138 TRADITIONS OF THE ARIKARA. 
One old woman went out to defecate on the Coyote, and as she lifted 
her dress she wanted to know how she was to do it. The Coyote told 
the woman that the first thing to be done was to pull the pegs, then pull 
up her dress, then defecate on him. The Coyote took a long stick, and 
as the woman lifted her dress and tried to defecate on him he ran 
the stick into her rectum, then stuck the stick in the ground. He then 
ran away and defecated as he went. For this reason the Coyote defe- * 
cates easily and is always running from the people. 
50. THE COYOTE BECOMES A BUFFALO.* 
The Coyote was going along when he saw an old bull sitting down 
on the side of a hill. The Coyote went up to him, and said, “Well, my 
grandfather, are you sitting here sunning yourself?” The bull said, 
“Yes.” The Coyote said that he was hungry; that he would like the 
Buffalo to give him something to eat. The Buffalo said, ““Why are you 
not like myself, a big Buffalo, eating grass.” The Coyote said, “Well, 
grandfather, I wish that you would make a Buffalo out of me.” So 
the Buffalo said: “All right. You will then have to break up your 
bow and arrows, for you will need them no more.” So the Buffalo 
placed the Coyote, and said, “Now you must keep a strong heart; do 
not get scared.” The Buffalo rushed at the Coyote, and just as he was 
about to hook the Coyote, the Coyote jumped sidewise. Then the Buf- 
falo said: “Why did you get scared? Now stay right at this place, 
and I will come and make a Buffalo out of you.” But every time the 
Buffalo ran toward him the Coyote would jump away. The last time 
the Coyote stayed, and as the Buffalo went up against him there were 
two Buffalo bulls. They locked horns, then the Buffalo told the 
Coyote-Buffalo to eat grass. The Coyote-Buffalo obeyed and ate until 
he was filled. Then the Buffalo said, “We must go to the Buffalo herd, 
for there is one bull there who has control of all the female Buffalo, 
and we will fight him, and when we have killed him we can have all 
the female Buffalo.” So they went tothe Buffalo herd. The Buffalo 
bull was going around among the Buffalo. They were waiting to 
fight him when it should come time. They fought, and they killed the 
Buffalo bull. 
Now each bull took many cows to look after. When they all came 
together they lay down in a hollow for the night. The next night 
the Buffalo all jumped and traveled toward the western country. 
*Told by Antelope. 
