348 ABSTRACTS. 
53. THE COYOTE AND THE SMALLEST SNAKE. 
Coyote on prairie finds little Snake Never-grows-larger. He teases it for 
being so small and asks it to show its teeth. Coyote shows his teeth and 
challenges Snake to bite. They bite each other and Coyote says he will go little 
way iand they shall call to each other. Coyote calls to Snake and Snake answers 
weakly. Coyote is called and answers pretty low. They keep calling one another 
and Coyote’s body begins to swell. At last Coyote answers very faintly and 
Snake very loud. Finally Coyote does not answer and Snake goes to him and 
finds him dead. 
54. THE COYOTE AND THE TURKEY. 
Coyote attacks Turkey. He pulls all his feathers off and puts them around 
Turkey's neck. He asks Turkey if he is honest, and when he says he is, Coyote 
sends him to Coyote’s wife to tell her to cook him and save Coyote wing. 
Turkey goes and tells wife that Coyote has sent him to copulate with her. She 
sends children out and Turkey notices arrow-sticks and sinew are hung up. 
Woman is treated turkey fashion and then Turkey tells her Coyote wants her 
to break arrow-sticks and cook sinew with them. Coyote returns home and 
after talk with wife goes out again in search of Turkey. He finds Turkey up in 
tree and tries to coax him down, without success. Coyote returns home and 
finds his children and wife starved to death, so he goes off and cries. 
55. THE DELUGE AND THE REPEOPLING OF THE EARTH. 
Formerly people had many supernatural powers. ‘There was no death and 
people remained old or young. Wife of chief brings forth four little monsters 
who have four feet. Many men wish them to be killed, but mother objects. 
Man who is prophet says their birth is sign that something dreadful is going 
to happen. Monsters play with other children and run over them. When older 
they eat buffalo robes, upturn tipis, and, finally, eat children. People try to 
kill them, but can not harm them. Monsters go to middle of village and stand 
together facing east, south, west, and north. They all grow together and grow 
higher and higher. Prophet is told to get tall cane and place between joints 
all kinds of seeds, grass, corn, etc., and then he is to select in pairs good 
animals. When everything ready he is to set up pole in ground and crawl into 
it. Prophet goes to man in morth, who says sign indicating dire things will 
be coming of animals from north to south. Animals appear and prophet crawls 
into cane. Flood comes and drowns bad people and all not in cane. Man in 
north sends with flood Turtle which gets under feet of monsters, who fall, one 
after another, toward four directions, and are drowned. Flood disappears, leav- | 
ing prophet and wife on high point. After long while prophet is told to go down 
mountain. He finds trees for their use. Things come out of cane and go from 
place to place. Woman goes to sleep. In morning Morning-Corn has grown: 
Voice gives them directions for use of things. They find grass-lodge and four 
corn stalks. Corn is to be always used, and if time comes that after planting 
corn something else comes up it will be sign of end of world. 
