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Rh There were two(Coyote and) Caribou. Caribou started. Coyote was angry. | He thought he would kill Caribou. Coyote said: | "Why does it take you so long?" Caribou said: "I eat | small grass and I quickly get fat." Coyote killed || Caribou. Coyote came along. He entered | (Caribou's) tent. Caribou was dead. Coyote cried. He said: | "I loved my friend." Enough. |

Owl stole children. Coyote said: | "I'll be a child." Coyote cried in the evening. He was told: || "You make a bad noise. Owl may almost take you away." | Coyote was taken. He was thrown out of the doorway. Owl took him along. | He carried him along. He said: "I am Coyote." Owl was told: | "Let us dance!" Coyote and Owl danced. Coyote | killed Owl, who had stolen the children. They started back. || He said: "I killed Owl." Enough. |

He went along. He saw Deer. He thought he would kill him. | The wind was blowing and frightened him. He did thus to it. He went on. He stood there holding (in the hand) | his head thus. Coyote said: "Is that your father's war bonnet?" | The thing said: "What is it? Do you forget that you killed me?" || Coyote said: "I thought it was nothing." Enough. |

The drum is beaten. Men and women dance and kiss one another. In return blankets are given. Another person is kissed and many things are given. They build a tent to have a Sun dance. The Sun-dance leader is master.