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they were attacked by them. The Coyote tried to run, but the enemy 
ran after him and killed him. Before starting, the man had told the 
Coyote not to run, that they had as much courage as had the enemy, 
but the Coyote was so much of a coward that he forgot all about this 
and ran away from his partner and was killed. After the fight the man 
went to see where the Coyote was. He found him lying on the ground, 
dead, and scalped by the enemy. The man again kicked the Coyote on 
the feet and told ‘him to get up. Then ‘he came to life and got up and 
ran again, and this time he ran away from the man and never met him 
again. The Coyote was so scared by the attack of the enemy that it 
made him wild. The man returned to his home. This man was a 
Chicken-Hawk (Ikataskiiyes). 
43. THE END OF THE TRICKSTER-CHEATER.* 
There were once people living in a village ruled by an old man. 
The old man had a wife, daughter, and four sons. The old man and 
his wife became blind, and in this way the boys came to be at the head 
of the village, and this was their home, and the people were their peo- 
ple. They would sometimes go on the war-path against their enemies, 
the Tricksters (Kinos), and would come home victorious with many 
captured people and would ‘hold their captives as prisoners; and this 
was their business. Sometimes they would go hunting, wandering 
around over the country, and came back with plenty of meat. They 
always made their hunting trips in the fall. 
Once upon a time the four brothers, the chiefs of the village, 
called their people to meet at their place, and when the people had 
gathered around the place they announced that they wanted to go out 
on a hunting trip for a while, and that the people should be ready in 
four days. ‘The people waited for four days to pass. Before the fourth 
day came, the father of these four chiefs told them that it was useless 
for him, his wife, and daughter to go along, and that they wished to 
be moved into a safe place near to water and timber; and so the chiefs 
had them moved to a place where the old man intended to stay until 
the return of the hunters. 
When four days had passed, the people began to move out; and, of 
course, in those times the people traveled on foot on any expedition. 
All of the people left the village, so there was nothing left but grass- 
lodges and tipis. When all had left, the enemies came about and went 
all through the village, but found no one. Among the enemy, who 
*Told by Ahahe (Waco). 
