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The Coyote then told the others that their names signified nothing 
compared to his names; that his names were all connected with war. 
So they told him that he had pretty good names. The Coyote said: 
“My names all mean something, for I will not bear a name that indi- 
cates fun. My names are great.” They all put the word ‘“Wets” with 
their names, which means “man,” or “bold.” So they all added this 
name to their names. Then, having learned what their names meant, 
they all departed. 
51. THE COYOTE AND THE FISH-HAWK.* 
Once upon a time there lived a Coyote (Ketox) and his family. 
He wandered around from one place to another, hunting, trying to sup- 
port his family. He would sometimes find something easily, and other 
times with difficulty. 
Once upon a time he was going along down the stream of a creek, 
and as he went along he saw a man sitting by a bank, and he supposed 
that the man was fishing. Once in a while he would hear the man say, 
“let some of you larger ones bite,” and whenever he would say that, 
the Coyote would see the man draw back his head, and out would come 
a fish. The Coyote noticed that this man had a long string-like thing 
on his head that he used for a fishline. The Coyote then came up and 
was seen by the man. The Coyote was given some fish to take home 
with him for his family. He then said to the man: “My friend, I am 
captivated by your way of making a living. Can you give me the 
power so that I can fish and have all I want for my family?’ ‘The man 
then told the Coyote that it would be a hard thing to do, for he would 
have to follow his instructions, and if he did not, he would get into 
trouble, and besides that, he would have to go and look for a place just 
exactly like the place they were at. The Coyote said: “Well, I do not 
think I can make any mistake after you tell me what to do. I am too 
old to make any mistakes. I have long been looking for such things, 
and you are the man I have long been looking for.” (The Coyote never 
had seen this man, nor ‘thad he heard about him.) So the Coyote was 
instructed to look for a place like the one they were at, and the thing 
was put on his head to be used for a line. The man said to the Coy- 
ote: “Now, my friend, you must never call for the largest fish in the 
water.” The Coyote said that he would not, for he was too old to. 
forget that. The man said that any other size he wanted he could get, 
and could get as many as he might want. 

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