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Haida texts and myths

Note 5 — Îłdī′nī

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And after he had lived there for a long time he came to understand their language. After he had wept for a while he sang a crying song. He began the following crying song: 𝄆 “Hēg̣ōnōnē′ ʟa′gwaiyē djū′qoqołtēdj. 𝄇 Ha gūsē′, ha gūsē′ łē′nī gîta′nī hagūsē′.”5 And he joined that tribe. Then he told them that he had belonged to the Fish-eggs and they all gave themselves to him because they saw that he was a chief. And his friends, the Fish-eggs, lost him.

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