THE DEEDS OF THE COYOTE AND YOUNG-STAR. 33 
was told what to do and what not to do. Besides the bow and arrows 
the Coyote was given a shield and a war-bonnet. The man told the 
Coyote that upon his arrival at the big tipi of the chief he should not 
think about any woman while he had these things that were given him; 
that four times, at daybreak, the enemy were to attack the village; 
that he and this son would have to do all the fighting, for the reason 
that he was given power to run faster than any man but his son; that 
he must not think about women until the end of these four days, when 
he might do as he pleased about the women. ‘The man asked the Coyote 
if he was honest and brave. Of course, the Coyote could not deny 
that he was honest and brave, so he said he was the most honest and 
the bravest man he knew of. Now, the man told the Coyote to stand 
up. The man then touched the Coyote’s eyes with his hands and rubbed 
them, and when he took his hands from the Coyote’s eyes he asked the 
Coyote what he could see. The Coyote said: “I see everything.” The 
Coyote was now like the man in countenance, and he had the blue 
complexion of the man. The man told the Coyote that he could not be 
hit by enemies, for he himself was that way. The man said to the 
Coyote, “It may be that you have heard about the Jay-Birds (Keats). 
I belong to that class of people.” This was the man from whom the 
Coyote got his powers. 
The Coyote now returned to the big tipi of the chief. Upon his 
arrival he put his things away. The chief told him he might stay in 
the same lodge with his sisters. The Coyote was glad of the privilege. 
His son was not pleased that the chief should give him the privilege of 
sleeping in the same place with the chief’s sisters, lest the Coyote 
should disobey the orders given ‘him by the man with the blue com- 
plexion ; for the boy had already learned that the Coyote was dishonest, 
and he had no confidence that the Coyote would abstain from that which 
had been forbidden him. That night the Coyote went early to bed 
and the women commenced to talk about him and tell about their wishes, 
and they were full of wishes. The Coyote had it in mind to avoid the 
- women wntil four days should pass. However, the lay awake a part of 
that night listening to the women tell about how good-looking he was, 
and saying there was no doubt but that they themselves were good- 
looking. Finally the Coyote went to sleep, and the next morning he 
heard some one crying that the enemy were attacking their village. He 
immediately rose from his bed, and as he was about to go through the 
door, there stood one of the women, who caught him and asked him 
his name. He told her that his name was Owner-of-Flint-Knife- 
Quarries (Tahanetshedaehetsiwe). He finally got loose and went on 
