THE DOG-BOY WHO MARRIED THE CHIEF’S DAUGHTER. 193 
The boy arrived at the village and began to sing: 
Yonder, behind, at the old village site, 
Is where White-Moccasins’ child was left. 
Yonder the child was left, yonder. 
When the people heard of White-Moccasins’ son they were glad, and 
when the chief heard that it was White-Moccasins’ son who was singing 
he invited the boy to his tipi. When the boy entered the chief’s tipi the 
people gathered around the tipi to look at the boy. White-Moccasins 
-cameinto the tipi. The chief spoke and said to him: ‘‘ White-Moccasins, 
you did wrong to throw your child away. You told the people that 
your child was a dog, but we now find that he is a handsome boy. When 
you threw him away you threw away your own heart. He shall not 
go to your tipi any more, but shall stay with me.” White-Moccasins 
said: ‘“‘It shall be as the chief says,’ and the boy stood up and said: 
“T was thrown away. White-Moccasins did not treat me right. I will 
stay with the chief. I will herd his ponies and when he thinks the 
proper time has come, I shall marry his daughter.’’ The chief was 
very proud of the boy. 
Soon he called the people to come together to go ona hunt. The boy 
went with them. In the hunt the boy planned everything. They killed 
many buffalo, and when the people returned from the hunt they told 
the chief how the boy had been their leader, and how successful their 
party had been. After that the chief said: ‘‘My boy, you shall marry 
my daughter.” The boy married the chief’s daughter and they had many 
children. 
One day the boy went off to the south. He walked up on a high hill 
and he saw standing there a black-tailed deer. When he looked again 
the deer was not there, but a young girl. The deer had turned into a 
girl. The girl said: ‘‘Boy, I want to warn you. White-Moccasins, your 
father, is trying to kill you, but it shall not be. Go to your home, 
gather the people, send for White-Moccasins, tell him that if he wants 
to kill you he will have to do it in open fight. When he tries to kill you, 
I will protect you. If he tries to poison you with medicines, I will be 
there to protect you.” The boy listened to the girl, then he went home, 
and told the chief how he had seen a deer and how the deer had turned 
into a girl, and what the girl had told him. The boy invited many 
people, and among them he invited his father, White-Moccasins. 
_ When the people had come, the boy stood up and said: ‘‘White- 
Moccasins, show your power. You may kill me if you can. I know 
that you are trying to kill me, and I will now give you the chance.’’ 
White-Moccasins then stood up and went out. He gathered several 
