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tain him during the day and night; just as they used to entertain the 
chief. The old chief would come around to visit him, and so there was 
a great crowd of men around every day. The Coyote had enough wives 
to do the cooking for his visitors. ‘The Coyote’s wives some became 
pregnant. His powers began to leave him, and one night Little-Man 
sent a whirlwind to the Coyote’s place to take away all of the Coyote’s 
powers and leave him the same as he was at first, because he had dis- 
obeyed ‘his orders. After the Coyote and his wives had gone to sleep 
the whirlwind entered his lodge and took away everything that he had, 
and his powers, too. This was a punishment to the Coyote for not obey- 
ing the man who had given him powers. Early the next morning when 
the Coyote’s wives woke up they saw a coyote sleeping with them in 
the place of a human being. They screamed and woke the Coyote, and 
when the Coyote saw that he was no longer a human being he ran out 
and left the village forever. When he was out away from the village 
he cried because he had lost his powers. So, often when we hear the 
coyote crying, it means that he*is regretting his foolish disobedience 
which lost for him his powers. 
The village still existed, and finally the news that the Coyote had 
lost his powers and that he had left the village began to spread. The 
people began to learn that this famous man who had brought them to 
life was the Coyote. After the departure of the Coyote his wives began 
to have children, and the children were all coyotes. The brothers of 
the wives then had all the people take one each to their home for pets. 
The village still existed there, and every one lived happy after the 
Coyote had killed their enemy. 
41. THE BOY WHO LED WAR-PARTIES AND BECAME A HAWK.* 
' There was once a village, and in the village was a chief who had 
two boys. One of them was named Bad-Boy (Weksnakok), and he was 
the older one. The chief had great powers, like any prominent man of 
his day. He was a powerful warrior. Bad-Boy would not listen to his 
father’s instructions regarding his powers, and the younger son was too 
young to be given instruction regarding them. The father would set 
out on the war-path accompanied by many men who thought him to be 
a brave warrior, and that it was safe for them to be with him in time 
of war. When at home, the father would try to get Bad-Boy to remain 
at home, so that he could give him his powers; but Bad-Boy instead of 
*Told by Cheater (Wichita). 
