44 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
daylight to come. Just about daylight the Coyote went out to send out 
his arrows to hunt. He went out a little way, as he was told to do, be- 
fore he sent his arrows to hunt. There he waited for a while and finally 
he sent his arrows out to hunt. He soon heard them talking to one 
another, telling how fat and how large was the buffalo they had killed. 
Finally all his arrows came in, each carrying a whole buffalo. The 
Coyote then pulled out all his arrows and cleaned them as he had been 
directed. He went back to his home and put up his bow and arrows 
-and commenced to butcher the buffalo. While the was doing this the 
sun rose, and the old woman and the young ones all got up, and as they 
went out they were afraid of the buffalo that was standing at their 
door, and they ran back into their tipi. As soon as he heard the folks 
screaming the Coyote saw the buffalo and went right up to it. He 
grabbed it between its horns and there was no more a buffalo, but a 
shield. He pitched it up on the pole and it hung there. The Coyote 
then told his family to come out. When they came out they told him 
that there was a buffalo standing at their door, and the Coyote told 
them that it was ‘his shield. Now they went where the Coyote was 
butchering. The Coyote was nearly through, and when he got through 
they commenced to bring the beef into the lodge. They had all the 
meat they wanted. The Coyote continued this right along every morn- 
ing. Finally they had plenty of fresh meat and some dried meat. The 
old woman then had to put up a drying arbor for the meat. 
The Coyote now began to think about going on a visit to some 
strange place, that he might be seen somewhere else, instead of staying 
at home all the time. While he had this in mind he kept on killing 
buffalo, so that ‘his family would have enough meat until his return. 
Some time after, he told his family that he was going on a visit for 
a while, for they had enough meat to last until he should return. The 
Coyote set out to the tipi of the Swallow. On his arrival he told the 
Swallow that he was going out on a visit for a while, for he was tired of 
staying in one place all the time. The Swallow told the Coyote not to 
stay too long. The Coyote then said that he had enough meat at home 
for his family to live on during his absence. The Swallow told him that 
his arrows would let him know when the meat at home was all gone; 
that then he must at once return. The Coyote said, “All right, I will 
come whenever they tell me about that.” The Coyote then started 
out on his journey. While on the way he saw some one coming. He 
thought the would find out who it was and finally he met the man. 
The Coyote saw that he was a fine-looking man, and this man had 
a large bow and a large arrow with a blunt point. He commenced 
