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people then howled at the people to come out to the Buffalo standing 
at the door, but the chief was smart enough to know that his visitor 
was wonderful, and he knew that it must be the shield that was hung 
up there. Before long, many other people saw the Coyote step out 
and grab the Buffalo between the horns and shake it and pitch it up 
to the top of the pole, and there was nothing but a shield. The people 
began to find out that the chief had a wonderful man visiting him. 
That day, news began to spread about this wonderful man visiting 
the chief’s place, and the people began to come to see the shield and 
the man. The Coyote felt prouder than ever, to have all the people 
in the village come around to see him. All the prominent men of the 
village came and stayed all that day, talking to him. The Coyote told 
them that the next morning he was going to give them all the meat 
they wanted. ‘The men finally retired and went to their homes, and 
there was a man selected to announce that the visitor had promised 
to give them food. Early the next morning the Coyote took his bow 
and arrows and went outside of the village and shot the arrows to 
every direction and waited there for a time. "This was pretty early, 
before anyone was up. Finally his arrows came around, the same as 
usual, talking to one another, and telling what kind of buffalo they 
had killed. The buffalo were laid before him. He took the arrows out 
and cleaned them, and at once he sent them off again to kill some 
more. Finally the arrows came back again, the same as usual, and 
again he took them out from the buffalo that they brought and sent 
them out the third time and the fourth time, then, having cleaned the 
arrows, he went back into the village. It was about sunrise. He went 
in and told the chief to have some one announce that he thad killed 
the buffalo and to have them go over there at once to butcher them. 
The chief sent out a man at once, and the Coyote went to hang up 
his shield. ‘There were many people there at this time, watching the 
Buffalo and waiting to see this wonderful man come out and hang up 
his shield. ‘The whole village was fed by the Coyote’s work. The 
chief now came to like the Coyote very well. He stayed at the village 
a good while and continued to perform his miracles right along. The 
chief liked the Coyote so well that he gave him his sister for a wife. 
The Coyote became the chief’s brother-in-law. The marrying of the 
chief’s sister caused him to get up late. Once upon a time while he 
was asleep his arrows woke him and told him that the people at home 
were running short of food and that he had better go on home; but 
the Coyote would not listen to them. That morning the got up still 
later, but he was yet able to hang up his shield. The next morning 
