THE COYOTE WHO BECAME A BUFFALO. 279 
_ Buffalo. The Coyote told the Buffalo that he was the bravest man that 
was ever known; that he knew there was no braver man than himself. 
The Buffalo then said to the Coyote: “If you can tell me that you are 
brave that is all that is required for you to become a Buffalo.” The 
Coyote said that he was a brave man. Then the Buffalo said to the 
Coyote: “Well, come on, go a certain distance and let me run against 
you once; you will get up, a great big Buffalo bull; then you can go 
out among the herds of Buffalo and live as I live, and you may associate 
with the female Buffalo.” ‘This pleased the Coyote, who went off a cer- 
tain distance. The Buffalo told him to face him, saying that he would 
be run right square over, then he would be a Buffalo. The Buffalo 
ran as hard as he could toward the Coyote, and the Coyote looked right 
at the Buffalo bull, and he noticed that he had his eyes shut. The Coy- 
ote quickly stepped out of the way. The Buffalo turned around and 
said to the Coyote: “I thought you were a brave man and desired greatly 
to become a Buffalo.” The Coyote then was given another trial. The 
Buffalo told the Coyote that he would have but four trials; that if he 
failed to be run over there was no other way for him to become a 
Buffalo. They tried the second time, and the Coyote failed to be run 
again ‘this time, for he knew that if the Buffalo was trying to hurt 
him he would kill him. Without saying anything further the Buffalo 
again asked the Coyote to stand up where he was, and not to step out 
of the way again. The Coyote stood up again to let the Buffalo run 
over him. The Buffalo ran again toward the Coyote, and when he 
was near to him the Coyote stepped out of the way again. The Buffalo 
turned around and said to the Coyote: “Well, I will give you one more 
chance, and if I fail to run over you I shall ‘let you go the way you are.” 
So the Coyote was given one more trial. This time he closed his eyes 
and was going to let the Buffalo run over him, whether it should kill 
him or not. The Buffalo started on a run again towards the Coyote, 
and there stood the Coyote with his eyes shut, brave enough to let the 
Buffalo run over him, and over the Coyote went, and when he stood 
up he was a very large Buffalo bull. 
The Buffalo then told the Coyote that he could go wherever he 
wanted to, but he must not hurt any one. They parted, and the Coy- 
ote-Buffalo went his way. He grazed around eating grass. When he 
came to a creek he went into the water to drink, and to see what sort 
of a looking Buffalo he was. He drank the water like any other Buf- 
falo. After he had drank as much as he wanted he crossed the creek 
and went on an open prairie. While he was going he saw some one 
coming from across the prairie. He noticed that it was another Coyote. 
