COYOTE WHO CALLED HIMSELF ‘‘DRAGGING-THE-STONE.”’ 439 
wants me to eat he must get what I like.’’ The people were told to find 
out what Dragging-the-Stone ate. Dragging-the-Stone told them that 
it was a little piece of dried buffalo meat and a piece of buffalo tallow. 
He told them that when they cooked this piece of tallow to build an arbor 
over the fire and spread tallow over the framework. While they were 
cooking, Dragging-the-Stone stood up and thought to himself: ‘‘Now 
what am I going to do to get away from these people? I fear they will 
kill me.’’ He went where these people were looking after the tallow 
which was spread on the framework over the fire. He told the people 
to sit down and he himself would do the cooking, as he was very fond of 
cooking. Every little while he would turn the tallow over. He noticed 
that the grease was running out and as it dripped into the fire it began 
to burn. When Dragging-the-Stone thought it was time to get away 
from these people, he took the tallow and swung it around the circle so 
that everyone in the circle receiveda burn. Everyone bowed down and 
closed his eyes to keep from being burned, and he kept swinging the 
tallow around until they were all burned; then he threw the fat away 
and ran. The people then ran after him. They caught him as he got 
on top of the sand bar and killed him. 
Whenever people see coyotes lying on sand bars they say: ‘‘That 
coyote tried to fool the people, but he was found out and killed.”’ 
124. COYOTE-MAN_AND HIS TRICKS.* 
Old Coyote-Man had many tricks. He had hair upon his breast and 
a little upon his back. He carried a quiver made from raccoon hides. 
One day Coyote-Man was going along trying to find game, but he could 
not find any. He was going through the timber, when he came to some 
squirrels playing in the trees. He stood at the bottom of the tree and 
said: ‘‘Grandchildren, you are having such a good time, while your 
grandfather down here is starving. Help your poor old grandfather 
and give him something to eat.’’ The Squirrels said: ‘‘You are too 
mean. We can not give you anything to eat.’’ Coyote-Man kept on 
begging until the male Squirrel came down and said: ‘‘Now, my grand- 
father, you are tricky. Be careful how you cut me. You shall have 
something to eat if you will do just what I tell you.”” Then the Squirrel 
placed one of its hind legs against the tree and the other upon the ground. 
Then he told Coyote-Man to take his knife and to cut off one of his testes. 
As soon as Coyote-Man cut him, down came a lot of pecans, so that there 
1Told by Cheyenne-Chief, Skidi. The story is told to the children so that they 
may be on the lookout for tricky men and those who are always bothering children. 
