COYOTE’S EYES ARE REPLACED BY BUCKEYES. 103 
66. COYOTE’S EYES ARE REPLACED BY BUCKEYES.* 
One time Coyote was out hunting something to eat, and on his way 
he heard a noise and he said to himself, ‘‘ I think those are some Tur- 
keys that escaped from me some time ago. They will not get away 
this time, for I will kill them before I get home.’’ And so he made 
up his mind to go and see what they were doing, and to catch them. 
When he went to the place, he found Ducks playing about in the 
water. When they saw Coyote coming they knew him at once, for 
they had often heard about him. They came out of the water and 
stood on the bank, and when he came up they asked him if he would 
like to play with them. He said, ‘‘ Yes, that is just what I want to 
do, and I will show you some of my tricks after you show me some of 
yours.’’ They debated what to play, and one of the Ducks spoke up 
and said: ‘‘ We will play in the water. We will take one man and 
take his eyes out and let him dive into the water just as long as he can 
hold his breath, and as soon as he goes under the water we will throw 
his eyes into the water after him, and when he comes out from under 
the water his eyes will be in their place. How do you like that?’’ 
the Duck asked Coyote. ‘‘ That is all right,’’ said Coyote. ‘‘ Well, 
we will commence now.’’ ‘The first Duck had his eyes taken out, and 
then he dived into the water and his eyes were thrown in after him, 
and when he came up he had them in their place. Then another took 
his turn, and so on until every one of the Ducks had tried, and then 
Coyote’s turn caine. His eyes were taken out and thrown into the 
water after him, and he came out with his eyesin their place. The 
Ducks were given power to do most anything that they wanted, but 
they had the power to do each thing only once. Coyote wanted to try 
the trick once more, but the Ducks did not want him to try it again, 
for they knew that their power was limited to one time. Coyote kept 
begging them, and finally the Ducks let him try the trick again, and so 
they took his eyes out and he dived into the water. The Ducks knew 
that they could not put the eyes in place again, and so they flew away 
and left Coyote. While he was going along he was talking and 
crying. He was asking some one who had greater powers than he to 
help him out of his trouble and to give him eyes again. Finally a 
man found him and he told him that he would help him all he could, 
aud told him to wait there until he returned. He went off to find 
something with which to make Coyote some new eyes. He was gone 
for a while, and when he returned he had some green buckeye balls. 
* Told by White-Bread, 
