280 THE MYTHOLOGY. OF THE; WICHITA, 
He spoke to the Coyote, and asked him how he liked the way he was 
grazing. The Coyote told him that it was all right. The Coyote- 
Buffalo then told the Coyote if he wished to be like himself, power 
could be given him to do so. The Coyote asked how the power could 
be given. The Coyote-Buffalo told him that by running over him once 
he could be changed to a very large Buffalo bull and live as he himself 
was living, not having to live on any other food than grass, and could 
be among Buffalo and be with the female Buffalo. The Coyote accepted 
the offer, and stood off as far as the Coyote-Buffalo had stood from the 
Buffalo when he had been made into a Buffalo. The Coyote-Buffalo 
then ran as hard as he could, to run against the Coyote. Of course 
the Coyote-Buffalo asked the Coyote the same questions he had been 
asked when he first met the Buffalo. The Coyote said he was the 
bravest man he knew of. When he started to run over the Coyote, the 
Coyote jumped out of the way. He gave the Coyote four trials—the 
first, second and third time, and the fourth time the Coyote made up 
his mind to allow the Coyote-Buffalo to run over him. When the 
fourth time came, the Coyote-Buffalo ran over the Coyote, and when 
he fell over they both cried, the way the coyotes cry. They were both 
Coyotes again, instead of Buffalo. The Coyote-Buffalo was changed 
back to what he was first. The two Coyotes parted, one going one 
way and one the other. The Coyote who was a Buffalo never got 
into any herds of Buffalo, because he tried to make another Coyote 
into a Buffalo. This is the way the Coyote did when he got any kind 
of power from other animals. He would always do something wrong 
and let the power escape from him. 
48. THE COYOTE AND THE ARTICHOKE.* 
The Coyote (Ketox) was out hunting something for his family. 
He wandered from place to place. Once upon a time, as he went out 
to hunt, he went toward the north, and as he went further he met 
a good many people. The Coyote then asked these people where they 
were going. The people told him that they were going to dig some 
artichokes. The Coyote asked the people if he could go along. The 
people told him that he could. The Coyote then joined the party. 
As they went further, they came to a place where the artichokes were, 
and then the people began to dig for them. The Coyote began to dig, 
too. He noticed that some of these people were eating the artichokes 
as they went along digging. Then he commenced eating. Some one 

*Told by Ignorant Woman (Man) (Towakoni). 
