Motif
approach in guise of visitors before attack
approach_in_guise_of_visitors_before_attack
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF NINSTINTS AND THE PEOPLE OF SKIDEGATE / WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF SKIDEGATE AND KLOO / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE TSIMSHIAN / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE BELLABELLA; lines 19580-19674 confidence: high
The advance party comes as if visiting, paddling slowly, while the fort people gamble; near shore the attackers discharge guns and land, and some people flee from the fort.
The advance party moves its paddles slowly as if coming as visitors while the fort people gamble and pay no attention; the attackers then fire guns near shore.
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