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Several days later Coyote made a dance and danced with
the people. Coyote had one of the rocks he used for killing
in his pocket. He led in the singing, "Whoever is fat is the
one to dance on the outer edge." That was the song they
were singing. Whenever a fat person came around Coyote
hit him over the head. He killed several fat people.
One young child, the one most recently named, was
watching Coyote closely. The people found these fat ones
dead, but Coyote told them that they fell over from joy.
They were dying from happiness. The people dragged the
dead ones out.
The little fellow was watching Coyote all the time. He
saw a fat man come around and saw Coyote knock him
down. The little fellow called out, "Coyote is killing us."
The people all ran. Coyote ran after them saying, "You
won't get away from me."
The next morning Coyote carried away the men he had
killed. He dug a pit under a tree. He put grass in it. He put
the men on the grass and more grass over them. He made
a fire over them.
Coyote got up on the tree and sat on a fork. He said to
the fork of the tree, "You give me a little squeeze and twist
my body." The fork of the tree did as he said. It commenced
squeezing and Coyote yelled when it had squeezed him hard
enough. "Quit, quit, that's enough," he said. Again he told
the tree to squeeze him just a little. The tree squeezed him
more than ever. He used his greatest effort to get the tree
to stop. Coyote got scared and jumped off the tree.
In the meantime something had already eaten the men
Coyote was barbecuing. When he got off the tree Coyote
said, "It is about time all these men were cooked." When
he looked there was nothing left but bones. Maybe there is
a man under ground that does this eating.8
sSome differences occurred among informants. John Bisklitchin identifies
the thing-with-the-jumping heart as a bear; Lobo Wolf and Solomon say
it is Nistcre. John and Lobo Wolf begin the story with Coyote watching the
monster hide his heart. Solomon tells of the monster hiding his heart afterIS MY TIPI
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Collection stories about the Kiowa and Apache Indians, coyotes and other animals, cooking, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 237.
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Boatright, Mody Coggin. The Sky is My Tipi, book, 1949; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38874/m1/40/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.