THE STORY OF CHILD-OF-A-DOG. 135 
race was to be. There were great crowds of people gathered around to 
see them start, and also to see what kind of a looking man Child-of-a- 
Dog was. In this crowd he saw the two women whom he had followed 
from his home, and also his wives. He had already given full instruc- 
tions, and hhad the things that were given to ‘him for his use. He met 
his opponents and started off due north to their starting point. Child- 
of-a-Dog was accompanied by his brother-in-law. When they came to 
the first starting point he refused to start from there, saying it was too 
close to start from. So the oldest of the four brothers said to his other 
brothers: “This is the first time that any one has ever said that. We are 
going to have the hardest race we have ever had.” ‘They started on to 
the next starting place. They had to travel fast in order to get to the 
starting place right. Finally they came to the second pole, and again 
Child-of-a-Dog told them that a man who was considered a racer ought 
not to call that a starting point, for it was yet too close for him. This 
same man, the oldest of the four brothers, again said to his brothers that 
he knew that they for the first time were to have a hard race. They 
again started for the next starting place. They had to travel fast in 
order to have the race at once. Finally they came to the third pole, and 
again Child-of-a-Dog told them that it was too close. The four men 
began to think that there must be something the matter, but they went 
on again, to the fourth place, and asked if it was far enough for him 
to start from. He said to his opponents that it was far enough, and 
there was where the big race was to begin. 
They then started, Child-of-a-Dog’s brother-in-law doing the first 
part of the race against his other brother-in-law. Child-of-a-Dog stayed 
back behind the others, waiting for his brothers-in-law to give out. 
Finally this man gave out and Child-of-a-Dog then asked to try his 
speed with these men. Child-of-a~-Dog began his race against these 
four brothers, and in order to get ahead of them he dropped the comb 
and there was behind him thick burrs of some kind that stuck these 
four brothers on their feet, so it was impossible for them to travel very 
fast. ‘While they were coming slowly, Child-of-a-Dog got far ahead 
of them. Finally the four men passed the place and in order to catch 
up with him they commanded the wind to blow from the south, and it 
howled so that it was impossible for Child-of-a-Dog to travel rapidly. 
These four men passed him and left him behind. Then he took his 
gourd and commanded the wind to get in the gourd. The wind obeyed 
and ceased to blow. Child-of-a-Dog began to gain on them again, and 
after overtaking them he threw the piece of clay in front of them, and 
it made a boggy place for the other men to travel over, and so he again 
