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ready,’’ and so he started at him, but the other Coyote jumped out of 
the way every time until the last time came. Then Coyote stood his 
ground, and Coyote-Buffalo rolled him under his stomach, and they 
both went up in the air and came down on their feet. They were both 
Coyotes, and they stood looking at each other for a time; then they 
separated and went off. 
65. COYOTE AND THE TURKEYS.* 
Coyote was looking for something to eat, for he was hungry as ever. 
Finally, on his way, he hearda noise. He thought to himself, ‘‘ Some 
people must be having lots of fun,’’ so he made up his mind to go and 
enjoy himself with them. He went in the direction of the noise and he 
found many Turkeys. They were having fun by getting into a large 
sack and rolling down a steep hill. When the Turkeys saw him coming 
they said that they were going to put him in too. Coyote came and 
wanted to take part in the fun, for he thought it a good chance to kill 
some of the Turkeys. He let the Turkeys roll him down the hill two 
or three times; then he thought that his time had come to carry out his 
plan. He told all the Turkeys to get into the sack and he would roll 
them down the hill. Every one of them crawled into the sack, and then 
Coyote tied it fast at each end, so that they could not get out, and put 
it on his back and started for home. He had four young sons at home, 
and calling them to him he opened the sack and took out one of the 
Turkeys, saying: ‘‘ You see this. I have that sack full of Turkeys. 
Build a big fire and we will have a feast.’’ They built a fire, but did 
not have enough wood to make a big, hot fire. ‘‘ We will go to the 
timber for wood, and you,’’ speaking to his youngest son, ‘‘stay here and 
watch the sack.’’ ‘‘Becareful not to untie the strings,’’ said Coyote. 
Then he and his three sons started forthe wood. After they had been 
gone a little while young Coyote thought he would look into the sack 
and see what the Turkeys were doing. He untied the strings, and just 
as soon as he untied the strings the Turkeys all ran out and flew away. 
Young Coyote did not know what to do, but finally he decided to put 
some dirt in the sack and fool his father that way. He went to work 
and filled the sack with dirt. His father returned and said, ‘‘ Now, 
children, we will have a fine feast,’’ and went to the sack to kill three 
or four more of the Turkeys; but when he opened the sack he found 
nothing but dirt init. Coyote was very angry at his son, and he asked 
him how he had let the Turkeys get away, and the boy told him all 
about it. Coyote killed his young son and ate him in place of the 
Turkeys. 
* Told by White-Bread. 
