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good part." The dog, however, instead of eating it, ran straight up 

 between the mountains, yelping. 



Now when his brother-in-law brought the sheep down, the man 

 asked him, ' ' Where is the little dog ? ' ' And he said, ' ' It ran away from 

 me." That was the report he brought down. Then the owner of the 

 dog called his sister to him and said, ''Tell me truly what he did with 

 the little dog. I did not want to let it go at first because I knew 

 people would do that thing to it." His sister said, "He threw the 

 entrails to it to eat. That is wh}^ it ran off." 



Then the youth felt very sad on account of his little animal and 

 prepared to follow it. His brother-in-law showed him the place 

 between the mountains where the dog had gone up, and he went up 

 in that threction until he came to its footprints and saw the red paint 

 he had put upon it. This animal was really the wolf-chief's son who 

 had been sent t(j help him, and, because the man put red upon its 

 head and feet, a wolf can now be tokl by the red on its feet and around 

 its mouth. 



After he had followed the trail for a long distance he came to a 

 lake with a long town on the opposite sitle. There he heard a great 

 noise made by people playing. It was a very large lake, so he thought, 

 "1 wonder how I can get over there." Just then he saw smoke com- 

 ing out from under his feet. Then a door swung open, and he was 

 told to enter. An old woman lived there called Woman-always- 

 wondering (Luwat-uwatljrgi-canA'kl"), who said to him, ''Grandchild, 

 why are you here ^" He answered "I came across a young dog which 

 helped me, but it is lost, and I come to find where it went." Then 

 the w^oman answered, "Its people live right across there. It is a wolf- 

 chief's son. That is its father's town over there where they are mak- 

 ing a noise." So the old woman instructed him. 



Then he wcmdered and said to himself, "How can I get across?" 

 But the old woman spoke out, saying, "My little canoe is just below 

 here." He said to himself, "It might turn over with me." Then 

 the old woman answered, "Take it down. Before you get in shake 

 it and it will become large." Then she continued: "Get inside of 

 the boat and stretch yourself on the bottom, but do not paddle it. 

 Instead wish continually to come in front of that place." 



He did as she directed and landed upon the other side. Then 

 he got out, made the canoe small and put it into his pocket, after 

 wliich he went up among the boys who were playing about, and 

 watched them. They were playing with a round, twisted thing called 

 gitcxAnagTi't (rainbow). Then some one directed him to the wolf- 

 chief's house at the farther end of the village. An evening fire, such 

 as people used to make in olden times, was burning there, and, creep- 

 ing in behind the other people, the man saw his little wolf playing 

 about near it in front of his father. 



