160 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
When they arrived home the dog turned again into Old-Age-Dog. 
Thereafter, whenever war-parties returned from the war-path, they 
had all kinds of scalp dances, which continued whole nights. 
After a time, Chief’s-Son got married. Hitherto he had slept with 
the dog, but now that he was married the dog had to sleep at the foot 
of his bed. Chief’s-Son forbade his wife to whip the dog, for he thought 
more of it than he did of her, and he said that if she should whip the 
dog she would have to leave the place. 
Time passed, and the dog told Chief’s-Son to go out on the war- 
path, while it would be his duty to stay and watch the woman con- 
stantly. Chief’s-Son went out with a war-party and left the woman in 
care of the dog. Now the dog slept at the foot of the woman’s bed. 
One night after Chief’s-Son had been gone for several days there came 
a man to the woman’s bed. The dog barked to warn the people that 
some one was in the woman’s bed. The man said to the woman: 
“What is the use of your having the dog sleep at the foot of your bed ?” 
He asked the woman to kick the dog off the bed. She complied, and 
the dog went and lay by the door. On the next day the chief’s family 
saw the dog lying by the door. They knew what had happened and 
offered it some food to eat, but it would eat none of the food that was 
offered. Then they talked to the dog and asked what was the matter, 
but the dog would not answer them. They asked the woman what she 
had done to the dog, but she refused to tell what she had done, but said: 
“Perhaps the dog has just become contrary.” The next day the dog lay 
by the door the entire day. The next day the people found the dog a 
long way to the south from his place, and again offered him food to eat, 
and again he refused to eat. He would allow no one to touch him, es- 
pecially the woman who had kicked him off from the bed. The next day 
the dog moved on further south, and this time he was found in the out- 
skirts of the village. The people offered him food and again he refused 
it. Here he remained till night, allowing no one to touch him, then he 
moved toward the south, where there was a high point, where victorious 
warriors always appeared on their way home from war. ‘There he 
awaited the coming of his master. The next morning when the people 
looked for the dog they were unable to find him. But some one from 
the village happened to go around by the high point, and finding the dog 
lying on the ground facing the village, they notified the chief’s people, 
who all went to the dog with food for it to eat, but the dog again re- 
fused to eat. They talked to the dog and begged him to go back with 
them and put away his sad feeling. They began to get uneasy about 
Chief’s-Son on account of the way the dog was acting. They all mis- 
