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Trapping contest won by deception.

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“Go now, and take up your abode with your husband.”’ They put on their best clothes and went. On the way they had to pass Raven’s house, and heard the Ravens laughing inside, be- cause the girls had to marry Dirty-Boy. The elder sister said, “Let us go in and see what they are laughing about!” The younger one said, “‘No, our father told us to go straight to our husband.”’ The elder one went in, and sat down beside Raven’s eldest son.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 48 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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  • N. Am. IndianThompson Tales 328 n. 187.
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Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing himSuitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-lawImpostors claim reward (prize) earned by heroFortunate youngest son. Always has good luckHero (heroine) of unpromising occupation

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