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COYOTE AND THE TURKEYS ROLL DOWN THE HILL. 459 
‘**Now you little ones getinto this sack. I will roll you down the hill and 
you will see how fine it is to roll down hill.’”” The young Turkeys went 
into the sack. Coyote tied the sack and rolled them down hill. The 
young Turkeys laughed, so the older ones thought they would try it. 
Coyote untied the sack and the Turkeys came out. Then Coyote went to 
the top of the hill and invited the older Turkeys to get into the sack and 
roll down the hill. They all went in, about sixty in number. As he 
started the sack down the hill he told the young Turkeys to stay on the 
hill, for they would soon come up. When the sack reached the foot of the 
hill Coyote swung it on his back and said: ‘‘I am a cheat.’’ He carried 
the Turkeys home to his children. ‘‘Now, children, Ihave something fine 
in this sack. I will go and bring your mother home. Do not untie this 
sack.’’ He was gone but a little while when the youngest one went to 
the sack and untied it. The Turkeys were very anxious to get out and 
made a big cackling noise, scratched the young Coyotes, and made their 
escape. The young ones cried and cried. When the old Covote came 
home he found the sack empty and scolded and whipped the little 
Coyotes. The little Coyotes went off crying and singing this song about 
their father: 
Thus father likes, 
When he is scared, 
To lay back his ears. 
Ha-o-o, haho, 
Ha-o-o, haho. 
Thus father likes, 
When he is scared, 
To open wide his mouth. 
Ha-o-o, haho, 
Ha-o-o, haho. 
He draws his knees up to his chin, 
He defecates in every direction, 
He almost loses his privates. 
Ha-o-o, haho, 
Ha-o-o, haho. 
136. COYOTE AND PRAIRIE-CHICKEN.* 
Coyote was going along looking for something to eat, when he met 
Prairie-Chicken. He greeted Prairie-Chicken and said: ‘‘ Prairie-Chicken, 
suppose we try to frighten one another and see who will get scared first.”’ 
Prairie-Chicken said that he would, not suspecting that Coyote was 
1Told by White-Sun, Kitkehahki. This story is told to teach the children 
always to be on the look-out lest they be frightened by prairie chickens flying up in 
front of them. 
