PROLOGUE.

The article presents a story of the Athabaskan legend. It narrates the tale of a young Eskimo girl hidden by the chief of a group of Athabaskan Indians in a fishing site near its place to protect her from being killed. In the spring, the chief granted her request of becoming a member of the tribe. However, on the day the Athabaskan were celebrating in Ishmoloff for bringing her home, the Shaman decided to kill her in consideration of dark and dangerous things. On the day of her death, only the chief mourned.