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130. COYOTE STEALS TURTLE’S BUFFALO. 
Turtle begs Buffalo to carry him across river. Entering Buffalo’s anus, he 
gnaws at his intestines and kills him. Then Turtle sings of his desire for knife. 
Coyote hears him and offers knife, whereupon Coyote proposes that they have test 
of skill in jumping over buffalo, winner to receive buffalo and loser to help him cut it 
up, meat being divided. Coyote wins, Turtle cuts up Buffalo, while Coyote goes 
after his family. Turtle recognizes Coyote’s deception, cries to two eagles flying 
overhead and asks them to take him and meat up to their nest in cottonwood tree. 
There Turtle makes fire and cooks meat. Coyote returns with his children. He 
presently discovers reflection of fire in water. Thinking it is Turtle, he dives in, his 
head is caught between two logs, and his excrement floats to top, which Turtle sees 
and asks Coyote’s children how they would like tohave some meat. They cry and 
run away. 
131. COYOTE AND BEAR. 
Coyote is nearly scared to death upon meeting Bear. Hesings of his power to 
stop rivers. Bear believes him wonderful, for being summer time rivers are dry. 
Coyote sings about turning trees to hills, and Bear believes him wonderful. They 
travel together and Bear cooks meat. Bear reaches for something, scares Coyote, 
and Bear recognizes that he has been deceived by Coyote’s big talk. He kills 
Coyote. 
132. COYOTE AND BEAR. 
Coyote makes imitation bow and meets Bear, who breaks Coyote’s bow. 
Coyote then addresses sun, accusing Bear of having broken his bow. Bear is 
alarmed at his sacrilegious act and makes Coyote another bow; whereupon Coyote 
tells him to hide, that sun may not seehim. Coyote congratulates himself on his 
escape and decides to make his home on prairie. 
133. COYOTE SHOWS TURKEY THE SCALP-OFFERING CEREMONY. 
Coyote meets Turkey and offers to teach him how to make fire for offerings. 
Fireplace is made and both face it. While Coyote sings they go through move- 
ments of offering scalp to fire. Turkey becomes suspicious and escapes while 
Coyote’s eyes are closed. Coyote reproaches himself for permitting Turkey to get 
away. 
134. COYOTE AND THE DANCING TURKEYS. 
Coyote comes upon some dancing Turkeys and offers to teach them better 
dance. He bites off heads of two. Othersrunaway. Hetakestwo Turkeys home 
and asks children to cook meat while he goes to invite chief. He returns alone and 
sends his wife and children outside and pretends to be entertaining guests, eating all 
meat himself. One of children discovers deception, tells mother, but Coyote escapes 
and children have onlv bones for their meals. 
