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lodge, and the girl had more to do with the young child than her dog 
did. The dog would only have the child to nurse, and at night the girl 
would keep the child and sleep with it. Tihe child grew every day, 
and began to creep, and soon it began to walk. 
The old woman then asked the girl to go out and cut some sticks 
to make some arrows for the young child, and one large enough for 
a bow. So the girl did as she was requested, and she was shown how 
to make the bow and arrows. When these were made they were given 
to the boy. The boy now was able to go around outside and shoot. 
Wherever the boy went the girl would go along. Once upon a time 
while they were out the little boy shot a bird, and the girl was proud 
of the boy for doing this. They went straight to their home, and she 
told her grandmother what the boy had done and how close they were 
when the boy shot the bird. Thereafter, whenever the boy went the girl 
and the dog went along. This was the beginning of his career as a 
hunter. Soon he began to kill larger birds, such as turkeys, and after- 
ward, when he began to grow up to be a young man, he killed deer and 
buffalo. Then the girl and the dog remained at home instead of going 
out hunting with him. 
Once upon a time, in the night, there came two women, who were 
strangers to them. These two women were ugly-looking, and they had 
great sores on their necks. These two women 'were asked why they 
came and they asked each other to answer. Finally one of the women 
said that they came for the purpose of asking to become engaged to 
their son. The young man rejected these two women. As soon as he 
had rejected them they turned around and passed out and went on 
straight to their homes. Soon after this the young man wished that 
he ‘had not rejected the women. He then undertook to follow them, and 
go with them to their homes. He started after them, taking with him 
his bow and arrows. After following them he finally succeeded in 
catching up with them. These two women then turned back and said to 
one another: “Look at our husband coming.” The three went on to- 
gether until they came to a small creek, where they saw a squirrel 
sitting on a tree. One of these two women requested Child-of-a-Dog 
to shoot the squirrel, saying that it was the very thing they liked for 
food. Child-of-a-Dog shot at the squirrel and killed it, but it caught 
on a limb up in the tree, when the two women requested Child-of-a- 
Dog to get it down so that they could cook it while on the way to their 
home. Child-of-a-Dog then climbed up the tree and reached the place 
where the squirrel was, but when he reached for the squirrel his feet 
and hands were stuck fast to the tree. After this had happened to 
