THE CREATION AND EARLY MIGRATIONS. 9 
to stop the Sun from going so fast. He started eastward early in the 
morning, and when he came to a good place to stop he waited for the 
Sun tocome up. When the Suncame up he found Coyote waiting for 
him. Coyote told the Sun that he had come there for the purpose of 
seeing him; that he wanted to talk with him, for he was in trouble. 
The Sun said that he had not very much time to stop and talk. Coyote 
told the Sun that he would go with him and talk to him as they went 
along. ‘They started on, walking very slowly. Coyote kept telling 
about things that had lately happened. When the Sun was nearing the 
west Coyote told him that he was going to defecate, and asked him to 
‘ wait a while. Hestarted out behind the bushes, and just as soon as he 
was behind them, where the Sun could not see him, he ran away from 
the Sun and the Sun stood there waiting for him to return. After 
a while the Sun grew tired of waiting and started on very slowly, looking 
back every little while and watching for Coyote to catch up with him, 
but Coyote did not appear. The Sun went down very slowly, still 
waiting for Coyote. This is the reason that the Sun lingers and goes 
down very slowly. 
The people’s first village in this new world was called Tall-Timber- 
on-Top-of-the-Hill, for the place was in black-jack timber near the top 
of a high hill. There was the beginning of the real people. Moon 
called the people together for the first time in the new world and said : 
‘* Soon there will be a child born of a certain woman. He is on the 
way. Heshall have more power than any one else, for Great-Father- 
Above has sent him down to his mother, the earth, to be among the 
people and teach them right and wrong. When the child comes he 
shall name himself after the former chief, Medicine-Screech-Owl, and 
he shall have with him bow and arrows.’’ 
When the child came he had with him the bow and arrows. When 
his birthday came his father and mother were talking about what name 
should be given him; but before his mother or father could give him a 
name the young child spoke and named himself, saying, ‘‘ My name 
shall be Medicine-Screech-Owl.’’ He said to the people: ‘‘ The bow 
and arrows are for the men only, tobe used in killing game. The time 
is coming when we shall have to use these things, especially the bow 
and arrows.’’ Later on the people began to learn that this child was 
going to be a powerful man. He went around among the people and 
taught them how tomake bows and arrows. Inthose times the animals 
talked to human beings and the human beings could talk to the animals, 
and they understood one another. ‘Time passed and some of the human 
beings began to turn into animals. Medicine-Screech-Owl knew that 
some of these people were not real human beings. He knew that if 
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