animal suitors tested by declared abilities and rejected

native american northwest coast

• Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect STORY OF THE HOUSE-POINT FAMILIES / STORIES OF THE PITCH-PEOPLE / HOW ONE WAS HELPED BY A LITTLE WOLF / STORY OF THE TWO TOWNS THAT STOOD ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF NASS RIVER; lines 15248-15364 confidence: high

  The woman and her mother travel inland to a high mountain; the mother calls for someone to marry her daughter, and Grouse, Sparrow, Kꜝū′djix̣u, and other birds come, describe what they can do, and are refused.

  Birds and forest animals respond to the mother’s marriage call, state their powers or skills, and are refused.

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