Explain the presence of xoloitzcuintlis in Indian burial mounds.

Xoloitzcuintlis were believed to help the dead make their journey to the underworld. That belief explains why they were placed in burial mounds: Indians thought the dogs would guide their souls there. The correct choice is “Indians believed xoloitzcuintlis would guide their souls to the underworld.”

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