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It didn’t take long to convince the cowboy, and it didn’t take long
for Coyote to get out of that sack. He hung the cowboy up in the tree to
take his place. He climbed up on the cowboy’s horse. As he rode off, he
called back to the cowboy, “You were easier to fool than the first
cowboy.” Then he rode off over the hillside looking for someone else he
could trick.


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After Coyote talked the cowboy out of his boots, he took offlike a
gust of wind. Looking back over his shoulders, he called out, “I’m slyer
and trickier than you. I fooled you. I have your clothes and your
horse.”


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“% Stories and Legends of the Northwest



On Mt. Putnam there are a lot of cedars and buck bush where
coyotes can have a barrel of fun chasing smaller animals around.


EVELYN A. TETON EVENING

WGP.O 1982—593-665

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Booklets available in the Level IV sequence are listed below. Numbers refer to the Planned Bequence of use
in the Thacher’: Manwol. Materials developed by these tribes and otherg in the Northvest are included in

the Levels I, 7 and I sequences.

2. Snail Women at Sq*a'te
The Suquarmish Tribe of the Port Median
Reservation

4. Bine Jay - Star Cilid/Bosket Woman
Muckleshoct Tribe

4. Assiniboine Woman Making Grease
Assiiboloe Tribe of the Fart Peck Reservation

5. Coyote
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Revervation of Oregon
6. How the Summer Sengon Came
Asainiboine Tribe of the Fart Belknap
Regervetion
7. Litele WeaseP's Dream
Salish and Kootengi Tribes of the Figthead
Revervation
8. Fort Hail Storias
Shophona-Bannock Tribes of the Port Hall
Reservation
9. The Bear Tepre
Northarn Cheyenne Tribe
10. Sious Stories and
Stour Tribe of the Fart Pack Reservation
11. Kootenai Stories
Salish and Kootenai Tribes of tha Flathoad
Regervation

12 Chief Mauntzin’s Medicine
Gros Ventre Triba from the Fort Belknap
Haservation

19. Coyote the Trickster
Burvs Paiute Reservation

14, Running Free
Shoalwatar Bay

15. Satish Coyote Stories
Salleh and Kootanal Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

16. Coyote and the Cowboys
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hail

17. Napis Journey
Blackfeet Tribe
18. Warm Springs Stories
‘The Confsderated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservetion of Oregon
10. Tepee Making
Salish ond Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Regervation
20. Baskets and Canoes
Skokomish Tribe
21. Warelor Peapia
Blackfeet Tribe


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This left Coyote in a bad situation. But being very sly and tricky,
he just waited for someone else to come along. After a couple of days,
sure enough, along came another cowboy looking for stray cows. He
noticed the gunny sack hanging in the tree. He rode over to see what it
was. As soon as he got near, Coyote started telling him a big tale.


He got a short distance from the cowboy and then yanked on the
horse’s reins. He did this on the opposite side of the horse, so the
cowboy couldn’t see what was happening. The horse whirled around
and stopped.


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He rode up to Mr. Coyote and said, “I heard you are the slyest
and the trickiest of all animals. How would you like to have a contest
with me? Let’s prove who is the trickiest.” Coyote said in a mournful
voice, “Oh dear, oh dear, I left my power to outsmart people at home. If
only there was a fast way to go get it, we could have a contest.”


One nice day, Mr. Coyote was sniffing around when a cowboy
came upon him. The cowboy just happened to be on that same hillside
looking for stray cows. This cowboy had heard several stories about
what a sly trickster this old coyote was.


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He told the cowboy, “I was hung here by someone who promised
me to a beautiful woman. He has gone after her. When they return, I
will have to marry her.” Then he told the cowboy, “But I have changed
my mind. I don’t want to get married, even if she is beautiful.” The
cowboy thought, “This sounds like a good way to get a wife.” He had
been lonely and was looking for someone to be his companion. This
woman was beautiful, too! Coyote suggested, “Let’s trade places, then
you can have the beautiful woman.”

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Coyote jumped on the horse and took off.


Coyote and the Cowboys

The Indian Reading Series



Coyote told the cowboy, “If I wear your Levi pants, maybe the
horse will go.” The cowboy didn’t know what to think. He really
wanted a contest with Coyote to see who could outsmart the other, so
he took off his Levi pants and gave them to the coyote.


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Coyote said, “Maybe the horse would go if I wore your cowboy
hat.” The cowboy took off his hat and handed it to the coyote. Coyote
took off again and after a short distance yanked the reins causing the
horse to whirl and stop.


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After a few minutes Coyote said to the cowboy, “If you let me use
your horse, I could hurry home to get my special power.” Finally, the
cowboy agreed to let Coyote use his horse. He climbed off and handed
the reins to Coyote.




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Copyright © 1981 by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
Allrights reserved.

The work upon which this publication is based was performed pursuant to Contract
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of the National Institute of Education. It does not, however, necessarily reflect the
views of that agency.

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The cowboy was really mad about being tricked. To make it
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As the cowboy rode off, he told Coyote, “I hope you starve to
death!”

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THE INDIAN READING SERIES
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Coyote and the Cowboy
Level IV Book 16

By members of the Fort Hall Reservation Committee

Maxine Edmo, Coordinator
Charlene Farmer

Inez M. Evening

Cora P. George

Andrew Punkin, Jr.

Donna McArthur

Illustrated by Evelyn A. Teton Evening

Joseph Coburn, Director
Pacific Northwest Indian Program
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory



THE INDIAN READING SERIES: Stories and Legends of the
Northwest is a collection of authentic material cooperatively devel-
oped by Indian people from twelve reservations. Development ac-
tivities are guided by a Policy Board which represents the Indian
community of the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest Indian
Reading and Language Development Program Policy Board mem-
bers are:

+ Warren Clements — Warm Springs
Chairman

+ Clement Azure — Devils Lake Sioux

+ Walter Moffett — Nez Perce

+ Emmett Oliver — Quinault

+ Bob Parsley — Chippewa

* Lloyd Smith — Warm Springs

+ Max Snow

+ Jeanne Thomas — Yakima


Once again, Coyote set off to get his power. As he rode away for
the third time, he yanked the reins and stopped the horse. Coyote
said, “If you give me your shirt, the horse will surely think that Iam
you. Then he will go for me.” The cowboy scratched his head wonder-
ing what was wrong with his horse. He said, “I guess it’s worth a try,”
and gave Coyote his shirt. Old Mr. Coyote was up to something. The
cowboy wanted the contest so badly that he went along with all that
Coyote asked.


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After a few days, he accidentally stumbled upon Coyote. He was
still so mad at Coyote, that he roped him, stuffed him in a gunny sack
and tied him to a big quaking aspen tree.

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