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but told the Coyote he was the kind of a man he wanted to have with 
him. They went on, and late in the evening the man told the Coyote 
that they were going to stop for a night’s rest at a place called Where- 
Scalped-Man-sits-by-the-Fire (Tesahitatsak). The man noticed how 
frightened the Coyote was when he heard about sleeping at such a 
place. Before camping they killed a buffalo for food. The Coyote was 
so greedy that he made the man do all the cooking so that he could eat 
first. After eating the most of the meat they rested a little, then the 
Coyote cooked some meat for himself. He took the heart and cut off 
some pieces from the largest part, then he leaned backward and found 
himself lying down. Taking the largest part of the heart ‘he found that 
it fitted his knee. So he took the heart and put it over his knee. Then 
he felt like sleeping a little, and so he went to sleep. When he awoke 
he thought he saw a Scalped-Man (Tesakiwetsa) sitting right before 
him. Without rising he took his club to strike the Scalped-Man on the 
head. He drew back the club to strike, and when he struck he found 
that he had hit his own knee. He got up, grunted, and rolled around 
for a while, and the man learned what the Coyote had done to himself. 
“Surely,” said the Coyote, “I thought there was a Scalped-Man sitting 
by me.” The Coyote’s knee pained him very much, and that night it 
swelled up. | 
The next day when they started on, the man told the Coyote the 
place where they would next camp all night was at a place called Where- 
cooked-Meat-flies-around (Adusadiaqua). The man asked the Coyote 
how his knee was. He replied’ that it was feeling better and was not 
quite so sore. The next day they traveled until night, when they came 
to Where-cooked-Meat-flies-around. When the sun had set and dark- 
ness was coming on, something began to fly around. ‘The Coyote knew 
he could catch some of the things. ‘When they had caught all they 
wanted the meat stopped flying around. They sat up for a while and 
the man told the Coyote that the next place they would stay all night 
was called Where-Arrows-fly-around (Niquatsnahidias). The Coyote, 
perceiving that the place was full of danger, began to complain of his 
sore leg hurting him. The next morning they started for this place, 
and the Coyote said that his knee was hurting him pretty badly. He 
lagged along behind the man and began to make excuses so that he 
would not have to go to the dangerous place. Toward evening the 
Coyote’s knee became worse and they stopped to rest. They built their 
campfire, and as soon as it was dark the arrows began to fly around 
them, some of which the man caught. The Coyote kept dodging for 
fear of being shot, and on this account the arrows began to come closer 
to him, but he kept dodging. He dodged so much that he was finally 
