COYOTE AND THE PRIESTS. 435 
Alone she came with her pack strings, 
Alone she came with her pack strings, 
The daughter of Claw-Shield, 
This has the young woman done: 
Alone she thought of 
The wonderful old men. 
Alone she came with her pack strings, 
Alone she came with her pack strings, 
The daughter of Brave-Fox, 
This has the young woman done; 
Alone she thought of 
The wonderful old men. 
Alone she came with her pack strings, 
Alone she came with her pack strings, 
The daughter of Jack-Rabbit, 
This has the young woman done; 
Alone she thought of 
The wonderful old men. 
Then the errand man went through the village asking women to 
bring their pack string to the priests’ lodge and to go after wood for the 
priests. Coyote’s daughter came with her pack, Fox’s daughter came 
with hers, Rabbit’s daughter came with hers, and Spider-Woman’s 
daughter came with hers. 
123. COYOTE WHO CALLED HIMSELF “ DRAGGING-THE-STONE.”’? 
There was a village of Coyotes. The people in the village heard that 
there was another village of Coyotes east of them. One Coyote decided 
that he would go and visit the other village. He started, and after a while 
he came to the village. He looked around and he saw the Coyote-men 
playing with gambling sticks. He thought to himself: ‘‘Now, if I go 
into the village these people will kill me. I must plan some way to make 
these people afraid of me.’’ He reached the edge of the village and he 
shouted: ‘People, I come to visit your village. My name is Dragging- 
the-Stone.’”” The people were all frightened. Some said: ‘What kind 
of a man is this who has such a big name as Dragging-the-Stone!’” They 
all looked at him and were afraid of him. Coyote was dressed like a 
warrior, and he had a quiver filled with arrows and a bow. He then 
walked through the village in an unconcerned way and went to where 
*Told by White-Horse, Pitahauirat. The story is told to teach the young men 
that when they go on the war-path, if they should happen to meet enemies, not to 
be scared but to be brave; that no matter how much frightened they are they 
must not show it to the enemy. 
