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Note 31 — A-slender-one-who-was-given-away

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After he had lived with her in his father’s house for a while he had a child by her. She bore a boy. Again she gave birth to a boy. [She gave birth to eight.] Again she gave birth. She gave birth to [two] girls. The eldest son was called “Puncher” (X̣ᴀtagī′a).31 The youngest girl was called “One-who-sucks-arrow-points-from-wounds.” The next one he named “One-who-heals-the-place-where-the-arrows-strike.” His grandfather called the eldest boy to him, took out his bones, and put stones in in place of them. He filled up all parts of his body with stones.

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