| | Tree teases Trickster, who gets held fast in fork. | | | Wolves come and eat Trickster's food under tree. | | | Flies in elk's skull lure Trickster, who gets caught in elk's skull. | | | People split elk's skull off. | | | Trickster changes self into deer to take revenge on hawk. | | | Bear lured to his death by Trickster. | | | Mink outwits Trickster and gets bear meat. | | | Trickster pursues mink in vain. | | | Chipmunk causes Trickster to lose part of his penis. | | | Discarded pieces of penis thrown into lake and turn into plants. | | | Coyote leads Trickster to village. | | | Trickster imitates muskrat who turns ice into lily-of-the-valley roots. | | | Trickster imitates snipe's method of fishing. | | | Trickster imitates woodpecker's way of getting bear. | | | Trickster imitates pole-cat in getting deer. | | | Mink soils chief's daughter as Trickster planned. | | | Coyote is duped into being tied to horse's tail. | | | Trickster removes obstacles on the Mississippi. | | | Waterfall is forced to fall on land by Trickster. | | | Trickster eats final meal on earth and retires to heaven. | 1 Once upon a time there was a village in which lived a chief who was just preparing to go on the warpath. 1 The men who were to obtain the material with which to build the fire, that is, to pre- pare for the feast, were summoned. To them the chief said, 'You who are to obtain the wherewithal for the fire, bring me four large deer.' These were soon secured and brought to him and then those who had brought them, his nephews, 2 immediately put them on the fire. The people who had been invited to the feast now began to arrive. Was not the chief, himself, going on the warpath? And so, as many as were capable of fighting decided to join him. When they had finished their feast, the chief suddenly arose and left them and proceeded towards his own lodge. The guests remained there waiting for him to return. When, after a while, -4- |