36 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
among them he had done all he could to help them along on the war- 
path ; but because of what his father ‘had done he could no longer stay 
with them; that he was going to leave his bow, arrows, and other 
things and his powers, to be used by all the warriors; that they could 
pattern after these weapons in making others, which would be just as 
good; that when first they came to the village he had ordered his 
father to go to a certain place to secure what powers he had had, and 
which the ‘had lost through foolishness, and that for this reason he was 
not to remain with them; that generation after generation they would 
see him mornings as the Morning Star, just as he used to be while 
human. Young-Star then left some of his powers upon earth for the 
people. He-was a small boy and when on the war-path he would put 
onawhite feather. This is the way Young-Star left the village. Early 
the next morning he was seen, and he has ever since been known as 
First-Star-seen-after-Darkness-passes-by (Hoseyasidaa), that is, Morn- 
ing-Star. 
3. THE COYOTE AND HIS MAGIC SHIELD AND ARROWS.* 
Once upon a time there lived. the Coyote with his family. He lived 
by wandering around, hunting all sorts of game, but he never was lucky 
enough to kill enough game to last long, for he had so many children 
that they ate the meat as fast as he could bring it. Once upon a time 
he went towards the west, where he found a man living by himself. 
He walked up to this place, stopped outside, and the man called to him 
to step in. The Coyote stepped in and was asked to be seated, so he 
sat down. The Coyote looked around inside of this man’s lodge and 
he saw many things, such as meat of all kinds. The man asked him 
if he wanted anything to eat. The Coyote said that he would eat some 
meat. ‘he man put a big pile of meat before the Coyote and he com- 
menced to eat. When he had eaten all the meat he thanked the man 
for what he had eaten. The Coyote saw a pole stuck up outside of 
this man’s place, and he asked the man what that was. The man re- 
plied that it was his shield. The Coyote begged the man to give him 
the shield or one like it. The man told the Coyote that he could direct 
him how to make-.one like it if he would come back the next day. 
Before leaving, he was given a big pile of meat to take home with him. 
He started back home with the load of meat on his back. He arrived 
at this place and told his old woman that he had had good luck, so 
*Told by Ahahe (Waco). 
