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him. Dog is not there, and when Running-Water gets home he finds dog. He 
has told many big stories about animals they have killed. Running-Water is very 
angry and gives dog good whipping. He then catches hold of dog’s tongue, pulls 
it as hard as he can, and then runs stick across his mouth. Since then dogs have 
long tongues and big mouths. 
49. WHY HAWKS HAVE THIN LEGS. 
Chicken-Hawk is poor hunter. He meets Eagle, and, pretending he has killed 
many big game before, asks him if he will help him to kill antelope. Eagle prom- 
ises on condition he can have half meat. Hawk goes home and tells family he has 
shot antelope in head and is going in morning to kill him. Hawk and Eagle go 
hunting together and find antelope in mountain. Eagle kills it and they divide 
meat. Hawk takes meat home and tells family he has given part of meat to poor 
hunter who had never tasted antelope. Family tell every one what good hunter 
Hawk is. Friend visitshim to seeif reportstrue. Hawk huntsall day and returns 
with only mouse, which friend refuses to eat. He hunts next day and can not find 
anything. He is so ashamed that he cuts meat off of his legs to take home for 
friend to eat. This is why hawks have no meat on their legs. 
50. THE POWERS OF BUFFALO AND BEAR. 
Once, when animals understood one another, Bear and Buffalo met. They told 
each other of their powers. Bear says he was once human being and went with 
people. One night he dreamed that he became Bear and that human being was 
pursuing him and shooting him with arrows. When he awoke he found all was 
true. He left people and began new life in mountains and woods. Buffalo then 
speaks and says he, too, was like human being. His people were called Buffalo 
after oldest chief. When people began to enter this world Buffalo people were 
forbidden to enter, because some one had made mistake. They found out it was 
Coyote, and they prayed that Father would give him powers, so that he could 
enter world and take them along. They had to change into wild animals, and for 
love of people to be their game. Then they were given powers to be dangerous 
and horns to fight with. ‘Then Bear asks Buffalo to show what he does when he 
wants to hurt or kill any one. Buffalo watches him, and before he knows what 
has happened he is falling to ground and Buffalo is coming at himagain. Buffalo 
asks Bear if he saw him when he first started after him. He says, ‘‘No,’’ and 
Buffalo asks him to show how he uses his powers. Bear walks back and forth 
looking at Buffalo with angry eyes, then moves slowly toward small tree, which he 
grabs and cuts down with his sharp teeth, and before Buffalo knows, Bear is upon 
him, and he is trying to get up from ground. Bear holds him down until he is 
ready to give up. When Bear lets him go they part and go to their homes. 
51. HOW RABBIT STOLE MOUNTAIN-LION’S TEETH. 
Rabbit, in absence of grandmother, goes to house of Mountain-Lion. He is not 
at home. Rabbit finds Mountain-Lion’s teeth and takes them home. Rabbit tells 
grandmother Mountain-Lion will come after his teeth and they must fool him. He 
tells her to build fire outside of door and put on it kettle of water, and to put some 
stones into water and boil them. When Mountain-Lion comes she is to tell him 
that she is boiling stones for ‘‘ Chief of all the beasts,’’ who is Rabbit’s guest. 
Mountain-Lion comes, and when he hears what grandmother says, he runs away as 
fast as he can. 
