THE COYOTE, PRAIRIE-TURTLE, AND SQUIRREL. CN pe 
the beef, and I will take half, for the work I do, and give you the 
remainder.” “All right,” said the Prairie-Turtle, so they commenced 
to butcher the Buffalo. When they were through butchering, the Coy- 
ote said to the Prairie-Turtle: ‘Partner, let us have a foot-race, and let 
the loser of the race go without meat, and eat the blood that is left on 
the ground.” The Coyote told the Prairie-Turtle that if he would not 
race that he would take the meat anyhow, so that the only way to have 
a little more fun out of this was to have a foot-race. The poor Prairie- 
Turtle had to run the race or lose everything. ‘The Coyote told the 
Prairie-Turtle that he would give him the start. Their goal was to be 
where they had the meat, and the first one to jump over the meat was 
to have it all. They ran the race, and the poor Prairie-Turtle, of course, 
lost. The Coyote said to the Prairie-Turtle: “Well, partner, you can 
stay here and watch my meat while I go after my wife and children, 
and when I come back I shall give you some of the meat anyway.” 
The Prairie-Turtle agreed to remain there until the Coyote came back. 
As soon as the Coyote started off, there came a Squirrel (Wat- 
sada), who asked the Prairie-Turtle if they might not play a trick on 
the Coyote, and take all the meat up in a tree where the Squirrel was 
living. The Prairie-Turtle agreed to do it, and they at once commenced 
to take the meat away to a tree that was standing by a creek. The tree 
spread out over the creek. After they had taken all the meat to the 
tree the Squirrel began to haul it up in the tree, and when the Squirrel 
had taken all the meat up, the Prairie-Turtle still remained to be taken 
up in the tree. When the Coyote returned he found that his meat was 
gone. He followed the trail to the creek, and when he looked in the 
creek he saw the Prairie-Turtle and the Squirrel in the water. When 
he saw them in the water they looked at him and smiled. The Coyote 
then said to them: “I will get even with you.” The tree spread out 
over the water, so that it was only the reflection of the Prairie-Turtle 
and the Squirrel in the water. The Coyote said: “Never mind, fellows, 
I will get you.” He dived in the water and could not reach them. 
When the Coyote came out he looked in the water again, and there they 
were, smiling at him. He tried every way to get to them and kill them 
and to take away the beef from them. The Coyote said to his children: 
“Get me a stone so that I can go down deep and get to where these 
fellows are.” ‘The Coyote thought that they were in a place under the 
water and that by going deeper he could get them. The children got 
him a stone to tie around his neck. Before going into the water he 
told his children that when they should see some excrement floating 
they should call for some intestines. When the children got him the 
