Mythology and Folklore: Reading Diary A: Pacific Northwest

there are two characters Silver-Fox and coyote
Silver fox would take berry sticks and would shave them and make them into people
finished stick would be warriors and chiefs
Coyote and the Silver Fox would have a big feat when the people were made
Coyote also wanted to make people so he followed Silver Fox's steps
there was a problem because when the Coyote would touch the people they would turn back into shavings
Chareya made the lower animals and the man would be the one who would decide the rank of the animals.
the length of the bow given to the animal would decide what their rank would be
The coyote wanted to be the highest ranked animal so he decided that he would be the first to show up to the meeting
However that was not a good idea because he ended up sleeping and reached the man the last and was then given the shortest bow
that is why the coyote is the meanest animal
he then howled at the man and Chareya liked this so that is why the coyote is the most cunning animal

A cute cottontail rabbit

five cottontail rabbits lived by the woodrat
the rat wanted to fight with the rabbit and the rabbit did not understand why
the woodrat then suggested they should just have a discussion
the rabbit accused the woodrat of being a thief
and the woodrat told the rabbit that he had a dysfunctional body would crooked legs
the woodrat went to the second rabbit and wanted to fight him too
the second rabbit and the woodrat fought because the rabbit said that the Woodrat was only good enough to make holes into his grandmothers dress
the woodrat then went to go an insult another rabbit saying that he was only goof enough for eating cabbage leaves
the woodrat ended up killing all five of the rabbits and he and his mother ate the rabbits and did the medicine dance
during this his lodge caught on fire and they were both trapped and killed in the fire

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