HOW THE BUFFALO CEASED TO KAT HUMAN BEINGS. 5I 
people how the buffalo had surprised them and had killed his three 
companions. The people hastened to the place, but found nothing but 
a few bones scattered about. From that time on the buffalo ate many 
people, until Coyote came. Then the people left this dangerous coun- 
try and went into another. They went through the gate to the new 
country, and Coyote went with them. He was the last to go through 
the gate, and as he went he shut the gate, so no dangerous animals 
could enter, and he let through only a few buffalo who had never 
tasted human flesh and so were not dangerous. 
26. THE GIRL WHO HAD POWER TO CALL THE BUFFALO. 
A girl who had power to call the buffalo lived with her six brothers. 
The brothers were stars, and every night they left the girl to travel 
through the sky. Every morning after they had returned from their 
nightly journey they put the girl in a swing of lariat rope that hung 
down from the sky and swung her through the air. As she swung 
through the air the buffalo saw her andcame. ‘The boys killed all that 
they wanted, and then the rest of the herd went away. In this way 
the girl called the buffalo for her brothers, and so they always had 
plenty to eat. 
One time Coyote came to visit them, and, finding that they always 
had meat, he decided to come and live with them. The brothers did 
not think much of Coyote, but they decided to let him stay. Every 
morning he watched the boys put their sister in the swing and swing 
her untilthe buffalocame. Before the brothers would let Coyote watch 
them swing her they made him promise that he would never try to do 
the same while they were gone, because if any one else tried to swing 
the girl he would swing her too hard and she would swing to the sky 
and never return. Coyote promised, but one day while all of the 
brothers were gone he called the girl to come and get into the swing. 
She refused, but he threatened her and made her obey him. She 
climbed into the swing and Coyote pushed her. The buffalo did not 
come, and so he pushed her again and caused her to go higher and 
higher through the air until she disappeared. Coyote became fright- 
ened and called to her to come down, saying that if she did not come 
he would jump up and pull her down. The girl did not come, and he 
could not see her. 
When the brothers came home they missed their sister and asked 
Coyote where she was. He said that he did not*know, but that he 
thought some monster had carried her away. The brothers knew that 
Coyote had lied, and that he had been the cause of her disappearance. 
They drove Coyote away, telling him that he and his children would 
