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wakes up and rolls into creek. He finds Coyote’s tracks and follows them 
to where Coyote is asleep. He puts Coyote on his back and carries him to 
creek, where he fixes Coyote up to spoil his looks. Coyote wakes and finds he 
is different. He suspects Wild-cat, finds him asleep and changes him by making 
face round and shortening tail. When Wild-cat wakes he goes to creek to see 
himself and sees he has ugly face. He again traces Coyote and finds him sound 
asleep. He places him in hole in old burnt tree and leaves him entirely. Coyote 
wakes up, finds himself in tree and can not get down. He calls for birds with 
largest axe to help him.. Finally Woodpecker comes and succeeds in getting 
him down. Woodpecker’s axe is his nose. Coyote roams over prairie and has 
hard times to get something to eat. 
50. THE COYOTE, THE OPOSSUM, AND THE CROW. 
Coyote, Opossum, and Crow meet and ask one another meanings of their 
names. After hearing Opossum and Crow on their names, Coyote says he has 
four names, all of which are connected with war. Their names are nothing to 
his. They all add word “Wets” (man or bold) to their names. 
51. THE COYOTE AND THE FISH-HAWK. 
Coyote sees man fishing in creek by means of string-like thing on his head. 
Coyote asks man to give him same power. Man tells him he will have to look 
for place just like that and to follow instructions, or he will get into trouble. 
The thing was put on his head for line. Man says Coyote must never call for 
largest fish in water. Coyote finds place and catches all the fish he wants. There- 
after he follows that way of fishing, but food does not last long. Coyote wants 
to catch largest fish, that it may last longer. He calls for largest fish. It bites 
and he can not pull it out. It pulls on line and finally takes whole of scalp off 
Coyote’s head. Coyote cries and runs home. His family are afraid of him 
and run away. Coyote then dies. Man who gave Coyote power is Fish-Hawk. 
52. THE COYOTE AND THE BEAR. 
Coyote goes north before daylight and hears Bear coming, threatening to 
kill him. Coyote thinks he will play Bear trick and orders him to stop and not 
kill him until his father looks at him. Bear stays and Coyote rushes toward 
him, as Sun rises. Coyote tells him to make haste or he will kill Bear. Bear 
gives up all hopes of living, as he has tried to kill son of the Sun. Coyote pushes 
him back and Bear finally promises if he is not killed to go home with Coyote 
and do all the work and hunt to feed children. Coyote agrees and rides home on 
Bear’s back. Before reaching home Coyote orders Bear to hunt. Bear catches 
deer and takes it to Coyote’s place. Coyote makes Bear cook meat and burns 
him with stick when he. sits down to rest. Bear supports Coyote’s family for 
long while. Children ill-treat him and ride him about. Somebody tells Bear 
while hunting that Coyote is not child of Sun and has no powers. Bear returns 
without anything and kills whole family of Coyotes. 
