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Haida texts and myths

Note 24 — STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS (continued 2)

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After they had fled for some time they landed at Gwī′g̣ᴀl. They then turned over the canoe among the driftwood. At that time the killer whales were jumping about upon their tails on the dry land. By and by they (his comrades) said to Gîtko′na: “Come, let us try to do something.” Big killer whales lay in the canoe cove. At that time they took out tobacco for them. When they laid it down with calcined shells behind it the g̣ō′tgadugᴀmłg̣al24 took it into its mouth. The big creature at once moved seaward. Immediately, all vanished into the ocean.

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