THE COYUTE AND THE GRAY FOX—A PONKA STORY. 571 
Q¢eftiji gi-ea,” a-biama pfiyaqide aka. Wage aka wai" ati ama ke'di 
Silently come back, said, they say Gray fox the White man the trans- hecame, they at the 
(sub.). (sub.) porting say, place 
goods 
. / , +? Pies ” , es) a 7 ABA Hey a heey Sanit ahh fae ieee i 
¢aja” cga™ ¢idwa¢ayi‘a®,” a-biama. “ Kagéha, wi" ¢aké’qtia”,” 4-biama. 
you lay as you broughtit on your- said, they say. O younger brother, you speak the very said, they say. 
down self, trath 
Mfyasi aka. piyaqnde aka gactan’ka-biama. 
Coyote the Gray tox the tempted him, they say. 
(sub.) (sub.) 
NOTES. 
570, 9. (@eké wawi'aji Aha”, said because the man suspected some trick and had 
lost patience. 
TRANSLATION. 
A Gray Fox was very fat. The Coyote said, “ Younger brother, what has made 
you fat?” “Elder brother,” said the Gray Fox, “I lie down in the way of those who 
transport erackers, and I pretend to be dead. And when they throw me into the 
wagon I lie there, kicking the erackers out. Then I leap out and start home eating. 
It is the erackers which have made me fat. And, elder brother, I wish you to do like- 
wise. You, elder brother, have large feet, so I think that you will knock out a great 
many crackers.” And then the Coyote went to the place and lay down in the road. 
And when the white man came along he threw the Coyote into the wagon. The 
white man thought thus: “It is not the first time that he has acted thus!” So he tied 
the feet of the Coyote. Having put the Coyote in the wagon, the white man went to 
his home. He threw out the Coyote by a miserable outhouse. Then the white man 
brought a knife and cut the cords which bound the feet of ths Coyote (he did not cut off 
the feet, he severed only the cords with which they were tied). He thought that (or 
acted as if) the Coyote was dead, so he put the Coyote on his back and started off to 
the house. (But the Coyote managed to get loose, and) he ran homeward. He went 
back to attack the Gray Fox. “O, younger brother,” said the Coyote, “you have made 
me suffer.” “You yourself are to blame! Be silent and come to me!” said the Gray 
Fox. ‘You brought the trouble on yourself as you lay down in the place where the 
white man came with the load of goods.” “O younger brother, you tell the truth”, 
said the Coyote. The Gray Fox had tempted him. 
HOW THE RABBIT WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS FAT. 
ToLp By FRANK La FiLicne. 
Wanita am4 ci” waxa-biamé pahan’gadi. Wita™wa ci” u¢tika®pi 
Quadruped the fat were made, they at the first. Which fat made him 
(pl. sub.) say handsome 
jes O i eo , . . a a 
fbaha® ga™¢a-biama. Ki wanita-ma bétigaqti wéba"-biama Ki u¢éwi" 
to know he wished, they say. And — the quadrapeds all he called to them, And assem- 
they say. bling 
