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bows and arrows to the child, but he kept on crying. In the crowd 
of men was the Coyote (Ketox), who wished his turn would come, 
for he knew that he could stop the child from crying. ‘The child was 
handed to every man, and was offered bows and arrows, and each man 
would call the boy “son.” Finally, the Coyote’s turn came, and he 
knew that when he could stop the child from crying he would become 
the chief’s son-in-law. When the child was handed to the Coyote he 
called the child “son,” and told him to come to him and get his arrows. 
He made all kinds of talk to the child, telling him that he had long 
been wanting to take him, and that he was his father. Just then the 
child stopped crying and played around for a while, and this made 
the old Coyote happy, for he would become the chief’s son-in-law. 
The Coyote wanted to get rid of the crowd of men. He ‘wished that 
every one would pass out, for now that he had stopped the child from 
crying there was nothing else that these men could do. Soon the 
child began to cry again. So he had to be passed on, and this made the 
Coyote mad, because the men had waited too long in passing out. The 
child was finally handed to Man-having-greater-Powers-than-any- 
other-Man. When the man’s turn came he called the child “son,” and 
told him to come to him, and he called the child’s name, ‘which was 
Child-sprung-from-Pipe-Bone (Kiadiya), the relic that he had put on 
a trail for the women to find, and he presented his bows and arrows to 
the child, and took him on ‘his arm, wiped the child’s tears, and said: 
“My son, I have long been wishing to take you, but your mother does 
not know how she came to have you.” Just then the woman thought 
of the relic that she had found while she was going to the river for 
water. So Child-sprung-from-Pipe-Bone forgot all about crying, but 
commenced to play around with the bows and arrows that were pre- 
sented to him by his father, Man-having-greater-Powers-than-any- 
other-Man. The Coyote was angry at this man, because he was the 
first man who stopped the child from crying. He called this man all 
the names he could think of—“Long-Neck,” “Long-Legs,” and “Long- 
Nose.” So this Man-having-greater-Powers-than-any-other-Man_ be- 
came at once the chief’s son-in-law, instead of Coyote. 
The chief then announced to the men that he was satisfied that his 
grandchild had found his father, and that he wanted every one to pass 
out except this man, who would remain at his lodge hereafter. All of 
the men passed out, and there was one man who was selected by the 
chief to announce to the people that Man-having-greater-Powers-than- 
any-other-Man had become his son-in-law. After these men passed out, 
this was announced and was made known to all the village. On the 
