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Rh Then he worked his manitou power. | He said to the manitou power: "Tell me, what shall I do to that Deer? | I want to change it. Later on there will be many people | in this world. What will they do for their food? | It might always kill them." His manitou said: "It is good. ǁ I will tell you. Go on! and if the Deer runs after you, | take it and pull out its teeth | and make it so that its meat shall be good, and | make a tail for it." Then Coyote started. | He went, and the Deer smelled him. Then the Deer pursued him. ǁ There was a bunch of little trees in the direction from which the wind came. Coyote went around this way. | He saw a thicket. Deer made noise, and he noticed | that it would go for him. He put down his bow. Then he saw | the Deer coming out. Coyote ran after it and took it. He took it I by the mouth and pulled out its teeth. Then he held it, ǁ and he made its body good. He took grass, nice | grass, and stuck it on. After he had changed it, he let it go, and said to it: | "Go on, snort! Go this way!" Then Deer | snorted and went along. It put up its tail quickly. | The Deer was nice. Its body was nice. Its tail was nice. ǁ Coyote said to the Deer: "Now I have finished with you. | Look at yourself! Look how nice you are! Now don't | bite people! You shall be afraid of them. When you see them, | you shall snort. You shall run away. | Only skillful people shall kill you. Unskillful ones ǁ shall not kill you. Later on, when there are many people and when there will be enough | to kill animals, you may be killed." | Then Coyote finished making things good. |

Coyote started on, and he saw a Deer and killed it. | He went on and killed another one. Then ǁ he went back. He carried two Deer. He reached the town. | A little ways from the town, children | were playing. They just looked at him, and he scared them with the two Deer he was carrying, | because they used to kill people. He said to the children: | "Why are you looking at me? Shout for joy! ǁ That is what children will say. Later on, when there are many people and when children see | somebody carrying meat, they will shout for joy. Then it will be known in the town | that somebody is bringing meat. Therefore the children shall shout." | The children did not know how to do it. | Coyote said to them: "Say 'Hohowu!'" Then ǁ the children all said so. When they heard what the children were saying, they all said: | "Why do your children say that?" | They came out and said: "Look at Coyote! | He is carrying two Deer." Coyote was looked at. | He was carrying meat. Coyote said: "Now ǁ go out