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Note 7 — How the Seaward-sqoā′ładas obtained the names of their gambling sticks

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Djū′tcꜝîtga. A song comes into this story somewhere the words of which were given me by the last survivor of the Seaward-sqoā′ładas. They are as follows: Gᴀm dī dā qê′ñg̣ᴀñga, “You do not see me” [because I am too great to be seen]. Probably this was Djū′tcꜝîtga’s song, heard before or at the time when Gasî′na-ᴀ′ndju was taken into his house. ↑

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