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Once on the way to the village it did not take them long to get home. 
In the meantime the rest of the hunting party had returned to the 
village. The war-party traveled fast every day, going straight, and they 
soon got to the place called Place-where-returning-victorious-War- 
party-halted (Nasaquatowene). When the people returned from vic- 
tories the signal of victory was given to the people of the village at this 
place, by turning back twice, so that when some one was seen at this 
place the people said to themselves: “Who can that be? It is some of 
our people.” The men went out to meet them, and there was Bad- 
Boy’s female war-party. 
Bad-Boy then entered the village, and the people praised this war- 
party. When night came, the people danced all night in honor of Bad- 
Boy. The prominent men of the village considered him a good boy, 
and the rest of the people admired him. Then the people whom he 
was living with received highest compliments for having kept him, and 
the people carried food to them and made their lodge more comfortable. 
Bad-Boy sent out many more war-parties, but of men instead of women ; 
and he lived with these people until he grew old. Bad-Boy remained 
single all his life. When an old man, he called forth all the people, 
and when they had come they asked him what he had to say to them. 
He said to the people that he had been living a long time with them, 
known as Bad-Boy, a warrior, and now as one of their chiefs; and now, 
on account of his age, and having been a warrior for a long time, he 
was going to leave them and become something else. He asked them if 
they also felt like doing the same thing. He also said that some time 
during the next generation he was going to take pity on some one and 
give him his great powers. While Bad-Boy was before a great multi- 
tude of people he flew away as a Hawk. 
42. THE COYOTE AND THE WARRIOR.* 
The Coyote (Ketox) lived in a village, but wandered from one 
place to another. One day he went toward the east, and when he was 
far away from home he saw a man. He asked the man where he was 
going, and he told the Coyote that he was going out on the war-path. 
The Coyote asked if he could go along. ‘The man told him that he 
could go if he was brave. The Coyote said: “Man, you do not know 
me. I am the bravest man you have ever seen. You will learn what 
sort of man I am when we meet some of our enemies.” The man re- 
membered that he had often heard that the Coyote was a big coward, 
*Told by Ignorant-Woman (Man) (Towakoni). 
