Note 29 — A-slender-one-who-was-given-away

Still another time [she cried]: “Djīnâ′-â-â, djīnâ′-â-â nałgū-ū-ūs Ga′oax.”29 Someone came in and stood there. He had a bow for a staff. Feathers were around it in one place. He held arrows with it in his hand. He had a quiver on his back. He had dancing leggings. He had a gable-crowned hat. He did not say a word. “What are you going to do if you marry my daughter?” He took a heavy step with his right foot. The earth cracked. “Stop! stop! great chief, you are the one.” Then the earth closed again. “Indeed, I thought that you had your daughter for me.”