COYOTE-MAN AND HIS TRICKS. 445 
About this time the people went out to hunt for Coyote-Man. They 
found him, made a big fire, and placed him upon it. After a while a noise 
was heard something like a gun-shot. They saw something pop from 
the fire. The thing flew over into the timber, and as it fell it gave one 
big warwhoop. The people say that instead of Coyote-Man burning up 
he jumped over into the timber and turned into a hairy man. He was. 
never to associate with the people any more. 
125. COYOTE TAKES THE PIPE-STICKS TO THE BEAVERS.‘ 
Coyote lived in a lodge with his wife and many children. The children 
became hungry and so Coyote made up his mind that he would go off 
and hunt something for them to eat. He went towards the creek and 
there he found many Beavers along the banks of the stream. Coyote 
sat down and tried to think what would be the best way to kill some of the 
Beavers. He made up his mind to make pipe-sticks, and so he went 
back to his lodge, sat down, and made the pipe-sticks. Then he went 
back to where the Beavers were and asked permission that he be allowed 
to enter their lodge. The Beavers gave their consent. Coyote went in 
with the pipe-sticks and sang this song to the Beavers: 
The Beaver who swims with a stick 
Is my child, my son. 
This club hanging to my belt 
I shall use upon him. 
The Beavers were satisfied. Then Coyote told them that where he 
lived away up on the hill was the main party of the pipe-stick people; 
that the Beavers would have to come and meet the party; that the 
Beavers were now children of Coyote’s people, and that they were the 
Beavers’ fathers. The Beavers agreed, although they had heard Coyote 
say in the singing something about his war club, which was in his belt. 
That made them suspicious, but the majority of them thought that 
there was no danger, and so they agreed to go and meet Coyote upon the 
hill. Coyote, knowing the distance from the hill to the creek, thought if 
the Beavers went upon the land near the hill he could kill many of them 
with his club. When the Beavers came towards the hill Coyote looked 
down and saw that most of them were near the foot of the hill. Then 
he ran down withhis club. As he lifted his club he shouted: ‘‘ You fool- 
ish Beavers, you have no fathers to meet. It is I who am starving and 
I now kill you so that my children may eat you.’’ Coyote began to kill 
1Told by White-Horse, Pitahauirat. The story is told to the people so that 
they might be careful in receiving the Pipe-stick ceremony from unknown people. 
