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child into water and the two children are alike. Coyote receives powers like 
Spider-Man’s and is to have nothing to do with women. Coyote goes to chief's 
place and asks him to call people together. He tells story of loss of child and 
of his recovery. Chief sends men for child, but they can not find place. Coyote 
goes with them and they bring two children who are alike, and Coyote’s child 
is adopted by chief’s son and daughter. Coyote has new home given him with 
power to become great chief. Women try to marry him, but he refuses. Long 
time after Woman-who-wears-Shell-Rattles comes and Coyote allows her to lie 
down. Spider-Man knows and takes away Coyote’s powers. In morning he is 
true coyote and goes out into wilderness. Chief calls people together and says 
that as other wrong may befall him, they may become animals if they wish. 
Some in families become birds of air, some wild animals. ‘Chief and family 
remain human beings. 
. 26. THE ORIGIN OF THE EAGLES. 
Young-Boy-Chief is leader in all expeditions. He helps everybody when 
help is needed. War-party goes against Tricksters, who are Prairfe-chickens. 
On return Young-Boy-Chief waits at river longer than others. Old woman 
comes and he offers to take her across. He packs her across on his back, and on 
other side she refuses to come off. He carries her to village, and she then 
says that as he has refused to marry any one, she is going to be his wife and 
remain on his back. He lies down and old woman is such a nuisance people think 
he is going to die. Coyote gets four men to try to pull old woman off, but they 
fail. Boy out shooting at birds hears old man, Ears-painted-Red (Turtle), say 
he can get old woman off. Boy tells chief, who sends Coyote for the Turtle, 
who says he can take woman off. Sends four men for buffalo fat and then 
makes bow and arrows and gets some paint. Next morning the Turtle sings 
song about Young-Boy-Chief, who is seated on buffalo robe. He shoots arrow 
and woman’s right hand comes off. With other arrows he shoots off her left 
foot, her left hand, and her right foot in succession. Then Coyote clubs old 
woman to death. She is green tree. The Turtle rubs buffalo fat over sore 
places on Young-Boy-Chief, and then puts red paint on them and he is healed. 
Chief fears something else may occur and tells people they can leave their homes 
next day if they please. They go by families and some become birds and 
others beasts of woods and plains. Chief's family go up with smoke and be- 
come Eagles. Some people remain in village. 
2¢. THE COYOTE AND THE BUFFALO. 
Chief called Wolf controls village of hunters. Their swiftest runner is 
Black-Wolf. Buffalo disappear and Coyote goes to find their trail. In four days 
he comes to lodge in which live man and family who have plenty of meat. To 
find out where meat is kept he changes to little dog and crawls into lodge after 
dark. Children play with him and take him to bed. Old man in morning goes 
hunting. Coyote follows and sees man go to large stone lying on side of hill. 
Man commands stone to go aside and calls to fattest buffalo to come out. When 
buffalo comes man shoots it and takes all lean meat and tells buffalo to go back 
in hole. Stone then moves to its place again. When man, who is Raven, goes 
