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kill her. Man says he has seen choking of wife by old woman and tells where 
she has thrown body. Chief goes to place and stays all night and next day weep- 
ing. He goes again and third time he hears singing coming from river. He goes 
and listens. It is his wife’s voice. She sings song four times, and then he sees 
wife standing in river. She tells his parents to clean grass-lodge and purify 
room by burning sage, and then he is to return for her. That is done and he 
takes her home and they live long together. Finally Flint-Stone-Man goes toward 
south to become flint stone. His wife becomes Woman-having-Powers-in-the- 
Water, and many people become flint arrows and animals, some remaining as 
human beings. 
18. THE HAWK AND HIS FOUR DOGS. 
Near village lives man, wife, daughter, and son. Son has four dogs, white, 
black, red, and copper color. Dogs always kept tied up. Boy hunts, and tells 
father, mother, and sisters if dogs get uneasy they are to be untied, as boy 
will then be in danger. Boy meets two good-looking women, with tattooed faces, 
and wearing buffalo robe. They ask him to go with them. On their way north, 
they ask him what he can do to escape if attacked by enemy. He tells them of 
his powers. They see herd of Buffalo, and when they are near women become 
Buffalo and boy disappears. Women tell Buffalo they must stamp ground where 
young man disappeared. They stamped ground, but he has become ant and 
crawled away and then gets on this feet and runs for his hfe. Buffalo run after 
him and he becomes small bird. Women tell Buffalo again to stamp ground, 
but he thas crawled away and again run away. Buffalo run after him and they 
see him shoot his arrows, which carry him along with them. When last arrow 
used young man climbs elm tree. Buffalo gather around and hook tree. Young 
man’s dogs grow restless and father cuts ropes and they go to his rescue. As 
tree falls dogs come and chase Buffalo away. Young man goes home, but never 
sees dogs again. After a while, to prevent further accident, he and father, mother, 
and sisters fly away and become hawks. Then old home is changed to tree, and 
meat to bark of tree. 
19. THE STORY OF CHILD-OF-A-DOG. 
Old woman and granddaughter are living apart by themselves. Granddaugh- 
ter has small dog. Old woman tells granddaughter that if man asks her to be 
his wife she is not to refuse, as she will have child. Dog becomes pregnant 
and is put in small grass-lodge. Girl goes and peeps into lodge and sees child, 
instead of puppies. They make bed for dog in lodge. Child-of-a-Dog is cared 
for by girl and soon begins to walk. Has bow and arrows and shoots birds, and 
when young man goes hunting two women come and ask to be engaged to 
Child-of-a-Dog. He rejects them, but afterward follows them. They request 
Child-of-a-Dog to shoot Squirrel. He does so, but it catches limb of tree. He 
climbs tree to get squirrel, but his hands and feet stick and women leave him to 
starve to death. His father, Wind, comes and releases him. Tells him not to 
follow women, but he does so and they take him home. They say he can have 
other two sisters for wives. Their brother tells him that other two women 
are married to four brothers, who eat human beings. Further that he will have 
