444 COYOTE TALES. 
Several times they flew with him, but each time Coyote-Man begged 
them to go back to the ground. At last the other two Buzzards told 
Coyote-Man that he must close his eyes. Coyote-Man closed his eyes 
and the Buzzards flew up. After they were away up high then they 
told the Coyote-Man to look. Coyote-Man looked down and he could 
see game upon the ground. Then he said: ‘‘My grandchildren, if I had 
power to fly high I could see where the game is and then go down and 
kill it. I would then have plenty to eat.’’ The Buzzards kept flying 
with him. The other two who had left first were in the lead. After 
a while the two leading Buzzards circled around. Then the Buzzards 
told him to close his eyes. _When the Buzzards swung around they 
came to a certain place and there the two Buzzards separated, one going 
one way and the other another way. 
Coyote-Man was dropped into a hollow log, for the Buzzards wanted 
to kill him. The two who had gone on ahead of the other two found the 
hollow log. When they found it they brought the other two, who were 
flying with Coyote-Man. Coyote-Man remained in this hollow log for 
several days. There were holes in the sides of the hollow log. Coyote- 
Man began to make them a little larger, so that he could look through 
them. One day he heard a great noise, as if there were many people 
traveling. He made a big hole. He looked and saw many people 
traveling. They were making their camp near thelog. After the women 
had put up their tipis they went into the timber to gather drylimbs. When 
Coyote-Man saw the women coming he took his quiver, cut the raccoon 
tails from his quiver, and stuck them into the holes of the log. When the 
women came and saw the raccoon tails they thought that they had found 
a hollow log where the raccoons stayed. When the women came to the tree 
they saw the tails sticking out. They caught hold of the tails and pulled 
them. Coyote-Man pulled inside. Then the women said: ‘‘Here are 
some raccoons. Let us cut the tree down and get them out.’’ They cut 
the tree down, and as it fell over Coyote-Man stood up and said: ‘‘What 
do you women mean by cutting down my house? This is my house.”’ 
He was very angry with the women, but at the same time he was thank- 
ful that they had cut down the tree. 
Coyote-Man left the place and traveled on. He came toa place where 
there were two women gathering wood. He went by them and came toa 
baby tied to a baby-board standing against a tree. Coyote-Man pulled 
out the baby, cut off its head, and put the headin the cradle again. When 
the women came they took up their baby, and when they slung it upon 
their backs the head fell out. The two women then knew that the Coyote- 
Man had been there. Coyote-Man went on and came to another village. 
