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despite being betrothed to another chief, would come to the beach to meet her lover in secret. In order to hide their meetings, the warrior would bury himself in the sand, breathing through a reed, while the daughter sat on top of him, hiding him with her cloak. Eventually her father was suspicious
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of her actions, and discovered her lover by piercing the sand underneath her cloak with his spear. The
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