146 TRADITIONS OF THE ARIKARA. 
miratus est. Quo magis defecavit, eo plures lepores vidit. Tum se 
lepores emittere repperit. Paulum cunctatus, dixit: “Cogitem quo 
modo hos lepores prehendere possim.” Nam lepores occidere volebat. 
Itaque pulchrum pallium quod armis trahebat sibi humi sedenti cir- 
cumposuit. Hoc -saxis gravibus onerato, iterum defecare incipit. 
Usque ad vesperum defecabat; tandemque exortus locum pallio 
operuit, eique saxum imposuit. Deinde ingentem stipitem nactus, le- 
pores quos sub pallio esse putabat occidit. Pallio autem remoto, nihil 
nisi excrementum. repperit. Quod cum vidisset, se dixit stultissi- 
mum esse. 
The Coyote did not know what to do with the robe. He got hold of 
the robe and dragged it along until he came to a big Stone. He said 
to the Stone: “I am going to make you a present of this robe.” The 
Stone was pleased with the robe. The Coyote went away. When the 
Coyote was a little way off he saw a big hail-storm coming. He had 
nothing to cover himself with. He turned and went back to the place 
_ where the robe was. When he got to the robe it was clean, and it 
smelled good. The Coyote said to the Stone: “O, you have made the 
robe nice and clean. I came after it.’ The Stone never said a word, and 
the Coyote stepped over and took his robe again. He went on. The 
storm never came near the Coyote. Soon he heard something coming 
behind him. He did not pay any attention to what he heard. By and 
by he looked back and saw the great, big Stone coming toward him. 
The Stone spoke to him, and said, “You, Coyote, stop!”’ This scared 
the Coyote very badly, for he knew that he would be killed for taking 
the robe back. The Stone chased the Coyote all the evening, and the 
Coyote became very tired and was about to give out, when he saw 
two Bull-Bats flying around in the air. He called to them, and said, 
“My brothers, this big Stone is after me and wants to kill me.” The 
Bull-Bats asked the Coyote why the Stone was chasing him. The Stone 
then spoke up and told the Bull-Bats not to believe anything that the 
Coyote might tell them. The Coyote begged the Bull-Bats, and said 
that the Stone had said something bad about the Bull-Bats; that the 
Stone was afraid that he would tell the Bull-Bats about it; and that 
was why the Stone was mad and ran after him and was trying to kill 
him ; that he wanted them to help him by destroying the Stone. He said: 
“Tf you will stop the Stone I will change the color on your wings and 
tail.” The Bull-Bats said: “We will destroy the Stone, but you must 
first tell us what the Stone said about us, and what names he called us.” 
The Coyote said: “The Stone said that you were the ugiiest-looking 
birds that he ever saw, because you have short beaks and big mouths, 
