COYOTE AND THE ROSEBUDS. 463 
You people who are camped here, 
Attention! I now say something wonderful: 
The buffalo, the buffalo, 
The buffalo have arrived. 
The people gathered around and he kept on singing until some gave 
him presents of buffalo robes. Others gave him other presents. Then 
he changed his song, and sang: 
These things which you have eueeo me, 
I do not want them. 
He continued to sing until the people said: ‘‘ Ask him what he wants.” 
They asked him and he sang: 
I want the chief’s daughter, 
I want the chief’s daughter. 
They went and begged the chief to let him have the girl, for they were 
hungry and they wanted Coyote to tell them where the buffalo were. 
They brought the girl to Coyote. Then both Coyote and the girl went 
into the tipi. As Coyote and the girl lay down, he sang; 
You may push my back, 
You may push my back. 
Then he sang again and said: 
You have pushed me enough. 
You have pushed me enough. 
After he had remained for a while with the girl he went out. A crowd 
had gathered to hear where the buffalo were. Coyote sang: 
As I climbed the hill yonder 
And sat on the top, 
I looked far over the country. 
Then he continued to sing: 
Let the people make an opening, 
For I am hot, for I am hot. 
The people made an opening. He sat on his haunches and continued 
to sing: 
As I sat upon the hill 
I looked down the valley; 
There, from one end to the other, 
The valley was filled 
With, with, with—rosebuds! 
As he said ‘‘rosebuds,”’ he made a leap, for the people had expected 
to hear him say buffalo. They closed around him, caught him, and killed 
him, and he was no more. 
