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out and showed it to him and said, ‘‘ You see this?’’ He began to 
sing the song that warriors sing just before they kill their enemies. 
When he had finished the song he shot and killed Coyote. 
56. COYOTE HUNTS GEESE.* 
Coyote was once a man and lived with the people. His great-grand- 
father named him Coyote, but because he did wrong the people came 
to dislike him and began to call him coward. ‘The reason the people 
did not like him was because he was always scheming and trying to 
cheat some one. One time he went out to visit his best friend, and 
when he arrived at his friend’s lodge he found that his friend had been 
feasting on white geese. ‘‘ Where did you get these white geese?’’ 
‘* Well,’’ said his friend, ‘‘I catch them every evening near the lake. 
Would you like to go with me this evening to catch a few of them?’’ 
‘“Yes,’’ said Coyote. His friend then said: ‘‘ You go on home and 
come back this evening. We will then go together and I will show 
you where the geese always come in the evening, and I will see that you 
have a good time, too.’”’ ‘‘Oh, you do not have to show me how to get 
them ; I can get them all right. All you have to do is just to show me 
where they are,’’ said Coyote. ‘‘Allright,’’ said his friend, and Coyote 
was pleased, for he thought he was going to have a very fine, fat bird 
for supper that evening. Hedanced all the way from his friend’s home 
to his own. As soon as Coyote was out of sight the friend began to 
carry out ashes from the fire and place them near the lake, where he 
formed them in the shape of white geese. Just before it was evening 
he went out and put some coals under the ashes, and in a little while 
the coals burned up, but the fire could not be seen from the outside. 
When Coyote came to his friend he found him laughing and feeling in 
high spirits. ‘‘ Well,’’ said Coyote, ‘‘are you ready to go and catch 
a few white geese? J am ready to make a long jump and I think I 
can get two at once.’’ ‘‘ Well,’’ said the friend, ‘‘I am ready, too. 
Wewill go now.’’ ‘They started out, and as they approached the place 
the friend began to go slowly, taking the lead, and when they came to 
the place he pretended not to see the first pile of ashes. Finally Coyote 
saw the first pile, came closer to his friend and began punching him in 
the back. Both stopped and Coyote said: ‘‘I guess I will have to kill 
this first one, and if I catch him I will take him for my supper.’’ ‘‘All 
right,’’ said the friend. Coyote began to get down next to the ground, 
going nearer and nearer to the pile of ashes. When he was about to 
jump, the friend began tolaugh. Coyote paid no attention, but jumped 
on the pile of hot ashes and burned himself. He began to run from 
the place. He was burned so badly that he ran until he killed himself. 
* Told by Wing. 
