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good part." The dog, however, instead of eating it, ran straight up between the mountains, yelping.

Now when his brother-in-law brought the sheep down, the man asked him, Where is the little dog ? And he said, It ran away from me." That was the report he brought down. Then the owner of the dog called his sister to him and said, "Tell me truly what he did with the little dog. I did not want to let it go at first because I knew people would do that thing to it." His sister said, "He threw the entrails to it to eat. That is why it ran off."

Then the youth felt very sad on account of his little animal and prepared to follow it. His brother-in-law showed him the place between the mountains where the dog had gone up, and he went up in that direction until he came to its footprints and saw the red paint he had put upon it. This animal was really the wolf-chief's son who had been sent to help him, and, because the man put red upon its head and feet, a wolf can now be told by the red on its feet and around its mouth.

After he had followed the trail for a long distance he came to a lake with a long town on the opposite side. There he heard a great noise made by people playing. It was a very large lake, so he thought, "I wonder how I can get over there." Just then he saw smoke coming out from under his feet. Then a door swung open, and he was told to enter. An old woman lived there called Woman-always-wondering (Luwat-uwadji / gi-canA / k! u ), who said to him, "Grandchild, why are you here?" He answered "I came across a young dog which helped me, but it is lost, and I come to find where it went." Then the woman answered, " Its people live right across there. It is a wolf-chief's son. That is its father s town over there where they are making a noise." So the old woman instructed him.

Then he wondered and said to himself, "How can I get across?" But the old woman spoke out, saying, "My little canoe is just below here." He said to himself, "It might turn over with me." Then the old woman answered, "Take it down. Before you get in shake it and it will become large." Then she continued: "Get inside of the boat and stretch yourself on the bottom, but do not paddle it. Instead wish continually to come in front of that place."

He did as she directed and landed upon the other side. Then he got out, made the canoe small and put it into his pocket, after which he went up among the boys who were playing about, and watched them. They were playing with a round, twisted thing called gitcxAnaga t (rainbow). Then some one directed him to the wolf-chief's house at the farther end of the village. An evening fire, such as people used to make in olden times, was burning there, and, creeping in behind the other people, the man saw his little wolf playing about near it in front of his father.