As they came up to the Indians, how they all did laugh! For the squaw had a little dog on her back, in place of a baby, or pappoose, as they say. It rode in a fold of her blanket, as snug as could be.
The old Indian did not turn his head as the sleigh drove past But the squaw gave John and Sue a look, as much as to say, "I know why you laugh!"
Was n't it odd of the squaw to carry her dog like a pappoose?
If it had been a child, I dare say she would have had it strapped to a board. The Indians treat their babies so to make them hardy, they say.
I think the dog had the best of it: don't you?