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said that he would take him across if he thought he could hold on to 
his tail as he flew. Coyote said that he could, and so they started. 
When they were almost to the other bank Coyote let go Squirrel’s tail 
and fell into the water. He hid in the tall grass until he thought of a 
plan. When he had made up his mind what he was going to do, he 
turned into a nice, new corn mill, and floated out on the water where 
he would be in plain sight. Soon a woman came down to the river to 
get some water. She saw the mill and tried to get it, but could not. 
She ran back and told the chief about the nice, new mill, and asked 
him to get it for her. He told her that he was afraid it was Coyote, 
or some one trying to play a trick on them, but the woman said that it 
could not be anything but a fine corn mill and that she wanted it. The 
chief sent some one to get it, and then all of the women came to pound 
their corn in the new mill. They used it for several days, and all 
thought it was the best mill they had ever had. One day some one 
put some fine sweet corn in it, and after she had ground a little while 
‘ all of her corn was gone. Sheran tothechief andtold him. He said 
that the corn mill was Coyote, as he had feared, and he told the people 
to bring it to him. They brought it, and he placed it on the big log 
where he always speared people with his long, spiked nose. He raised 
his head high, then dropped it, and his nose stuck in the log so that he 
could not get loose. The corn mill had rolled off the log and turned 
into Coyote. He grabbed the chief by the head and held him there 
while he called all the slaves to come and kill him. With the others 
came the six brothers. After they had killed the chief, Coyote told 
all that they were free, and to goto their homes. The six brothers 
returned to their home, and ever after that whenever they killed any 
game they always left some for Coyote. 
34. THE DEATH OF THE CANNIBALS.* 
There was a village called Tall-Timber-on-Top-of-Hill, and the people 
decided to move from that village to another. They were all ready to 
go when a baby was born to a young woman whose husband had died. 
The woman could not make the long journey with the new baby, and 
the people were unwilling to wait for her, so they decided to go on and 
leave her to follow when she was strong enough to carry the child. 
The woman remained alone in the deserted village for many days. She 
was afraid to be there alone, and counted the days until she could start 
to the new village. One night as she sat with only her child in the 
grass lodge she heard some one outside, and a strange voice begged 
admission. She was frightened, but let the man in, and said: ‘‘Are 
* Told by Shorter. 
