THE STORY OF CHILD-OF-A-DOG. 131 
them. At this place there were no people to be seen, so that the girl did 
not know that other people existed besides them, nor did she know of 
any such being asa man. The girl soon was old enough to go out by 
herself and to go after wood, and her dog accompanied her everywhere 
-she went. When at home the old woman would often talk to her about 
villages that existed out a long distance from them, and also about 
her some time meeting some man when out after wood, who would ask 
her to become his wife. The old woman told her that when she should 
be asked she must not refuse, for it would be a great help to them, and 
not only a help, but that she would some time soon have a young child 
who would either be a boy or a girl. The girl was glad to learn of this, 
and whenever she went out she would wish that she might meet some 
man. Sometimes when the girl was at home she asked many questions 
about these things. 
Once upon a time her dog seemed as though she was pregnant, 
and the girl asked the old woman what was the matter with her dog. 
The old woman told the girl that her dog must have met with some 
other dog. The girl then asked again, “Now when my dog does bring 
a young one what will it be?” ‘The old woman replied that it would 
be a dog like the mother dog, only it might be a male or a female. 
Finally this little dog was unable to go around as she used to, so the 
girl would leave her dog at home when going out for wood. The 
young woman soon afterward went to work and built a small grass- 
lodge for her dog to lie in while in travail. Then when the dog seemed 
about to bring forth her young the girl took her in the grass-lodge 
where she had made a place ready for her. The old woman then for- 
bade the girl to go around where the dog was until after four days. 
She told her that then she could go to see the young one or bring it in 
the lodge that they were living in. The dog kept groaning and groan- 
ing, and finally quieted down. Without the old woman’s consent, and 
in spite of her admonition, the girl peeped into the lodge where the dog 
was, and there she saw a young child instead of puppies. She then 
turned right back and told the old woman that her dog had brought 
forth a child instead of puppies. The old woman asked her if she had 
already gone there where she was forbidden to go. The girl said that 
she had. The old woman would not believe her, but the girl kept 
on telling her that it was a young child. They finally went over there, 
and the old woman saw that it was a young child, and so she picked it 
up and took it to the creek and washed it, while the girl was pre- 
paring a bed for her dog. This bed she made on the west side of the 
lodge. The boy was called Child-of-a-Dog and was brought into their 
