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119. COYOTE MARRIES HIS DAUGHTER. 
Coyote while with his family on hunt feigns illness, is buried, first telling his 
wife that she is to marry their daughter to man making arrows. Next day mother 
and daughter see man making arrows. Coyote follows them and enters lodge, pre- 
tending to be blind in one eye. He accompanies hunting party, gets hearts and 
tongues, which he sends to his wife, saying that he, chief, presents them. While 
they are cooking, he enters and asks for his daughter in marriage. In his happiness 
he forgets himself, opens both eyes, and is recognized by his wife. who kills him with 
club. 
120. COYOTE AND HIS TWO WIVES MEET WONDERFUL-BEING. 
Coyote and his two wives go south. They meet Wonderful Being. Women 
being afraid are told by Coyote to put pebbles in their robes so that they will rattle. 
They dance while Wonderful-Being comes up, and sing song about having killed 
wonderful man. He becomes afraid and runs away, whereupon Coyote and his 
wives run home, his older wife dying on way with fright. 
121. COYOTE TRIES TO FOOL RAIN GODS. 
. Coyote almost perishes from thirst and offers his heart and tongue to gods in 
west if they will send rain. Clouds form and it rains. Coyote drinks. He con- 
tinues drinking and withdraws his promise. It continues raining, and Coyote runs 
and is killed in hailstorm. 
122. COYOTE AND THE PRIESTS. 
Coyote, Fox, Rabbit, and Spider-Woman act as scoutson buffalohunt. They 
report to priests’ lodge having seen many buffalo. After slaughter they carry much 
food to priests’ lodge, and their daughters carry wood to priests’ lodge. 
123. COYOTE WHO CALLED HIMSELF DRAGGING-THE-STONE., 
Coyote decides to leave his village and visit another Coyote village. As he 
approaches they are gambling. He announces himself as Dragging-the-Stone, and 
being dressed like warrior they are afraid of him. He is invited to chief’s lodge, but 
refuses. He is next invited to feast with giant, and refuses. He also refuses to 
feast with bravest warrior in village. All are afraid of him. Hecampswith poor 
couple in village. Chief calls for scouts to look for buffalo. They return and all set 
out forhunt. Coyote is invited, paints himself, and rides old woman’s horse, which 
he kills because its penis is on its back. He walks on and man gives him buffalo. 
He begins to skin it and giant comes, ordering him and his friends to leave buffalo, 
as it his. Coyote is second time ordered to leave buffalo. They quarrel and 
Coyote strikes giant with his bow. Giant with his breath blows Coyote away, but 
Coyote returns to fight and giant runs off scared. His reputation increases through- 
outvillage. Allareafraidofhim. In feast Coyote is given prominent place and is 
offered ribs, which he declines. Being asked about his favorite piece, he says he 
prefers small piece of jerked meat and some tallow, and asks that they build little 
arbor over fireplace. As he is fond of cooking, he asks them to sit down and he 
spreads the tallow on rack and it begins to drift into fire. Then Coyote swings 
tallow about, thus burning people and causing them to cover their heads, where- 
upon he starts to run, but they overtake him on sandbar and kill him. 
