THE COYOTE AND THE SNAKE. : 569 
iganahi™-%,” 4-bi_ a™, yig¢azi-bi a”, nan‘ka ke’ eti ya" ba-bi an’, u¢u- 
I truly ! having said, having stretched him- back the too having looked at him- he was 
they say, self by an effort, they (lg. ob.) self, they say, exam- 
say, 
kija™ be-na™-biamaé. Ca qti eti’ ug¢di‘a ti¢é¢e-na” ama. TAga-qti-ctéa”’ na" 
ining himself often, they say. Inspite (or too hitting the he tovk up the ery often, Gaped very even often 
notwith- mouth and they say. hard (2) 
standing) giving the 
sealp-yell 
Tul (x “ Oo // y , 99) t Mise Vere . 
éga®, “Qa+! West fe té win’ke té éga® a,” ¢-na® ama. Egi¢e juga ¢i" 
having, Whew! Snake spoke the toldthe the so ! was saying often, Atlength body the 
truth they say. 
b¢tigaqti fba ama, badin’di", dactje ge’ etéwa™ baptici®-qtia” ama. “We's'a 
entire was swollen, distended, tip of the the even was exceedingly puffed up, Snake 
they say, nose (pl. ob.) they say. 
% wai Ic x doant sa % cy & aM4 hAnNaaidadi on Mok oAoolxe S 
fe té win’ke te éga" a,” ci ama. I¢anaqidadji g¢i" ¢inké, gagigixe qtel 
spoke the told the the so ! again was saying, At a sheltered place, he was st., coiled many times 
truth they say. warmed by the sun 
jar’te ga™ ca™ca" edi té ama. KE ama, ada" We's‘a ama edéda™ wanita 
~ slept as continually there dead they say. That was it, therefore Snake the what qnadruped 
soundly they say, (pL. sub.) 
, , vw F— , ” ake oT 
wa¢aqtar te b¢tiga fba t’é-na‘l te’. 
they bitthem when all swell- died usually. 
ing 
NOTE. 
568, 12. Qai, pronounced Qati! 
TRANSLATION. 
Once upon a time a Snake lay across a road, at right angles to it. The Coyote 
came, and said to him, “ Why! Snake, lie further off! If L step over you, you shall 
die.” To this the Snake replied, “Though the path is just this size (i. e., not large 
enough for both of us), you are the one, not I, to pass the other to one side!” 
«“ Whew!” said the Coyote, “do as I said, lie further off!” “Itis you, not I, who 
must pass further from the path,” said the Snake. “ Well,” said the Coyote, “I will 
step over you, and you shall die.” “No,” said the Snake, ‘‘ when a person steps over 
me, he usually dies.” ‘Yes, I will die. Let us see which one of us has told the 
truth,” said the Coyote. When he stepped suddenly over the Snake, the latter bit 
him on the leg or foot. ‘“ Ho,” said the Coyote to the Snake, “ you shall die, as I 
have stepped over you.” “ You shall die,” said the Snake. Then the Coyote de- 
parted. And as he went he said, “ Whew! my body never was in this condition 
heretofore. I am very fat!” He stretched his neck as far as he could, looked at 
his back, and examined himself all over. Notwithstanding his condition, he gave 
the scalp-yell often. When_he found himself gaping incessantly, with his mouth wide 
open, he said, ‘‘ Whew! the Snake told the truth!” At length his entire body was 
‘swollen so much so that the skin was tight on him, and the tip of his nose was puffed 
up. “The Snake told the truth!” said he again, He seated himself at a sheltered 
place warmed by the sun, coiled himself as far as possible as a snake does, fell into a 
sound sleep, from which he never awoke. Thus he died. And on account of this 
event, when the snakes bite any quadrupeds, the entire bodies of the latter swell, and 
the animals die. 
