THE COYOTE AND HIS MAGIC SHIELD AND ARROWS. Al 
ing at the Buffalo that the Coyote called his shield, and they knew 
that he was a wonderful man. After a time he decided that he would 
let more of the people see his shield. He let the Buffalo stand there 
until the sun got up high, but the Buffalo began to back up and get 
angry. The Coyote finally stepped out and tried to do the same as he 
had always done, but failed. Before this his arrows got to talking 
among themselves and to the Coyote, saying that his children’s and 
wife’s food was nearly exhausted, and that they wished he would go 
back home. The Coyote would not pay any attention to them, for he 
had a good wife here and was content. When he let the people see 
the Buffalo, and when the Buffalo got angry with him, all of his arrows 
and bow left him alone, and let the Buffalo fight him. The Buffalo 
became so angry and fought so hard that he killed the Coyote. After 
he was killed ‘he was changed into just an ordinary coyote, as he had 
been before. His wife and children starved to death. The people 
gathered around him and took his body and carried it off to another 
place outside of the village. 
All the stories about the Coyote show that he always met men who 
could give him powers to do certain things, so that it would be easier 
for ‘him to live and hunt; but he would always do wrong and have his 
powers ‘taken away from him. In these times, any being who was as 
cruel as Shadow-of-the-Sun was killed, but always lived again, but 
would have less powers. So at all the times there were Wicked people 
among the good. 
4. THE COYOTE AND HIS MAGIC SHIELD AND ARROWS.* 
The Coyote (Ketox) was once living out by himself with his 
family. There were no other people living near them. The Coyote 
wandered around looking for all kinds of game to feed his family. 
Early one morning he fixed himself up and resolved to go somewhere. 
He started out towards the west. As he went along, after having 
traveled a long way (and he was a fast traveler) he came to a tipi. 
He thought to himself: “I must first go and visit my partner” 
(naawada). The Coyote frequently used this word. As he went 
near the place he saw a large Buffalo standing out by the side of the 
tipi, and he was afraid to go near. The Swallow (Widtisgecha), the 
man that was living in the tipi, came out, and with his right hand 
grabbed the Buffalo by the hair between the horns and shook it, and 
*Told by Ignorant-Woman (Man) (Towakoni). 
