THE COYOTE AND HIS MAGIC SHIELD AND ARROWS. 39 
had blue teeth and would spit out blue spit. This power the Coyote 
was bound to have, so he begged the man to give him the power to 
become fine-looking and have a large bow and large arrow. The man 
told the Coyote if he wanted to be fine looking he could be made so, 
and that he could be given the bow and arrows. They started to a 
small stream of water, and the man threw the Coyote into the water 
where it was over his head. When the Coyote came up he was as fine- 
looking as the man was. The man who appeared to the Coyote was the 
Sun (Sakida). The Coyote left the man and continued his journey, 
and -when he came to a stream of water he looked around for a place 
where the water was still and looked at himself and saw what a fine- 
looking fellow he was. He kept on until he came to the place where 
he was going, and late in the evening he went into the village. 
On reaching the place he met a woman and asked her to show him 
where strangers generally went for a night’s lodging. The woman 
told the Coyote to go on until he should find a high tipi. He went on 
until he reached the high tipi. When he entered, the man who lived 
there told him that the place was not safe for any man to visit, for there 
was a man who would call in early in the morning for him to meet 
him at the river. On entering, the Coyote had asked for a place at the 
back of the tipi to erect his pole in the ground. Next morning, of 
course, the Coyote had a duty to perform when his shield was hung. 
In the morning he arose and went around back of the tipi to hang up 
his shield, and there was. a Buffalo grazing. The Coyote took the 
Buffalo by the horns, jerked it, and there was his shield. Now, he was 
called to meet his enemy at the river. He and the chief both went to 
the river, where the Coyote and the other man were to meet. Great 
crowds gathered around the banks of the river. They were ready to 
dive in the river, to find out who could be under the water the longest 
time. In this way the other man had the privilege of killing his enemies 
if he stayed under the water the longest. He had killed many men 
before the Coyote came to the place. They both got on the bank of 
the river and both dived. When the Coyote dived he found under the 
water a beaver lodge, which he entered, just as if he were go- 
ing into a tipi, and there he remained. The other man stayed 
under the water all day, until late in the evening. The crowds 
were still waiting on the bank of the river. The chief once in a 
while would go near the bank, to see who was still under the water. In 
the evening the Coyote’s enemy appeared. Then the Coyote ap- 
peared. The other man now sat on the ground, begging the Coyote 
not to do anything to him, and he promised the Coyote that he should 
