GREAT-SOUTH-STAR, PROTECTOR OF WARRIORS. A7 
his arrows tried to coax him to go home, and this time, his bow, his 
arrows, and all the other things he had got from the Sun ran away from 
him. The next morning he thought he had better wait until everybody 
should see the Buffalo before he should hang it up, for he thought he 
nad been hanging his shield too soon for everybody to see it. The sun 
_ tose higher and higher, and the Buffalo began to back off toward the 
_ north. When the Coyote thought everybody in the village was present 
he walked out of the chief’s place and went toward the Buffalo. At 
this time the Buffalo began to get angry. It commenced to throw up 
dirt and would hook the ground, but the Coyote was not afraid to 
go up to it. But the Buffalo was angry at the Coyote, and as he went 
near the Buffalo it came at him and hooked him and threw him up, and 
as he went up he was no more human, but a regular old coyote. The 
people then understood the secret of the whole thing, that the Coyote 
had obtained powers from some one and had disobeyed his instructions. 
After the Buffalo had killed the coyote it turned toward the north and 
ran away, and left the coyote’s body lying at the edge of the village. 
Since the Buffalo went north, that is where it is known to live. The 
chief of the village called on certain ones to announce to the people 
about moving their village. They moved away to the west and arrived 
at a place where they always lived thereafter. 
5. THE GREAT-SOUTH-STAR, THE PROTECTOR OF WARRIORS.* 
These are the names of the village where Healthy-Flint-Stone-Man 
(Tahadiidakotse) lived: Where-Blackbirds-lit-on-elm-Tree (Kasit- 
syukkari) ; Stone-Corn-Mills-lying-on-Hill-side( Nawishkatuk) ; Large 
elm-Tree-near-Fdge-of-the- Village (Taatstatschiaheichitiwa) ; and 
Where-large-Ears-of-Corn-grow (Tastasitiwa). He had a family which 
consisted of father, mother, sister, and wife. He was a great hunter 
and warrior. He had a good many followers who would go along with 
him, when he went out with any war-party against the Trickster 
(Kinas) people, who were then their enemies. He was so brave that 
the men knew that it was always safe for them to go along with him, 
for he always returned victorious. This was one reason people liked 
to be with him. Once upon a time when he knew that his wife was 
pregnant he began to instruct her as to how the child should be born. 
He told her that when the time should come for the child’s birth, the 
place where she was should be closed up and no one should be in there 
*Told by Towakoni Jim (Towakoni). 
