282 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
until he came to some timber, and there he made a fire. After making 
a fire he thought that he would sleep for a while. He went to sleep, 
and when he woke he looked at the bone, and there was the whole rib 
of a buffalo and he had plenty of meat and fat. He cut a stick to hang 
the meat on, that he might cook it by the fire. After he had set the meat 
to roast he thought he would go to sleep again, for he was tired from 
traveling that day. While he was sleeping the Wild-cat (Waixsiits) 
came along and found the Coyote asleep. He saw the meat, took the 
Coyote’s knife, commenced to cut down the meat and ate all of it. 
After eating, the ‘Wild-cat took a little meat and filled the Coyote’s 
teeth with it, rubbed fat on the Coyote’s mouth, greased the Coyote’s 
hands, and put all the bones before him, then greased his knife. ‘The 
Wild-cat then went off some distance, and he, too, went to sleep. 
Finally the Coyote woke up, and there were all the bones before 
him. He looked at his hands and felt that his mouth was greasy and 
that he had meat between his teeth. There was his knife before him 
all greasy. He could not imagine what he had done; for he was as 
hungry as he could be. The Coyote thought that he must surely have 
eaten, from the way he was all greased up; but he was still hungry. 
While ‘he was still wondering whether he had already eaten the meat 
that he had cooked, he found the tracks of the Wild-cat and trailed 
him. The Coyote then said to himself: “I thought that I did not eat 
that meat, for I am still hungry; but never mind. I will get even with 
him.” He found the Wild-cat sound asleep. He took the Wild-cat 
up on his back, and packed him to the nearest creek, put him on a high 
bluff and turned his back to the bluff, so as to make him fall off when 
he should wake up; for he knew that the Wild-cat when waking gen- 
erally rolls over before getting up. The Coyote left him, and went off 
a good way, not expecting the Wild-cat to come back again. After the 
Coyote had got away he found another dry bone, and expected the bone 
to be the same as the first bone he had found, and so he went to sleep 
again. When the Wild-cat woke up, he rolled around a little and over 
_he went into the creek. When he came out of the water he wondered 
how he came to be where he was and how he could have fallen into the 
water. The Wild-cat then found the Coyote’s tracks. He said: “All 
right, Coyote, I will get even with you.” He followed up the Coyote’s 
trail and finally succeeded in finding him. There the Coyote was, again 
sound asleep. When the Wild-cat found the Coyote he put him on his 
back, carried him to the creek and laid him by the creek. He stretched 
his face and pulled his mouth further back, and made his teeth long. 
