pawing 
the ground, bellowing, thrusting his horns into the soil, and throwing up the dust. 
And he was coming thence to rush on him. When he reached him, the Coyote did 
not flee. And he struck him on the side as he went, and the Coyote went with him, 
a young Buffalo-bull, just like him. And they departed together. And when they 
reached a certain land, they continued grazing. And the Coyote went eating grass 
of every sort. After moving a great while he invariably dropped in the rear. ‘ What! 
fie! Do be faster,” the aged Buffalo-bull kept saying to him. ‘No, grandfather, I 
cannot get too much of the grass, therefore I am holding myself back by eating,” the 
Coyote kept saying. And they departed. And the Coyote continued walking behind. 
And they reached the top of a hijl. And the four Buffalo-bulls went down to the 
bottom of the hill. The four Buffalo-bulls reached a certain land, and waited for him. 
“He has not come at all! It is good to wait for him,” said they. And when they had 
waited for him a long time, he did not arrive. “Ho! Young Buffalo-bull, begone to 
seek him,” said they. And saying “Oho!” the young Buffalo-bull went back. From 
that very place he went running. He got home to the land where the deed was done 
(i. é., Where the Coyote was changed into a Buffalo). And, behold, the Coyote was not 
there at all. The young Buffalo-bull went back. It happened that the Coyote de- 
parted. When he departed, behold a Coyote was walking as if seeking for something. 
“QO you in motion there! O wait!” said the young Buftalo-bull who had been a Coyote. 
“Do you wish to live in this way, just as I am living?” ‘ Yes, elder brother,” said the 
Joyote, “I wish to live just so.” ‘ Well, stand facing the other way,” said the Buffalo- 
bull. ‘Yes, elder brother,” said the Coyote. The young Buffalo-bull went backward, 
pawing the ground, thrusting his horns into the soil, and throwing up the dust. ‘ Be- 
ware lest you make even the slightest attempt to flee.” Thence he was coming back, 
as if to attack him. He had come and gone without hitting him on the side, as the 
Coyote had leaped far and had gone. When he had fled thus three times, the Coyote 
fled invariably (sic). When the fourth time came, the young Buffalo-bull said, ‘I will 
kill you.” Thence he came rushing on him. It happened when he struck him on the 
side and passed on, that he departed with him a Coyote, just like him. ‘You have 
injured me very much. Begone!” said he. He departed to seek the Buffalo-bulls 
again. Having pursued them and overtaken them, he asked a favor of them again. 
“My grandfathers, pity me. A person has done me a very great wrong.” ‘Ho! 
Young Buffalo-bull, you begin.” ‘Ho! come, stand with your back to me,” said the 
young Buffalo. ‘ Beware lest you flee.” “No, grandfather, why should I flee?” said 
the Coyote. Having gone, he was coming back to rush on him. When he got back 
he gored the Coyote, and threw him up high into the air; and he occasioned his death 
by the shock of the fall. The End. 
