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brought the buffalo and the Coyote butchered them, took his arrows 
from them, and cleaned the blood from them. The Coyote was told 
to keep this shield.as it was when he first got it, and then he would be 
protected by it. He was also told never to forget to rise early in the 
morning and jerk ‘tthe buffalo by the horns, before sunrise; but not 
after the sun had risen high. He was also told that each of his arrows 
had life in it, the same as he himself had. So the Coyote took his 
shield, bow and arrows, and plenty of meat for his family and set out 
for home. When he got home he told his wife to go and cut him a 
pole on which to hang his shield, bows and arrows. The old woman 
cut the pole and hung up his shield and quiver, and unloaded his beef. 
He told this wife to make haste and cook him some meat, for he was 
hungry, and that he wanted to go out hunting. After he had eaten he 
stepped outside and commanded his arrows to go out hunting, shooting 
one in each direction. Then he waited until his arrows returned with 
their load. He told his wife to butcher the buffalo and clean his arrows, 
then he again commanded his arrows to go out hunting. He repeated 
this four times, so that they had plenty of meat. 
The Coyote, being so proud of his wonderful arrows, decided to 
go out to a certain village. He told his wife that he thought he had 
enough meat to last until he should come back again. The old woman 
told the Coyote to hurry back. On his way, the Coyote met a man 
carrying a large bow and arrow, but the arrow had a blunt point. The 
Coyote asked the man if the arrow was any good. The man replied 
that he used it in killing all kinds of game, and everything else. The 
Coyote laughed over this man’s arrow, telling him that it was too big 
to do anything with, and asked him if he thought he could hhit him. 
The man told the Coyote that anything he shot at was killed. The 
Coyote laughed again, saying that he did not believe it, and he coaxed 
the man to shoot at him, but the man refused. Finally the Coyote got 
him into the notion. The man told the Coyote to go a certain distance 
away. ‘The Coyote walked off a little way and turned back, telling the 
man to go ahead and shoot. The man told the Coyote to go on further, 
so the Coyote walked a good long way off and stopped. He saw the 
man point the arrow toward him and shoot it. All at once he heard 
the arrow coming, and finally he saw it coming, and he ran hard. He 
dodged around, but the arrow kept chasing ‘him until it overtook him 
and shot him in the back and came out of his mouth. The man walked 
up to the Coyote, kicked him on his feet, and told him to arise. The 
Coyote got up and rubbed his eyes, saying that he had fallen asleep. 
The Coyote looked at the man and noticed that he was handsome. He 
