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you got mad and struck me. You said that you would not have a man 

 such as I. Now the best thing for you to do is to go back home, and 

 leave these children. I will take care of them," said the father. Still, 

 she asked that she might take them back. 



It is not known whether she succeeded or not. 



This dog that slept with the woman was the sun. In our daily 

 lives, whatever we do, whether good or bad, the dog does not interfere 

 with us ; nor does it with all the deeds of men and women. — D. 



Told by Spotted-Woman. Incomplete; see also Nos.gi and 92. This tale is told in connec 

 tion with the origin of the Dog-soldiers among the Arapaho and is found among the Pawnee. (See 

 notes to No. 91, and Boas, Journ. Am. Folk-Lore, Vol. X, p. 37.) 



' Qi. — The White Dog and the Woman.' 



There was a beautiful woman who was unmarried because she 

 thought too much of herself. All thought they could marry her, but she 

 could not be persuaded, for she did not want to marry. She was 

 wealthy ; she had her own tent, and everything that belonged in it was 

 hers, and it was all good. She was attractive and desired by all, but 

 she would not think of marrying. She refused gifts of property. It 

 was wondered who it would be that would get the best of this woman 

 that was so difficult to persuade and so proud. Finally, one night, all 

 the young men who desired her had gone back disappointed. Late at 

 night the woman awoke. Alas ! to her surprise a young man was lying 

 with her. His robe was entirely white. "Who can he be, this one 

 who is lying with me? Alas, I thought too highly of myself. Who 

 can he be lying here ?" she said to herself. Then she thought : "Let me 

 find out who he is, this one with the white robe,'" she sai^. She put 

 her hand out to the side of the tent, feeling for her paint. Then she 

 put her whole hand in the paint-bag, and embracing him, she put her 

 hand on his back. "I wish I knew who he is," she said. "I wonder 

 who it can be. How did he know about me? Alas, he overcame me, 

 T who thought so much of myself. I would I knew my lover. Who can 

 he be?" When it began to dawn the young man went out. As soon 

 as it was day and she had eaten, she went out to get wood. "He will 

 come to me himself," she said. She looked in search of him. To her 

 surprise a large dog ran out of the timber, wagging his tail and smiling 



• From informant A, secured by hmi from informant F. Text. Informant H, Northern Ara' 

 paho, on being asked whether he knew this myth, said that he did not, and made the question the 

 occasion for a protest against the mcorrect relation of traditions by the Southern Arapaho and 

 Cheyenne. 



