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Haida texts and myths

Note 3 — Îłdī′nī

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Fearing to expose themselves to possible danger from an entirely strange man. There was no assurance of safety between man and man unless both were of the same family or peace was known to exist between their respective families. The verbs in this quotation have the past-experienced ending, -gᴀn. Had this been related by a person who had learned the facts from somebody else they would have taken the past-inexperienced ending, -an. ↑

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