HOW OWL FOOLED GIRLS WHO WANTED TO MARRY CHIEF. 69 
Coyote made a rule that if any one made a loud noise and aroused the 
people’s expectations he must either lead them to water or take a hard 
whipping. Turtle was traveling along one day searching for water, as 
they all were. He went down to the river bed, where the water had 
been, and he fell into a large crack in the dried mud. He began to 
halloo for help. The people heard him and all ran down to the river bed, 
for they thought surely he had found water; but when they found he 
was only calling for help, Coyote took him out of the crack and gave 
him a hard whipping. He whipped him so hard that he cracked his 
shell, and to this day turtles bear the markings of the cracks on their 
shells. 
One time some one was going along looking for water, when he heard 
a big splashing noise, and he knew that it was the sound of water. He 
went until he came to the hole where Owl sat playing in the water. 
He went back and told the people. They gathered in council to decide 
how they could get the water from Owl. They were about to give up 
when Flea said that he would go to Owl’s lodge and try to free the 
water. He went, and as he entered the lodge Owl’s grandmother was 
about to takea bath. She had a big jar full of water sitting in front of 
her. Fleaslipped up to her, crawled up her leg, and bit her ; she gave 
a big kick and upset the jar. When Owl saw the water running in 
every direction he opened his eyes wide in astonishment, and they have 
always looked that way eversince. All the people felt very grateful to 
Flea, and Coyote put him on his back that he might have a good warm 
home. 
41. THE POOR HUNTER AND THE ALLIGATOR POWER.* 
One time the hunters went out on a two months’ hunt. They took 
their wives with them. Afterthey had gonea long distance from home 
they camped. Among these hunters was a poor man and his wife who 
were hungry and starving, while every one else was killing plenty of 
game and having an abundance to eat. ~The poor man would go out 
to hunt from early in the morning till sundown and come home with 
nothing to eat. Hecontinued to hunt day after day, expecting to find 
deer or some game, but always returned without anything. ‘The 
people would not give him anything to eat and would make fun of the 
unfortunate man because he could not kill anything. One morning 
he arose early and started out and hunted all morning. About noon 
he heard some one calling him, and the person was a long distance 
away. He started to see who it was and what was the matter with 
* Told by White-Bread. 
