THE COYOTE AND HIS MAGIC SHIELD AND ARROWS. 45 
to make fun of the man’s arrow. He asked him if he could kill any- 
thing with it. The man said that he could. The Coyote asked why he 
did not have arrows like his, saying that if he just had arrows like his 
he would think that he had good arrows. The Coyote told the man that 
‘the arrow was too heavy to go very far. The man told the Coyote 
that his arrow could go as far as his arrow could go, and perhaps 
further. This the Coyote could not believe. He then said, “What if 
you should shoot at me? Would you kill me?” The man said, “The 
anrow could find you and overtake you wherever you might be, and it 
might kill you.” The Coyote*laughed, and said: “Well, I will go off 
to some distance and let you shoot at me to show me that your arrow 
can go far.” The man told the Coyote that he did not want to kill 
him. But the Coyote kept coaxing the man to go ahead. He finally 
persuaded him to shoot at him. The Coyote went a good long way 
off, then stood facing the man, who shot at the Coyote. The Coyote 
heard the arrow coming and ran toward the man and the arrow over- 
took him before he got to the man and struck him in the arms. The 
man went to where the Coyote was lying dead, kicked his feet and 
told him to get up. The Coyote got up, rubbed his eyes, and said, 
“T was sound asleep.” The man asked the Coyote if his arrow had 
hit him. The Coyote said: “O yes, it hit me. That is. a good arrow of 
yours.” The Coyote then asked the man if he could let him have the 
arrow. He also asked him who he was. The man told him that he 
was the Sun (Sakida). The Coyote said, “O, is that who you are?” 
The man gave the Coyote the arrow and his bow. The Coyote told 
the Sun that he was going out on a visit, and he wanted to be better 
equipped for meeting danger, to be ready to meet all troubles, for 
there was a good many bad people that he might happen to meet. 
~The Coyote then left the Sun and went on to tthe village. On his 
arrival he asked where visitors were allowed to stay. He was then 
told to go straight to the largest and highest tipi in the center of 
the village and there he would find a chief and would be allowed to 
stay there. So the Coyote followed his directions until he got to the 
chief’s place. He left his shield outside and was asked to be seated 
on the west side of the tipi. He was asked where he had come from 
and he replied that he» had come from afar and was tired. He told 
the chief to have some one cut him a pole so that he could hang up 
his shield. The Coyote was given something to eat right away, for the 
chief knew that he was’wonderful. The Coyote stayed all that night, 
and early the next morning the people that were up in the village 
saw at the chief’s a large Buffalo standing right at the door. The 
