This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...man. Down to the side of the shaman he bounds. The shaman became an otter. He dove and swam around; and all the men dove in the form of animals, --mink and muskrats and divers and loons, --and staid down at the bottom, while the young man became a hawk and flew off. 9. Wolverene. A married couple lived ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...man. Down to the side of the shaman he bounds. The shaman became an otter. He dove and swam around; and all the men dove in the form of animals, --mink and muskrats and divers and loons, --and staid down at the bottom, while the young man became a hawk and flew off. 9. Wolverene. A married couple lived by themselves, and they had a cache and a house. The husband hunted, both with marten-traps and with arrows. "Well," said he one day, "I must go to my marten-traps 5" but the woman was unwilling (to let him go). "No," said she, "why should you? Come," said she, "stay here to-day! Perhaps there will be strangers along." But the man said, "Who can there be to come? There is nobody around. Mine are the only tracks there are." And he went off, dressed for the trail. Meanwhile his wife began to cry while she sat sewing in the house. At noon, outside the house, she heard some one brushing the snow off his boots, and another than her husband came in at the door. Then the woman drew her hair over her face, and put some meat and fat into a bowl and gave it to him. "Won't you have something to eat?" said she. "Why, no," said he, "I'm not hungry. It's you that I came for. Come with me!" But she refused. Then he gave her some beautiful beads, and put them upon her neck, and went away. Then she made a fire and cooked (supper), expecting her husband, thinking that he would be hungry. By and by he came back, and they ate (supper); and he put on the curtain, and they went to bed. She undressed; and her husband saw the great (string) of beads, and scolded her angrily. "Who gave them to you," said he, "when there is nobody here?" and he smashed the...
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Add this copy of Ten'a Texts and Tales From Anvik, Alaska to cart. $44.88, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Hardpress Publishing.
