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Note 4 — Łᴀguadjî′na or Łg̣añā′ʻogaña

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And after they had thought for a while what they could use with which to catch it they began digging roots. They traveled around upon the island of Gᴀsqo.4 Upon it they got roots. And they also twisted those. When the rope was long, they went to it again. They again used their sister as bait. Again they put the snare in front of it. When it put its head through, they slipped the knot down to its middle. Again they pulled their sister in quickly, again they spat medicine upon her, and again she seized the end of the rope. After they had been pulled down many times, as they held this, it broke, and they fell backward in a heap. Then they went away again.

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