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American Indian life

Note 18 — Cries-for-salmon, a Ten’a Woman

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The Rev. J. Jetté notes that a peculiar fear of bears is universal among Ten’a women, concluding that the fear is due to the bear tales in which the bear is represented as peculiarly hostile to women. The view that the tale is the outcome of the fear is also tenable.

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