THE STORY OF CHILD-OF-A-DOG. 133 
Child-of-a-Dog the two women told him that he should remain up in 
the tree and die. Then these women started off and left him in the 
tree to starve to death. Soon he saw a man who called him “son.” He 
did not know the man, and this was the very first time that he had ever 
heard that he ‘had a father. This man who had called him “son” was 
Thinking-of-a-Place-and-at-once-being-there (Tsikidikikea), or the 
Wind. As soon as he knew that the man was his father he knew that he 
would be taken off from the tree. The Wind told him that he had fol- 
lowed him because he was in ‘bad company, and that he knew that he was 
in danger. The Wind commanded the tree to lie down gently, and when 
he had commanded this the tree slowly came down to the ground andi 
Child-of-a-Dog was taken off from the tree. When he was taken off 
he was requested not to follow the two women again, for they were 
leading him into trouble. Soon after this his father departed, and 
Child-of-a-Dog followed along the trail of the women. This young 
man having power to travel fast by the gift of his father, the Wind, 
finally overtook the two women again. Not knowing what else to do 
with him, the two women took ‘him on to their home. Late that even- 
ing they arrived at their village. Having arrived at their home they told 
the young man that he could have their two other sisters for his wives. 
Tihis made the young man feel sad, after having come a long way and 
then having to marry another two instead of the two women that he had 
followed from his home. These two women called him all kinds of 
names, saying that they would not have a man for a husband that was 
the offspring of a dog. Then he was requested to have the other two 
women for his wives, because the two women were of the same class of 
people to which he belonged. In the place where they lived was also 
living with them their brother. These two women then left him with 
their two other sisters and brother. The brother of these two women 
then began to tell him about these two women, and told him what sort of 
women they were. He said that each of these two women had two 
husbands; and these four men were all brothers; and that the sisters 
had taken him for their husbands to eat, for these four brothers were 
mean, and ate human beings; that when the sisters left their home they 
went to their husbands to tell them of his being there; and that about 
midnight he could see them come around their place eating human 
flesh, for that was what they lived on at all times; and that on the next 
day he should be challenged to run in a big footrace, and that he must 
have great power as a runner to win the race from these four brothers. 
That night Child-of-a-Dog went to bed with these two women. After 
going to bed with the two women he was told that he was going to meet 
