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Haida texts and myths

Note 13 — STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS

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And at evening she called for her youngest uncle. She said to him: “When you go fishing to-morrow wear a new hat and have a new paddle.” And early next day they went fishing. Then she sat down at the end of the town with her knees together. And when she pulled up her dress the wind blew out of the inlet. Every time she raised it higher more wind came. When she had raised it to a level with her knees a very strong wind blew. And she stretched her arm to the thread of life13 of him only who wore the new hat, and she saved him, because his wife left something for her. That was Fine-weather-woman,14 they say.

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