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TOO'-CHA-MO, THE STUMP, AND CHOO'-KOO HENG-IL'-NAH-AS'-SE, THE LOST DOG

The Northern Mewuk say:

Too'-cha-mo the stump and Choo'-koo the dog are friends. When Choo'-koo is lost and does not know where his man has gone he goes to Too'-cha-mo and asks. Too'-cha-mo tells him which way to go to strike his man's trail; Choo'-koo goes and finds it, and no matter how far away his man is, he follows the trail right to him.


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