430 , COYOTE TALES. 
118. HOW A WITCH-WOMAN WAS KILLED BY COYOTE.? 
There was an island. Upon this island lived a Spider-Woman. She 
killed many people. Coyote happened to come that way, not thinking 
of the Spider-Woman. He was going through a timber, and just as he 
came to the edge of the timber he saw Spider-Woman coming at a dis- 
tance. The place where he was was thick with timber, there being many 
young willow trees. Coyote sat down and wondered what he should do 
to gain the friendship of Spider-Woman. Coyote took hold of his mem- 
brum and began to play with it. Soon it became hard and he stuck it 
out from the timber. He kept moving it backwards and forwards and 
Spider-Woman saw it. She stopped, gave a yell, and laughed. Then 
she began to sing: 
Yonder I see it with my eyes, 
Yonder I see it with my eyes, 
You, yonder, moving back and forth from the bushes, 
Ugly red thing, O! 
She continued to sing, and after a while she began to dance. Then 
Coyote moved faster and the old woman began to sing and dance faster. 
Spider-Woman thought it so funny that she continued to dance until she 
finally gave out, dropped down upon the ground, and died. Then Coyote 
went on about his business. 
119. COYOTE MARRIES HIS DAUGHTER.’ 
In a village there lived a Coyote, his wife, one daughter, and several 
sons. They went off on a hunt, and while they were away the old man 
became sick. He told his wife that he was going to die. One day he 
became worse. Then he sang: : 
Well, now, there she comes, yonder; 
Old woman will have a happy time. 
She who was my wife, 
As they make a gurgling noise. 
After he sang, the old woman sang a song and said: 
Old man’s membrum, crooked 
Like the handle of a dipper. 
Yes, I shall miss it. 
‘Told by Bright-Eyes, Skidi. The story is told to teach the young girls not to 
be like the spider-woman who danced when the Coyote acted as he did; that only 
’ half-crazy women could do as the spider-woman did. A woman who becomes 
morally bad can do anything. The people tell this story to keep their girls from 
doing wrong. 
?Told by Thief, Kitkehahki. This story is told to teach the young men that 
when they marry, ‘and have children, they should never think of marrying their 
own daughter, for it is very wrong. 
