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a good deal faster than he had traveled the first time, for the first time 
he knew not where the place was. At length he reached the place and 
mimicked the men of the war-party in getting plenty of wood to last 
all night and in getting dogwood sticks to count with. Of course he 
had come to the place early enough to have time to get plenty of wood. 
All being ready, it began to get dark. The Coyote heard the evil 
spirited man coming to visit his camp-fire. The Coyote told him to 
come straight-.to the place where he always came when anybody camped 
there. When the strange man came up, there sat his opponent, the 
Coyote, whose dress closely resembled his own. He was surprised to 
note this close resemblance. The Coyote sat on the east side of the fire 
and the strange man sat on the west side. They commenced to tell 
their war tales, and at first they came out even at the end of every 
round. All night they continued, till finally the strange man began to 
fall behind. The Coyote told more tales than did the strange man. 
The strange man told true stories, but the Coyote being known to tell 
what was not true, could tell more tales than any other man; his stories 
were not half true. At about daylight he had not told half of his war- 
stories, but his opponent then had to search a long time in recalling his 
war tales, and the Coyote would hurry him, and he said that he 
himself had not come there to meet any one whom it took so long to 
recall tales. Finally it got so that the strange man had to search a long 
time for his tales. The Coyote would add more tales, so that it was 
impossible for the strange man to catch up with him. Daylight came 
and the strange man had told all of his war tales. The Coyote rose, 
took his weapon and was ready to take the strange man’s life, when he 
told the Coyote that there was one more thing to be done before he 
could take his life. which was to run a race. He told the Coyote he 
might choose whether he would run on the top of the ground or under 
ground. The Coyote decided to race on top of the ground. At the 
south of them there was a high hill which was to be the goal. They 
commenced to run for the high point. It was agreed that whoever 
should get there first should be the winner. The strange man went 
under the ground and the Coyote went on top of the ground. The 
Coyote ran much faster than he had ever ran before, receiving his 
power from Little-Man. He ran very fast, and behind him he could 
hear the strange man coming under the ground. The Coyote finally 
succeeded in reaching the point first, and he noticed that the strange 
man had not yet arrived. So the Coyote got ready to take his life 
as soon as he should come out of the ground. Finally the strange man 
arrived at the place, and there was the Coyote, ready to meet him. 
