180 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
under the ground with the child. This woman who tried to recover the 
child was called Spider-Woman (Aitsisohedikits). She was gone the 
entire day, trailing the little old woman with the child, who was 
traveling under ground. She found her trail, but lost it again, and 
so returned. This showed that some one had greater powers than she. 
It happened that after Spider-Woman tad failed to recover the child 
the chief called all his men to his place. When they came to order he 
told this people that he wanted them to leave their homes for a little 
while and to go on a big hunting trip with him, so that he might forget 
some of the sad feeling he had in him on account of the loss of his 
grandchild. A few days after he told his people this the people began 
to move out, following their chief. When this was announced the 
Coyote spoke out, saying that he would remain at home, for he had 
a big family, and would move to the timber and live there for a 
while, until the people should return. When the people moved away 
the Coyote removed his family to the timber, near a creek. The Coyote 
hunted around and fished for his living. Besides his family, he was 
the only soul to be seen around the homes of the people. 
Once upon a time the Coyote went along the creek, watching the 
fishes under the water, trying to shoot them with his arrow. While 
he was standing there watching the fishes some one came around behind 
him, telling him to go ahead and shoot the fish. ‘This surprised the 
Coyote, and nearly scared the life out of him, and he said: “My friend, 
you surely scared me, for I knew I was the only man living around here, 
and did not expect to see anybody else here talking to me that way.” 
The man who talked to the Coyote was Moving-Fire (Kiatsatoria), 
Spider-Man. He was dressed differently from any one the Coyote had 
ever seen or known, having a feather on his head, and wearing a robe 
that had an arrow for a button, on his breast, and besides this he had 
about four arrows. When the Coyote saw this man he admired his way 
of dressing; so he begged Spider-Man that he might dress like him and 
asked him where he lived. Spider-Man said he lived right close ‘to 
the Coyote, and when going hunting he always thought he would 
come in and see him, as he always passed the Coyote’s place. Spider- 
Man then took the Coyote and dumped him in the water, then called 
out, and when the Coyote came out of the water Spider-Man told him 
to look at himself in the water. The Coyote looked and saw that he 
was like Spider-Man. Spider-Man then asked the Coyote if he was 
hungry, and the Coyote said that he was. So they both went to Spider- 
Man’s place, which was right close to the Coyote’s place. ‘When they 
had entered the Coyote looked around and saw by the fire a small piece 
