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Rh "Maybe they did not see me/' He went out again. He went back coughing. I He went in again. They did not look at him, | and he sat down. They did not give him anything to eat, and he was hungry when he saw the meat. | He was very hungry. He went out and went home without anything to eat. || He arrived at his tent. | 15

In the evening he said: "To-morrow we will move. | My food is there. I did not bring it.'' Dog thought: | "He was stingy, there- fore he did so." On the following morning they moved their camp. | When they got there, Coyote said to his wife: " Oh, go quickly || and 20 get meat, that you may eat!" Dog left | for that tent. She entered, but they did not look at her. She sat down. | She said: "I came for the food that you gave to Coyote." | They did not look at her. After a long time she went out. She did not get anything to eat. | She wis hungry when she saw the meat. She was poor. She went back II and said: "They didn't give me anything." | 25

Coyote said: "Try again. It may be given to you. It is | hanging ready made by the doorway." Dog went there again. | She en- tered, and they did not look at her. She looked up. | She saw it hanging here. It was all tied up. || She said: "Is this it?" Then 30 she took it. j Panther looked around, and saw that she was taking it down. I A stone was lying there. He took it ; and when Dog put her arm up, | he struck her with the stone. He struck her hard right on the breast, j Panther said: "Oh, you bad-looking one! || This is 35 not for you. I am hunting for my children." j Then Dog ran out quickly, howling, j

When she came back, Coyote heard his wife. He uttered his war cry I and ran out quickly. He split a young tree | to make a bow, and made a small bow for his son. || He made a hammer for his wife, 40 and for his daughter | a small hamraer. He said to them: "Let us go now! I I'll go against my fellow man; — you go against | your fellow woman. — ^You shall go against | your boy companion, — and you shall go against your girl II companion." Then they started. They reached 45 there, and he said | to his wife : " Open the door for me." | Then Dog openedthedoorforherhusband, and he shot into the tent of | Panther. He shot in again. Then Coyote attacked Panther. | He took him and held him. When he knew that || he was dead, he put him down. 50 He looked, and just then (the female Panther) was taking | the hammer from his wife. She was about to strike her with it. | Then he attacked her and took it from that woman. He took it from her and I struck her down. He looked, and just then his son was about to shoot I with his bow. (The Panther boy) took it from liim. || (Coy- 55 ote) shot him and killed him. He looked at his daughter, and saw