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wife not to allow any of the children to look toward their place. When 
the Coyote’s family left the place the Coyote then rapped on the door 
and pretended that some one was coming in, and then he talked to him- 
self and pretended that he was seating his friends in the room. ‘The 
Coyote’s intention was to eat all the meat by himself. The Coyote then 
commenced to eat from one of the places where the food was spread out. 
He went from one place to another until he had enough. At the place 
where he first started to eat while he was hungry he ate the most, 
at the next place less, and so on. After he had enough he again pre- 
tended that all of the men were passing, and he talked to himself as if 
he were telling his friends that he was glad they had come to eat with 
him. Then the closed the door, and after a while he called his family 
to come in. 
When his family arrived the told them that his friends had eaten 
and that some were pretty hungry. The wife and children saw that 
there were places where some were seated that were hungry, and some 
that were not very hungry. The Coyote’s family ate the rest of the meat, 
while the Coyote was sitting there, full as he could be. After the 
children and wife had eaten, he commanded his family to move away 
and be coyotes. He also commanded that in after generations there 
would be such things as making a feast for friends. 
4¢. THE COYOTE WHO BECAME A BUFFALO.* 
The Coyote (Ketox) once went to look around for something to 
eat. While he was looking he saw a very large Buffalo (Taah) graz- 
ing. The Coyote watched him eating and wished that he might get 
his food in the same way as the Buffalo did. Wherever the Buffalo 
went the Coyote would follow. Now, the Coyote decided to beg the 
big Buffalo for powers that he had, especially to live like the Buffalo 
lived, not having to look around for food. The Buffalo kept grazing, 
the Coyote following him. Finally the Coyote called to the Buffalo, and 
said: “Luiwah (a word of address generally used by .the Coyote 
when meeting any one), I surely would like to have the great power 
you have and be as large as you are. Can you give these powers to me, 
so that I can graze around as you are doing now? I am sure you can 
take pity on your friend when he needs help.” ‘The Buffalo stood for 
a long time without saying anything to the Coyote. Finally the Buffalo 
asked the Coyote if he were brave, for it took brave men to become 
*Told by Careful-Doer (Woman) (Wichita). 
