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to do is to make preparations to escaj^e. You shall take the lead and 

 I will remain, and I shall overtake yon if it so be that I shall sur- 

 vive." 



The brother then drew from under the couch wheieon he was ac- 

 customed to lie a small case and took therefrom a vei'v small l)lack 

 dog and a little rod of red willow. He used the rod to tap lightly 

 the dog,- which immediately began to grow in size. At first he said : 

 " It is not yet large enough," although the dog was then of the size 

 of ordinai'y dogs. So he tapped it again and it continued to grow 

 and had now reached the size of the largest kind of dogs. Yet he 

 said : " Still I do not think the dog is large enough, for it is not yet 

 large enough for you to ride astride of it;" so he tapped it with still 

 other blows, which caused it to grow in size. It had become at last 

 a very large dog. 



Having done this, he said to his sister : " You two shall go together. 

 This shall be done on the way: As soon as you become wearied, the 

 dog will stop beside a tree, and then you must descend from his back; 

 and as soon as he becomes tired he will likewise stop beside a tree. 

 You must watch for this, and then you must descend from his back, 

 and run ahead as fast as it is possible for you to go. Thiis you two 

 must make your way homeward. You must keep a course directly 

 eastward without fail. You two must remain in camp at night on 

 the way; and you, my sister, must lie down beside the dog's body. 

 You two must not get far apart from each other, and you must take 

 rests. He himself knows when you should rest, and you miist regu- 

 late your actions by what he does, for it is a fact that he is our brother. 

 You must know, too, that it is uncei"tain whether yovi will see the old 

 woman, who is immnne to the arts of sorcery and who, too. is able, 

 it may be, to overcome our orenda (magic power). It seems vmcer- 

 tain whether you shall again see Hahadodagwat'ha; it is uncertain, 

 I say. for verily, it is I who am called Hahadodagwat'ha." Then he 

 added : " Now, you two flee ; " whereupon the younger sister mounted 

 the dog's back, and her brother again spoke to her, saying: "Have 

 courage. We shall have the good fortune of your safe arrival in 

 the place where our mother dwells." 



Thereupon the two started away in great haste, the brother remain- 

 ing alone in the lodge. 



As the sister rode the dog, he would stop beside a tree, whereupon 

 she would say : " Oh, now ! my brother has become quite wretched, 

 and I suppose he is now very tired." With this she would descend 

 from his back, and they two would go on. They kept a certain course, 

 directly toward the east. Having gone a great distance, they t\\-b 

 would stop for the night, and the young woman lay down right be- 

 side the dog. In the morning they would again start on their jour- 

 ney. After going only a short distance, the dog would again stop 



