THE COYOTE, RABBIT, AND SCALPED-MAN. 275 
long time, for the Scalped-Man had a good many things to give away. 
Finally his things were all gone, and he told the Coyote and the Rabbit 
that they had everything he had, and that he had nothing more to give. 
Not yet satisfied, the Coyote and the Rabbit called on him for his bonnet, 
but this the Scalped-Man refused, for he could not take it off, as it 
was for his own use and for no one else. But they kept asking him 
for it and told hitn that they had been wanting it for a long time. They 
said they would not stop their dancing unless he should give them his 
bonnet. It was customary before giving anything, for the giver to go 
off, then come back, then tell a war-story and then give away whatever 
he had to give. The Coyote and the Rabbit kept on asking for the 
bonnet, ‘but the Scalped-Man refused. He told them that he had given 
away all he could. This made them feel like dancing and singing, and 
it was their intention not to stop singing and dancing until they had 
induced the Scalped-Man to give them the bonnet. Finally they pre- 
vailed upon the Scalped-Man, and when he came running toward them 
with his bonnet off they saw that he was a Scalped-Man. Both were 
afraid of him and they commenced to run, for they were scared at 
the appearance of this head. T’he Scalped-Man followed them until 
he overtook the Rabbit, whom he got by the feet. Now he started after 
the Coyote. When he overtook him he threw the Rabbit at him and 
hit him in the face, then gave up the chase. When the Rabbit got up 
the Coyote was gone. He trailed him and whistled to him to find where 
he was. Finally the Coyote heard the Rabbit whistling to him and 
answered, and they met again. They talked about the man’s head. 
The Coyote said: “If I had known what was the matter with the man’s 
head I would never have asked for his bonnet; but truly, that is 
the worst thing I ever saw. Were you not afraid of his head?” The 
Rabbit said: “I was truly scared when I saw him coming.” The Coy- 
ote then told the Rabbit that when overtaking him the Scalped-Man 
must have wet his moccasin and hit him in the face with it. The 
Rabbit then commenced to laugh, saying: “Si! Si! Si! ThatwasI. He 
got hold of my feet and threw me at you and hit you in the face, and he 
threw meso hard that when I landed in your face I urinated, so you 
thought you were hit with a wet moccasin. That was I.’”’ Thus they 
talked for a good while about their things that they still had at the 
Scalped-Man’s place, but they were both afraid to go to the Scalped- 
Man’s place after them. The Rabbit told the Coyote how foolish they 
were to try to get the man’s bonnet when he refused it so persistently. 
So they had to laugh over their troubles. But they were both astonished 
at the head of the Scalped-Man. They parted. 
