IQ2 TALES OF READY-TO-GIVE. 
a man out to tell the boy that his mother was not in the village. The 
boy traveled on and at each village he sang about his mother. At last 
the boy came to a village and he began to sing about his mother. The 
people said: “She is here.”’ 
Just about that time the father had returned to their lodge and he 
saw that the family was missing. He hunted them, and after a while he 
came to the same passage which the boy had entered. He followed up 
the boy in the under-world. Just as the boy started to go into the village 
the father came over another place. The mother was glad to see her boy. 
While the boy was sitting studying what to say, the father came in. 
Hawk went to his wife, touched her, and turned her into a Hawk. Then 
he touched his son and he turned into a Hawk. The father himself then 
turned into a Hawk. Hawk then caught the little snake which had 
taken his wife, flew off with it, and ate it. After this they became snake 
hawks. 
53. THE DOG-BOY WHO MARRIED THE CHIEF’S DAUGHTER.* 
The people were packing up, preparing to go hunting, when the wife 
of a man by the name of White-Moccasins gave birth. They found out 
that the child was not a baby, but adog. White-Moccasins carried the 
dog through the camp and threw it into the creek. The little dog tried 
to swim in the water, but could not. A Clam Shell got hold of the dog 
and took it out of the water. The Clam Shell then sat near the edge 
of the water and listened to a song which the dog sang. After the dog 
was through singing, the Clam Shell began to sing. The dog looked to 
see where the song came from, but could not see anything. After a while 
the Clam Shell said: ‘‘I am singing.’’ The dog looked around and saw 
the Clam Shell for the first time. The Clam Shell spoke again and said: 
“The people did you a wrong by leaving you behind. Your father, 
White-Moccasins, did not throw you away, but a witch woman threw you 
away. You were thrown into the water. I saved your life. You had 
better follow the trail of the people. As soon as you overtake them, tell 
them that you are the son of White-Moccasins. The people will be glad 
to see you, and will try to make you a chief. When you have caught up 
with them sing the song that you heard me singing.’’ The Clam Shell 
then told the dog to look around. The dog looked around and he turned 
into a boy. Then the Clam Shell told him to look around again. He 
looked and there was a quiver. He told him to take the quiver and when 
he had the quiver, he told him to follow the trail to the village. 
1Told by White-Sun, Kitkehahki. An interesting and abbreviated version of 
a widespread tale; teaches parents not to abandon their children. 

