they got to the mountains they made a fahina. They made a fire in the middle of the fahina and got their dinner. The man said they would not go out hunting until early next morning. Early in the morning the boy built the fire and made some coffee. He got breakfast. The man said to the boy, "You choose the direction to go in," so the boy chose the north. He went and a few hills off he found a deer. He killed him and butchered him and carried him into camp. The other man found some deer, but he could not kill any. So he gave up and went back to camp. The boy said they would divide the deer he had killed. Next moming after breakfast and a smoke the man said, "My friend, let us play a game." They put down a blanket and the man put down thé belt he had brought with him. Boy asked him for thebelt. "No, but I will try your luck." Herolledupthebelt. "If you can catch it by the fringe you can have it." He unrolled the belt and when the boy caught it by the end he tumed coyote. So the man said to him, "Goodbye, my friend, I am going. AU this mountain is yours. Try hard and you will get a rabbit to eat." Then the man packed up their donkey and the whole deer, leaving the coyote crying. When he got home, his wife said, "Where is your partner?" "I do not know anything about him. We separated in the mountains. 1 went one side, he went the other side." "Poor fellow," said his wife. Three days later the old woman heard that her grandson had not come back. She went to the man's house and asked about bim. He told her the same story. Five days later the boy came to his grandmother's house as a coyote. He would sleep under the ladder. In the daytime the dogs would bark at him, but they did not harm him. They knew he was a person. But people said, "What is this coyote doing about here? Must be stealing chickens." So they set thé dogs on him. Day and night his grandmother was crying for him. At last the coyote went away. He came to a camp where two men were herding sheep. The dogs started to chase him, but as soon as they came up to him they became still. Next morning theherder saw the coyote and sent the dogs after him. But thé dogs did not worry him. One herder said to the other, "Coyote round here, but he does not harm the sheep." "Must be a good coyote." They threw some bones out to the coyote. "Poorlittle coyote, he is hungry." Hewasgettingthin. He saw the tears were running down the face of tbe coyote. "Wonder if he is a person." So he said, "Well, coyote, are you a person?" Coyote nodded his head. He asked him three times. He told his partner. They went over to the coyote, who was still crying. They took him into their camp and put him on a sheepskin and fed him. After three days they put him on front on their burro and took him down into the village. They went to the house of the war chief and told him about the coyote. The war chief asked Coyote if he was a person. The tears were running down and he shook his head.