Once a man was camping alone [with his family]. He had gone out to hunt by himself. In the night they heard a voice saying, “My mother wants to use your pail.” Then the man said to his wife, “Woman, let them have it.” After a time the pail was brought back into the lodge, and they heard a voice saying, “You can eat what is in it. It is meat.” Now when they looked into the pail they found a piece of an old lodge-cover that had been boiled. After a while the Ghost came again and said, “You did not eat it. I will give you something else.” “No,” said the man, “we do not need anything else. We ate it.” He said this because they had hidden it. “Well,” said the Ghost, “I want to borrow the pail again.” So the man said, “Woman, let him have it.” After awhile the Ghost brought the pail filled, and said, “Here are some ribs and tripe.” Now, when they looked into the pail, they found some very old bones and sticks of wood, with no meat. The man said, “I am hungry, but I cannot eat that.” “Well,” said the Ghost, “I shall send out a young man to kill some game.” Now the next morning, as the man was going out of the lodge he heard some one say, “Here is meat.” On looking around he saw a buffalo-cow lying on the ground. Then he began to butcher. Now he was happy because he had something to eat. Now it has boiled over.

Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History, Vol. II, 1908.

Once a young man and his little brother were traveling and got lost on the prairie. They were out of food and were starving. One day they saw a Coyote eating. They approached him. Both of them were thin, nothing but skin and bone. The young man spoke to the Coyote and said, “Give my little brother something to eat, and when I hunt I will always leave the entrails for you to eat.” All right,” said the Coyote, “you will be safe.” Now the Coyote had very little left when the young man came up: so he said to them, “You stay here and eat until you are strong, then I will take you home.” There was a ridge near by, and the Coyote said, ” I will see that you get more food, but you must not watch me. Now shut your eyes.” After a while they heard the Coyote singing, “I am looking to the west for something to eat.” [This is sung in a low soft chant, like all songs in children's stories.] “Now come over here,” said the Coyote. So they opened their eyes and went over. The Coyote had a buffalo-calf. He cut it open, butchered it, and then they ate. So it went on from day to day. The Coyote traveled along the ridge toward their home. Whenever the Coyote looked toward the west and sang his song, meat would fall over the ridge toward them. Thus the Coyote took them home.

Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History, Vol. II, 1908.