Myths and legends of Alaska . fs daughter knew that her lover belongedto the Bear tribe. After a while the chiefs daughter became wanted to go back to her fathers home, but theBear tribe watched her so she could not escape. One day chiefs daughter reached the shore. Out onthe water she saw a fisherman in a boat, and she calledto him to rescue her. The fisherman touched his canoewith his killing club and in one bound it sprang to theshore, just as the Bear and some of his tribe fisherman began to fight Bear, but he could not killhim. Then the chiefs daughter told him to
Myths and legends of Alaska . fs daughter knew that her lover belongedto the Bear tribe. After a while the chiefs daughter became wanted to go back to her fathers home, but theBear tribe watched her so she could not escape. One day chiefs daughter reached the shore. Out onthe water she saw a fisherman in a boat, and she calledto him to rescue her. The fisherman touched his canoewith his killing club and in one bound it sprang to theshore, just as the Bear and some of his tribe fisherman began to fight Bear, but he could not killhim. Then the chiefs daughter told him to strike Bearbetween the eyes, because his heart was there. So Bearwas killed. The fisherman took the chiefs daughter in his behold! — he was no fisherman at all. It wasGonaqadet, the spirit of the sea. So the woman mar-ried Gonaqadet, who was very kind to her. After a long while, the chiefs daughter became un-happy again. She wanted her son to be trained by herpeople, as the custom was. Then Gonaqadet permitted 78.
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