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stone, the Coyote tied it around his neck and dived in, expecting to 
get to the Prairie-Turtle and the Squirrel. After he had dived, some 
excrement floated around that came out from the bottom of the water. 
Then the children began to call for intestines. After a while the 
Prairie-Turtle and the Squirrel began to howl at the Coyotes, telling 
them that they had drowned their father. The young Coyotes and their 
mother saw the two up in the tree instead of seeing them in the water. 
They sat up there and mocked the Coyotes, saying that the old woman 
had drowned her man, and the young ones had drowned their father. 
The Prairie-Turtle and the Squirrel had some boiling meat and 
ate it up, and there was nothing but the soup left. The Squirrel called 
all the young Coyotes around the tree and told them that he would 
pour down some of the soup to them to drink. So the young ones 
came under the tree and the Squirrel poured the soup on them. The 
soup was boiling hot, and made them run in different directions. After 
the Squirrel had scalded the Coyotes he brought the Prairie-Turtle 
down to the ground and the two parted. Had it not been for the 
Squirrel all of the Coyotes would have stayed in droves all the time, 
but because the Squirrel scattered them they do not go together any 
more. Even the young ones, after they are old enough, separate, and 
no longer stay together. 
45. THE COYOTE, THE RABBIT, AND THE SCALPED-MAN.* ' 
The Coyote (Ketox) and the Rabbit (Kokish) once met to plan 
how to get something from some one else. They finally agreed to take 
a calumet pipe to the Scalped-Man (Tesakiwetsa), who never had been 
known to take his bonnet from his head. ‘They made plans to get his 
bonnet, not knowing what sort of a headdress he had. So the Coyote 
said to the Rabbit: “We will go to him and sing songs to him, and in 
this way we can get nearly everything he has. We will get this bonnet 
of his, too. After he has given us the other things he will not be very 
stingy of his bonnet.” So they started off at once for the Scalped-Man’s 
place. When they arrived there they told the Scalped-Man that they 
had come to give him a dance. The Scalped-Man accepted their offer. 
They commenced their dance, one singing while the other danced. 
When one got tired of singing the other sang. After they had begun 
to dance and sing the Scalped-Man came with gifts of moccasins, 
clothing, and the like, for them to wear. Before giving these things — 
away he, of course, had to tell a-war-story. They continued for a 
*Told by Kadas (Wichita). 
