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Haida texts and myths

Note 1 — STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS (continued 2)

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There lay Flat-slope1 town. At that time there was sickness in the place. Da′tcꜝi-kî′lsʟas’s2 daughter, Woman-whose-feet-make-a-thunderous-noise, owned a knife that shut up.3 Then Woman-whose-feet-make-a-thunderous-noise died at Tcixodᴀ′lx̣a.4 They said that something carried her off on account of the knife. They then took the body of Woman-whose-feet-make-a-thunderous-noise to Flat-slope town. They also said that the knife belonged to Pestilence,5 and they took it to the middle of the inlet. They then put feathers on it and let it sink easily into the water. On account of the knife they owned the sea water.6

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