The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-22
by ERNA GUNTHER

Coyote was walking along and. ~
usual. he was hungry. Tho longer
hs walked tho hungrlor he became.
And nobody was living IN the eoun.
try where no walked. An the In
dams that lived there In winter
were out In the mountains hunting
deer and mountain goat. A. Last
Coyote came 90 river. clear
wide river. that looked as tho there
should bo plenty OF salmon In A.
10 Ent down on tho bank and
began fishing IIo flshcd for hcy.
cral hours withou, catching "a thing.
lilo went out 10 the point and looked
around the bend Of the river and
there no saw a salmon trap which
kept tho fish from coming 20 tho
place where be was sitting.
Coyote eat down 10 think. How
could he set fomo salmon? lie
called 20 his spirits. which were two
little girls. They came running TO
him. How can set some saim.
ong" he asked them.
'If We tell you how 20 do
II. you win only say. Yes. I
thought that was the way 10
do H.: 10 why should we tell
you anythings"
please tell me. I am hungry"
We'll" sald tho little girls. you
make yourself into a nieo wooden
dish and float down into the salmon
trap. Then the people win use
you 10 serve salmon and you can
cat all they put in tho dish"
That's a fine idea" Hald Coyote.
THAT ia just what I thought I'd
do" Tho little girls laughed nt
Coyotes answer and ran away
Coyote changed himself into n
beautiful wooden dish and floatcd
into the trap. The women who
owned ths Trap came down TO the
river when they wanted some fish
and found the dish. "Oh, sister,
look ~ the beautiful dish that has
floated Into our trap" Tho second
woman ran to the river 20 sco n.
That d really fine" she said I'VE
need something 10 put our salmon
In: let's take 4 home"
They took the dish home and when
tho salmon was roasted they served
Il In tho nrw dish. Before they could
start eating the fish. Il had dihap-
penred from the dish, They filled tho
dish again and again the fish dis
APPEARED.
There Ia something wrong with
this dish. raid the youngest gfrl. She
picked up the dish and threw Il on
the ground Tho dish broke and
when tho girls looked on tho ground
again. they heard baby cry. Where
the dish had been broken lay little
boy
"Oh. what nice little baby.
Let's keep him. he will be such
nice little brother for us"
Tho girls picked up tho little hoy
and put him In a cradle board. The
next morning they went out TO pick
berries as usual and they left the
child stripped 10 tho cradle board
After they had gone Coyote united
himself aud went 10 tho salmon trap
10 got some fish. He fried IL and ate
II. In the evening when the girls
came homo no was back in the cradle
board acting like a little baby.
lie did this for several days and
then no thought. why can't break
the salmon trap and take the salmon
up the river and become big chief"
SO he went to the river and threw
heavy boughs on the trap until It
broke. All the salmon that had been
caught in the trap swam up the
river. Coyote went along the shore
singing.
They will think / am big chief
when they see me coming with the
salmon"
He came to place where n mother
and her daughter were living. They
were almost starving 80 they well
coined Coyote when he brought tho
talmon and thought him n big and
powerful chief.
When tho girls came home and
found the baby gone and the trap
broken they knew that the baby had
been Coyote.
The next story tells how Mink
stole daylight.
Ifyou value your watch. lot Haynes