290 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
told the Turkey to go to his place and to tell his wife to cook him and 
to save him (the Coyote) the wing. The Turkey agreed to do so. The 
Coyote then said: “Turkey, do as I have told you to do.” Gallus deinde 
ad domicilium Coyote proficiscebatur, eiusque uxorem docebat Coyote 
se mississe ut cum ea concumberet. Anus liberos exire uissit dum man- 
datis viri sui pareret. After the children had gone out, the Coyote’s 
wife was treated as she had never been before, for the Turkey bit her 
on the back of the head and stamped her back with his feet. After that 
the Turkey told the Coyote’s wife that his friend, the Coyote, had told 
him to tell her to cook the sinew and to break the arrow-sticks and to 
cook the sinew with them. The Coyote’s wife did as she was told. 
Then the Turkey left the place and went off laughing at the Coyote’s 
wife for the trick he had played on her. 
When the Coyote returned home, before entering he commenced 
to call for the wing that he had asked the Turkey to have his wife save 
for him. The old woman said to the Coyote: “The wing? -What do 
you mean? You have sent some one here, and he has got ahead of 
you.” Then the old woman gave the cooked sinew to the Coyote 
to eat, and said: “You sent him here to tell me to cook the sinew, and 
to break the arrow-sticks to cook with it.” The Coyote commenced to 
eat the sinew, and said: “TI will kill that Turkey the next time I see 
him.” He went out again to search for the Turkey, but when he found 
him the ‘Turkey was up in a tree, and still had all of his feathers around 
his neck. The Coyote tried to coax the Turkey down, saying that he 
had something to tell him, but the Turkey knew that he was going to 
kill him if he got him down. The Coyote never did get the Turkey 
down. He went back, but when he got home, he had been so long on 
the journey after the Turkey, that his children and wife had starved to 
death. He found his children and wife dead, so he went off and cried. 
Whenever a Coyote cries or howls it is still said that he is crying over 
the death of his wife and children. 
55. THE DELUGE AND THE REPEOPLING OF THE EARTH.* 
In the times of this story there were many villages and many 
people, some good and some bad. There were also many wild animals. 
Some of the people thought that they had wonderful powers. ‘They 
thought they were the only great people in existence and that they were 
the most powerful of all. They became famous. They showed many 
*Told by Towakoni Jim (Towakoni). 
