174 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORTES, AND LETTERS. 
had heard that Hitqpe-ag¢e was a good marksman, they thought that they would try 
him; so they told him to hunt. And when he went hunting, he always came home 
unsuccessful; he invariably brought rabbits home. And this man said as follows: 
“That dog smells bad. Venerable man, cause them to kill him. He is very offensive.” 
And the unmarried girl said, ‘‘O father, let him alone. Do not killhim. I must have 
him.” She took the best care of the dog. And her elder sister said as follows: “Oh! 
the dog is bad, and very offensive, but you are the only one not loathing him.” At 
length the man went hunting. When he went hunting, the dog went out at the same 
time. At length, when the man reached home from the hunt, he brought back a wild- 
cat. And the dog, having come home from the hunt, pushed repeatedly against the girl 
to attract her attention. Having thought ‘‘ Why should he do it?” the girl went follow- 
ing the dog. At length, when they arrived at some distance from the village the dog 
had killed a very large doe. And the girl, having run homeward, to the lodge, told 
about it to her father and mother. ‘‘O father and mother, my dog has killed a very 
large doe,” said she. Her father and mother reached the place where the doe was 
lying. And the old man said, ‘“‘My child, it will do very well.” And the girl was 
accustomed to making her bed close by the bed of her elder sister. ‘‘ Make it further 
off. The dog smells bad,” said the elder sister. She meant that he sat on the bed. 
The girl caused the dog to sit by the bed. The man went hunting again. When 
he went hunting, the dog went thither at the same time. At length the man reached 
home again, carrying a raccoon. The dog reached home again. When he reached 
home again, the dog pushed against the girl repeatedly, to attract her attention. 
And the girl went following the dog. When she had followed him to a place at some 
distance from the village, behold, the dog had killed a black bear. And she went 
to tell her father and mother. “O father and mother, my dog has killed a black 
bear,” said she. And her father and mother brought the black bear home to the 
lodge. And the next day they went hunting again. When he went hunting, the 
man brought home a rabbit. And when at lensth the dog reached home, he pushed 
against the girl repeatedly to attract her attention. And having gone following him, 
behold, he had killed an elk. The next day the man went hunting again. The man 
brought home a muskrat. Behold, the dog had killed a beaver. And her father and 
mother were very glad; they always loved their dog. The girl, too, loved her dog very 
much. At length the man said as follows: ‘“‘ Venerable man, please make them remove. 
There is no game here to be hunted. Please make them pitch the tents at some place 
where there is plenty of game for us to hunt.” And they removed the following day. 
And when they removed, the dog did not go. When all the people had gone, the girl 
alone did not go. She sought her dog, he having hid himself. And when the place 
was altogether deserted, she went around where the lodges had been, crying fre- 
quently. At length, when it was very late in the evening, the dog came back in sight, 
emerging from the thicket. The girl said, ‘Why have you been walking? (i. e., on 
what errand have you been?). Lsought you. All have gone; I alone am left. I sought 
you.” ‘ Yes,” said he, “it is very hard.” The dog spoke. ‘“ Kindle a fire, make a fire,” 
said he, addressing the girl. ‘You will please go to yonder headland. You shall say 
as follows: ‘Grandfather, I have come after some stones for your grandehild”” And 
the girl having done so, the ground said, “Ku+!” It caused some stones to come sud- 
denly to the surface. And the girl took the stones back to her former home. And 
