she thus followed in the pursuit , from valley to valley , and stream to stream , for many months and years ; when she came at length to the lodge of the last of the friendly old grandmothers , as they were called , who gave her the last instructions how to proceed . she told her that she was near the place where her son was to be found ; and she directed her to build a lodge of cedar - boughs , hard by the old toad - woman 's lodge , and to make a little bark dish , and to fill it with the juice of the wild grape . " then , " she said , " your first child ( meaning the dog ) will come and find you out . " these directions the young woman followed just as they had been given to her , and in a short time she heard her son , now grown up , going out to hunt , with his dog , calling out to him , " peewaubik -- spirit - iron -- twee ! twee ! "
the friendly old grandmothers .
who gave the mother the last instructions on how to proceed ?
who gave the mother the last instructions on how to proceed ?