BEWiTi] LEGENDS 679 



Suddenly he remembered tliat he hud in his bosom a very small 

 dog, whereupon he started to find a I'ed-willow rod, bearing at tlie 

 same time his burden. Soon lie found tlie desired rod, which he cut 

 off. Taking from his bosom the dog, wliich was black in color, he 

 began to strike it with the red-willow rod. At once the dog began to 

 increase greatly in size ; soon it became the usual size of dogs. Addi- 

 tional strokes caused it to grow larger and larger until at last it 

 attained the size of a very large bear, one of the largest known. 

 Then the young man said to the dog: " My servant, remove from my 

 back the body of the man who is clinging there," saying ^'WcVs." 

 At once the monstrous dog, seizing the man by the back of the neck, 

 began to shake him with great force. The body of Hahadodagwat'ha 

 was whirled about in the terrific struggle, in which the gripped 

 opponents fell and arose in many places; the struggle lasted until 

 the dog seized the man by the throat and began to choke him. In a 

 short time it was able to pull off the man and to fling his body aside. 

 Then Hahadodagwatiia sat near by until his tormentor died, for he 

 himself was entirely exhausted. 



Then he said: "Come here, my dog! I am thankful to you, for 

 j-ou have saved me from destruction. You are the cause of my being 

 now alive. Let us two start for home and let us go to the place 

 where dwell together they who are your brothers." So they started 

 and went on for some distance and then encamped for the night. 

 Thereupon the young man said: "As regards me, I am very hungry; 

 so it behooves you to kill a deer." At once tlie dog ran afar off, and in 

 a short time it returned, dragging along the body of a fawn. This the 

 young man skinned, and after quartering the carcass he set pieces of 

 it all around the fire to roast. It was night, and when the roasts were 

 done they two ate their supper, the man and the dog, sharing the 

 meat. In the morning they again started for their home, and they 

 kept traveling until they stopped for the night. In turn the young 

 man went hunting for raccoons, climbing a tree in order to kill them. 

 Having dressed and cooked a raccoon, they ate it. When they had 

 finished eating, they laid down together, the man and his dog. 



In the morning they two started, and they had not gone far when 

 they saw in the distance a lodge. In this they were surprised to find 

 a man half of whose hair was red, and there they found, too, the 

 younger sister of the young man. The latter said: "Now has re- 

 turned our brother who was lost, the Dog." They asked him : " Where 

 did you two meet ? " He answered : " We met at the place of high 

 cliffs. It was he who saved my life when I was in danger of death. 

 This is the reason why we have been able to return to the place 

 where you two, his brother and sister, dwell and where your mother 

 also dwells. Now I give myself up here where you dwell, and we 

 shall all be tosether alwavs. because he has saved mv life and is 



