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back and forth and the man ran along by the side of Coyote, whipping 
him, and thus they returned to their home. This man was the Wind, 
who had become angry at Coyote for stealing his robe and trying to 
catch Deer with it, instead of waiting for him to give him power. 
60. COYOTE DIVES FOR MEAT.* 
One time when Coyote was out hunting she killed a big deer. She 
cut the deer up and hid it in a tree while she went home to get her 
children to come and help her carry the meat home. Wild-Cat saw her 
kill the deer and hide it, and as soon as Coyote was gone he stole the 
meat and climbed a tree on the bank of the river, where Coyote could 
not seehim. After a little while Coyote returned with all of her happy 
and hungry children. They looked every place for the meat. The 
children were angry at their mother and said that she had lied to them. 
While they were abusing her, she saw the reflection of the meat in the 
water, and, thinking that it was the meat, she told her children to sit 
still while she dived for it. She told them that it had fallen into the 
water, but that she could very easily get it if they would only be quiet 
and wait. She dived and struggled in the water, reaching for the 
meat, but never getting it. Finally she sat down upon the bank to 
test, wondering how she could dive deep enough to get the meat. After 
she had rested she told the little Coyotes to bring her some stones, 
She tied the stones about her neck and dived again. ‘The Coyotes 
waited a long time for their mother to come up, but she did not come. 
After a while they saw some excrement on the water, and they laughed, 
for they thought it was the meat their mother had thrown up. When 
they laughed Wild-Cat laughed at their foolishness. They looked up 
in the tree, and there saw Wild-Cat and all of the meat. Wild-Cat 
told them that their mother was drowned. ‘Then they began to cry, 
but Wild-Cat told them not to cry, that he was going to come down 
and take care of them. He climbed down and brought the deer meat 
with him. He gave the little Coyotes all they wanted and then took 
them home. After that, whenever he killed any game he always took 
some over to the Coyote children, and fed and cared for them until 
they were grown. ‘ 
61. COYOTE, THE GEESE, AND THE WOODPECKERS.* 
Coyote was returning home after an unsuccessful hunt. He was going 
along sad and discouraged, when he heard some one laughing and play- 
ing. He listened for a while, then decided to go and enter into the fun, 
so that he might be cheered up. He ran over a little hill, and there on 
* Told by Wing. 
