Smoke test. Attempt to kill hero by smoke

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Smoke test. Attempt to kill hero by smoke.

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“Then they exchanged arrows, the Sun giving him four arrows of his own. The points of these arrows were made of coal." Now the young man began to climb the mountain. When he came up to the goats, he took one of the arrows, aimed it, and shot. It struck the animals, but fell down without killing it. The same happened with the other arrows. When he had spent all his arrows, they rushed up to him from the four sides, intending to kill him.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 39 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 39 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 312 n. 120a.

Within the index

Filed under Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire.

Filed beside it

Heat test: swallowing red-hot stones Burning food test. Attempt to kill hero by feeding him burning food Smoking test. Attempt to kill hero by having him smoke fatal pipe

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

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