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howled and called, and Young-Man-Chief arose from the dead, rubbed 
his eyes and said: “I have slept too hard.’”’ When Young-Man-Chief 
looked he saw an old dog sitting by him, and at once he rose on his 
feet, took hold of the dog and kissed him for raising him from the dead. 
Young-Man-Chief was pretty sore from the effect of the fire, and the 
dog insisted that Young-Man-Chief should go with him to the nearest 
stream. They at once started for the water, and when they arrived at 
it they looked for the deepest place, and the dog commanded Young- 
Man-Chief to dive four times. Young-Man-Chief dived four times, 
and when he came out of the water after the fourth time he was all 
healed. After doing all this they at once set out for Young-Man- 
Chief’s home. When he was burned to death his bow and arrows and 
other things he had were taken away from him. When the dog com- 
manded him to dive in the water he had his arrows back again. When 
they were on the way home (and they were on the way about four days, 
in a straight course), Young-Man-Chief hunted for some game to eat. 
He slept with the dog at night until they reached home. 
When they reached home, Young-Man-Chief bade his father call 
all his men to listen to the story of his life while he was away. The 
chief at once called all the men together at his place, and when they 
had come they saw Young-Man-Chief and the Old-Age-Dog, In those 
times it was the custom of the people on the return of some one that 
they had not seen for a while, to hug the person who had been absent; 
so they hugged Young-Man-Chief, and after learning that the dog had 
saved his life they hugged the dog. Young-Man-Chief began to tell 
the story about his life while away. He said that he had wandered a 
long while looking for the homes of the Tricksters, and finally he dis- 
covered them; that he had to wait until darkness came on before he 
could do anything; that when darkness came he walked to the village 
and looked in every tipi seeking the lost woman; that finally he suc- 
ceeded, finding her in the tipi where there were a great many people; 
how he had taken one of his arrows, punched a hole through the tipi, 
and with a long piece of grass through the hole punched the woman’s 
back in order that she might know that some one wanted to see her 
outside ; how he succeeded in getting her out to talk with her; how she 
made a fine talk in order to get back into the tipi; how she went into 
the tipi and brought back her man concealed, that he might attack him; 
how he was attacked by her man, who at once called for help, and 
ordered his men to build a big fire in order to have a big victory dance 
over the victim ; how he was scorched; how the woman abused him by 
punching him with a burning stick; and how his life ended; how when 
