286 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
So the Coyote left this man, telling him that that was the best secret 
he had ever learned, and that never after that should his family go 
hungry. He went on to look for a place that was like the place they 
were at. The place he had to look for was a bank, which projected 
out into the water. So the Coyote finally succeeded in finding such a 
place. He then commenced to fish. He caught all the fish that he 
wanted, and as many as he could pack on his back, and went on home. 
On his arrival he said to his wife: “Old woman, I have found some 
power, so you need never go hungry any more. You shall always have 
something to eat, and it is not hard to get, either.” So the Covote’s 
family had all the fish they wanted to eat. 
Thereafter the Coyote followed this way of living, and they had 
all that they wanted, but somehow or other the food would not last 
very long. He kept on fishing all the time, and sometimes he would 
catch so many fish that he would have to make three journeys to carry 
them home, and they would eat them in no time. But he kept on fishing. 
Sometimes he would take along his whole family to fish, and he would 
get as many as they could pack, and yet they would eat them in a 
short time. Once upon a time the Coyote wanted to catch the largest 
fish that was in the water, so that it would last longer. He said to him- 
self: “Maybe my friend was just fooling me, and it may be that he 
wanted to keep the largest ones for himself, but now I will play a trick 
on him, and fool him this time.’”’ So, as he went down to fish he went 
alone, and when he got there he called for the largest fish that was in 
the water, the chief of all fishes. This fish bit his bait and he was un- 
able to pull it out. The fish was about to draw him into the water, and 
the Coyote then commenced to beg it to let go the bait, for he said he 
had only been joking. But the fish kept pulling on his line, and finally 
took off the whole scalp of his head. 
The Coyote then cried and ran home. On his arrival his family 
was afraid of him, since he had no hair on his head. But he called for 
them, telling them that he was the Coyote, the head of the family, but 
they all ran from him. Finally he gave up chasing his family, and then 
he died, through his own foolishness. ‘The man that gave the Coyote 
the power was Having-Eye-directed-on-the-Water (Kitikowi), or the 
Fish-Hawk. 
