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Show Goshute T H E G O S H U T E S 5 9 W E S H A L L R E M A I N : U TA H I N D I A N C U R R I C U L U M G U I D E Then the girls were coming to a deep canyon. They could not cross the canyon and stopped there. The girls then saw Coyote, he was catching up to them real fast. Coyote was running by then. One of the girls had a necklace that made loud noises. Her friend said to the girl with the necklace to take it off and get ready to toss it into the canyon. She said that to her friend. Then Coyote was getting real close to them. They did not know what to do right then. Then one girl said, "Throw the necklace down into the canyon and blow at it to help it along." Coyote heard the ringing of that necklace and went flying off into the air into the canyon. While falling he was hollering and singing like saying, "Poor me, what's happening?" Coyote landed and made the yellow dust fly. Coyote landed and broke his legs. It might be said his leg bones were broken and exposing his marrow. The two girls afterward were looking down into the canyon and saw that coyote had broken his legs. Then with his forefinger was taking marrow and licking it there. The girls said, "Look at Coyote, he is eating and licking his own marrow, that's what they said to him." "You're eating your own flesh and licking it today thinking that it's alright." "There's no way we could help," they said. That was the last time they saw Coyote. That is all. John Harney interview, tape 82, section 1, Wick R. Miller Collection, Center for American Indian Languages, University of Utah. |