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Coyote. He goes along talking and crying. Man finds him and goes to get some- 
thing to make him new eyes. He returns with green buckeye balls. He hits 
place of right eye with buckeye ball, and then place of left eye with another ball, 
and Coyote’s eyes are restored. 
67. COYOTE AND TURTLE RUN A RACE. 
Coyote, returning from unsuccessful hunt for game, passes home of Turtle. 
Turtle invites himin and offers him something to eat. Turtle is tired and says 
he has just come back from races. Coyote and Turtle arrange to have race two 
dayshence. Coyote sends son toannounce race to Coyote people and tell them to bet 
heavily, as he would defeat Turtle. Turtle sends son to announce race, and that 
best runners are to come to his lodge. They come, and Turtle asks them to help 
him to cheat Coyote out of race. Each is to put white feather in his hair and to 
paint himself to look like Turtle. They are to station themselves at intervals 
along course. One is to start with Coyote and when far behind is to drop into 
grass. Then next one is to jump up and run, then next one, arid so on until last. 
Turtle will be last and beat Coyote over goal. On day of race Turtles station them- 
selves along way in tall grass. Coyote comes and wants to run short distance, but 
Turtle insists on long distance. Many Coyotes come and bet on Coyote. They 
start and Coyotes laugh, for their man is far ahead. Soon to their surprise Turtle 
is ahead. Coyote overtakes Turtle, and they laugh again. They hear Turtles 
cheering and Turtle is farin lead. The race then goes on, and just as Coyote has 
passed Turtle and is near goal, Turtle crosses line and all Turtles set up loud cheer, 
Coyote runs off in grass and is wondering yet how Turtle beat him. All other 
Coyotes are angry because he makes them lose so many bets. 
: 68. COYOTE, WILD-CAT, AND THE OLD WOMAN. 
Old blind woman lives alone. She always has plenty to eat. Whenever she 
sits down to eat she speaks as though talking to some one. Wild-Cat smells meat 
and goesin. He seesold woman is blind and slips quietly to corner. She speaks, 
but then begins to eat ; so Wild-Cat slips over and begins to eat, too. He is careful 
not to make noise, and when little left in pot quietly slips away. He comes there 
every day and grows sleek and fat. Coyote meets him and asks where he gets so 
much to eat. Wild-Cat tells him and agrees to take him, on his promise to keep 
very quiet. They go and sit near door while meat cooking. They steal meat out 
of pot. Coyote forgets all about keeping quiet and cracks bone so loud that old 
woman jumps up. Wild-Cat gets out of house. Old woman runs to door and 
closes it. She takes long spear and pokes around room. Spear pierces Coyote, 
He cries out with pain, and she continues poking until she kills him. Wild-Cat 
comes next day and finds Coyote dead. He is sorry, because he is afraid to go to 
house again to eat. 
69. COYOTE CHALLENGES THE SNAKE, 
Coyote goes from place to place to find Snake. He stops to rest and soon hears 
some one calling him. Snake comes up, and Coyote, after referring to Snake’s 
supposed power, says he wants to see which of them has most power. Snake 
agrees and suggests that they bite each other once. Coyote says snake is to bite 
first. Snake goes up to Coyote and bites him on top of nose. Coyote asks if that 
