Journal of American Folklore, Svazek 37

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American Folk-lore Society, 1926

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Strana 30 - That's what he does with me, it is your father." She was furious and cut up his quiver, bow and arrows, threw them into the fire, and said, "Let us run away." They went up toward heaven. Sunawavi got home and said, "Wait for me." His wife answered, "You are no good, you did a dirty thing with your daughters. We will not live with you any more, but are going to the sky.
Strana 371 - Haeberlin on an expedition which was made possible by the generosity of Mr. Homer E. Sargent of Pasadena, California.
Strana 119 - They saved one charcoal, and in the morning they told Jackrabbit to hold it. He took it into the rain. Coyote bade him not let it go out or he would shoot him. But Jackrabbit kept it under his tail and saved it. The rain ceased, then Jackrabbit brought the coal back and it was still alive. Everything was wet, however, and they could not find any tinder. Rat said, "I have a dry nest to make fire with.
Strana 3 - I was going to divide them and give them each a different place to live. Those who came out first and went east are Whites. The rest, who went north and south, are Indians. " He counted those who were left, there were ten. He said to one group, " You shall be Apache and live to the west. " Similarly he spoke to the Pueblo Indians, the Mescalero, the Ute, Navaho, and Paiute. " I was going to divide all by hundreds, but most of them are gone. This small tribe shall be Ute, but they will be very brave...
Strana 119 - I have a dry nest to make fire with." He gave it to them and they had a big fire. Coyote said to his followers : "Let us give heat and fire to all the trees and shrubs and to all the rocks." So he gave fire to every one of them so they should burn thereafter. Then he dried his bow and arrows, and called Rat to come out by imitating his noise. When Rat came, Coyote shot and killed him, and roasted him in the fire. After that he killed Jackrabbit, skinned him, and made a blanket of the skin. He killed...
Strana 117 - Bill. hunter's line. He saw the ashes of a fire coming from somewhere and dropping to the ground. He yelled to the others, and they came, gathering round in a circle to watch. While watching they said, " Some of us shall go up into the air and find out where it comes from.
Strana 118 - He started up. He went out of sight, and when he returned he said : " Not very far from here are flames of fire, by Nowa"ant (a snow-topped peak near Las Vegas). Coyote said, " Let us go and get it, that is not far. " All started, Coyote leading, and Woodpecker, Chickenhawk, Bluejay, Roadrunner, Jackrabbit, and others following. They went toward the place where fire had been seen and made firedrills to take along so as to deceive the fire-owners and prevent them from guessing what their visitors...
Strana 29 - What's the matter? When I was young, it was the same way. At first it hurts, but later it does not." The next morning the old woman asked the man to go where her husband had been in the habit of catching rats. He went off with the little boy. When they got to a big rat's house, the boy teased them out of the holes with a stick, while the man turned small, entered the holes, ate up the big ones inside and threw out the little ones. The boy said, "I think it...
Strana 208 - Perhaps you will find some country. " She looked and saw a beautiful valley, green all over. He said, " I think you had better go through, we'll go to the beautiful country. Perhaps some day the boys will die and come to us. Don't grieve too much. " They went through there. " Whenever any one dies, he'll come to us.
Strana 30 - You are no good, you did a dirty thing with your daughters. We will not live with you any more, but are going to the sky. " — " Wait for me. " — " No, it is too late. You are going to be turned into a wolf. At sundown you will go round the country and cry biting your tail.