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The strange man begged the ‘Coyote to spare his life and offered him 
his powers. The Coyote refused, and killed the strange man with his 
bow and arrows. 
The Coyote now dragged the strange man to his camp-fire and 
began to gather all the human bones that were lying around the place. 
He placed them in one big pile. He then brought wood enough to burn 
them. All being ready he set fire to the wood, and there was a great 
fire. He began to call out all the names of the men who had been 
killed right at that place, and there came out men from the fire, one at 
a time, until the fire went out, and all the men had been restored to life. 
The Coyote was then with a crowd of men. He told the men to 
go to their homes, and those who were from his village he told to 
follow him. All started off, and the men wondered who this famous 
man might be that possessed powers greater than those of the strange 
man whom they knew to be famous and a dangerous man to attack; 
and who had killed the strange man. Finally, through the intervention 
of the Coyote, the men reached their homes. The chief of the village 
was surprised to see the return of those men whom he knew to have been 
killed, now restored to life. The chief ordered the servant to call the 
people together. The people came to the chief’s place, and some of the 
leading men asked him why he had called the people together. The 
chief replied that since some one had favored the people by restoring 
the lives of their warriors and had killed their enemy, he wanted to 
appoint that one head chief over him; that he wanted them to build for 
that one a new dwelling place; that it was only right that some of the 
men who had been at the dangerous place should offer their sister to 
the man who had restored their lives. The Coyote thought that to 
be a pretty good announcement, and it was just what he wanted. 
Little-Man had forbidden him to entertain the foolish idea of getting 
a wife and becoming a chief; nevertheless, the Coyote having killed 
the strange man, thought it safe to disregard the admonition of Little- 
Man. The chief made the announcement and the people thought it 
only right that they should do the Coyote the favor and let him remain 
with them at their village. The people began at once to build the 
Coyote a home, but they did not know that it was for the Coyote. The 
Coyote stayed with the chief while his home was being built. Little- 
Man saw that the Coyote was disobeying his orders by accepting these 
offers. Soon the people had completed the lodge for the Coyote, and 
the Coyote had wives. He moved into this new home that the people 
had given him in return for his good work. After he had moved into 
his new home the most prominent men came around his place to enter- 
