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Then he asked what she was going to do with the stones, and she told 
him what Rabbit had told her to say. He asked who the friend was, 
and she told him, ‘‘ Chief of all the beasts.’’ ‘‘Oh, yes, I know him,’’ 
he said, and at the same time backed off a little, and then he turned 
on his heels and ran as fast as he could. 
52. RABBIT AND THE DANCING TURKEYS.* 
One time while Wild-Cat was out hunting he came upon Rabbit in 
the tall grass. Rabbit and Wild-Cat were enemies, and so they began 
to fight. Soon Wild-Cat had Rabbit down and was about to kill him, 
when Rabbit said : ‘‘ How would you like some nice Turkeys to eat ?’”’ 
‘That is just what I have been looking for,’’ said Wild-Cat. ‘‘ Well, 
I know where there are some, and I was just about to catch some when 
Imet you. Now, if you kill me they will all get away. You had better 
spare my life until I show you how to catch the Turkeys ; then you may 
do what you please with me.’’ Wild-Cat agreed, and so Rabbit told 
him to stand still while he sang the Turkey dance song. After he had 
sung a little, he told Wild-Cat to lie down and pretend to be dead ; 
that he would tell the Turkeys that he had killed Wild-Cat, and wished 
them to dance around him with closed eyes. While they danced, Wild- 
Cat was to jump up and grab all he wanted. Soon the Turkeys heard 
the song and came to see what it was about. Rabbit told them that 
he had killed the great turkey-eater, Wild-Cat, and that he wanted 
them to dance a victory dance around him. Rabbit continued his song, 
and as he sang the Turkeys danced. Wild-Cat peeped and saw one 
big one dancing near him. He jumped to get it, and as he grabbed 
the Turkey, Rabbit ran away through the grass, and so escaped from 
Wild-Cat. 
53. ADVENTURES OF COYOTE.+{ 
In the beginning of the world there were many, many people, and the 
people held councils to decide how things should be. There was one 
man, named Coyote, who always had something to say on every sub- 
ject. At one council this question came up: ‘‘ How and what kind of 
rain should be in the world?’’ One of the men said that it should 
rain in the form of lead balls, which would be very dangerous, and so 
when the rain came the people would have to stay at home. ‘Then 
Coyote arose from his seat and said: ‘‘If it should rain nothing but 
lead it would be very dangerous for my people, because they do not 
stay at home very much, and as for myself, I might be carrying a big 
deer to my family to eat when the rain begins to fall and I would cer- 
* Told by Wing. ¢t Told by Moon-Light. 
