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to the scene of the battle. He saw his son in front. When they each 
had killed four of the enemy’s bravest men they turned back to the 
village. Each had a scalp, which they presented to the chief. As the 
sun rose higher everybody came in and the news began to spread about 
the chief’s visitors doing the first part of the fighting and killing the 
enemy’s bravest men. Of this the Coyote was very proud. There were 
three more battles to be fought. The Coyote began again to think about 
the chief’s sisters and of what one of them had already done to him. 
He thought that the rest of the women would also do the same thing. 
The boy knew all about this, for he could read the Coyote’s thoughts, 
and he also knew from the man who had given him his powers. As 
soon as the sun went down the victory dances commenced. The Coyote 
was in the midst of the dancing. When he was tired of dancing the 
went to bed. All the sisters of ithe chief were after him, as well as a 
good many other women, for they knew that he had had the largest 
share of the winning of the battle. All the songs sung were about him. 
When he went to bed he would pay no attention to the women, but he 
was not over mindful of the command the thad received to avoid the 
women until the four battles were accomplished. He went to bed and 
to sleep. The women bothered him, but he would pay them no atten- 
tion. Early the next morning he again heard the same alarm as on 
the preceding morning. He started out, and again there was one of 
the women who called to him and said: ‘“Hanging-Knife (Tahatsawi) 
must remember me this time.””’ The Coyote turned around, and said: 
“You are spoiling my name. That is not my name. My name is 
Owner-of-Flint-Knife-Quarries.” The Coyote now went to the place 
where the fighting was. and saw his son. They performed as on the 
day before, and each took four scalps, which they presented to the 
chief. About the same time the people began to come back and tell 
the people at home what the chief’s visitors had done. ‘he chief was 
proud of the visitors’ good names and brought their names before the 
people. When it was dark they again had dances. The Coyote took 
part, and when he retired from the dance he got into the bed of one 
of the chief’s sisters and slept all night with her. Early in the morn- 
ing another alarm was given that the enemy were attacking the village. 
The Coyote went out and took his place with his son in the front, and 
again they killed four of the enemy’s bravest men. When the enemy 
retreated the warriors on the Coyote’s side began to chase them. The 
Coyote and his son turned back home, having secured each a scalp for 
the chief. On tthe delivery of the scalp to the chief the Coyote noticed 
on the body of the woman he had slept with, blue marks where he had 
