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Haida texts and myths

Note 28 — A-slender-one-who-was-given-away

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One day she offered her daughter in marriage: “Djīnâ′-â-â, nałgū-ū-ūs Ga′oax (Tsimshian words).”28 A large creature came running in at the side toward the door. “I will marry your daughter.” “What will you do when you marry my daughter?” “Oh, bother! after I have married your daughter I will come out at one end of the town and eat them all up from the end. I will eat them all.” That was Grizzly-bear.

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