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like a road through the thicket, through which he could see the ani- 
mal. He had brought with him from his village his bow, but no 
arrows, and some corn, which he was to use in killing the animal. 
When he made the opening in the thicket he took out two tall canes 
from the ground, with the roots and the dirt that was on them, to be 
used as arrows. ‘The corn that he had with him he threw in the air, 
and it became blackbirds, which flew straight over the head of the ani- 
mal. When the animal arose to draw the blackbirds down to him 
Medicine-Screech-Owl shot it with the cane arrows, first from the right 
side through the heart and out the left, then from the left side through 
the heart and out to the right. The animal fell near the edge of the 
water and died. Medicine-Screech-Owl went over to see the place 
where the animal was. He saw all kinds of bones lying around the 
place. Notlong after this the lake dried up. When the people learned 
what had happened and what their chief had done, they were no longer 
afraid of the place. 
Now Coyote became a very bad man. The people noticed that 
he had done to them several things that he had no right todo. He 
would go from place to place, sometimes very early in the morning and 
sometimes very late in the evening. He made all kinds of trouble 
among the people. Whenever he did anything that was wrong he 
would blame some one else, and in some way he would escape the 
consequences. Finally Medicine-Screech-Owl sent for Coyote and 
told him that he must leave the people and go on his way; but Coyote, 
being a great schemer, told the chief that he was going to stop doing 
mean tricks among his people, and that he was not yet ready to leave. 
Medicine-Screech-Owl allowed him to stay with the people until he 
should be captured or killed at any time. 
2. THE ORIGIN OF DAY AND NIGHT.* 
In the beginning the people all lived in darkness. After a time they 
became dissatisfied and wanted light. They called a council to discuss 
how they could get light. Coyote was the first to speak, and he said : 
‘“ We have had enough darkness ; we must now have light. Itis right 
that we should have both and not all darkness.’’ There was a man at 
that time who was a prophet, and Coyote said that he appointed the 
prophet to investigate and see how the people might obtain light. The 
prophet thought over the question and then reported : 
‘‘’There are yellow, black, spotted, half-spotted, and white deer upon 
theearth. These deer are here forsome purpose. If you kill the yellow 
* Told by Wing. 
