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Zuñi Folk Tales

Note 14 — HOW THE TURTLE OUT HUNTING DUPED THE COYOTE

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It may be well to explain here that there is no more intensely painful or fiery bite known than the bite of the fire-ant or red ant of the Southwest and the tropics, named, in Zuñi, halo. Large pimples and blisters are raised by the bite, which is so venomous, moreover, that for the time being it poisons the blood and fills every vein of the body with burning sensations. Back

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