bride-dead

Updated: June 5, 2025

Then he come back once again in the night when Little Hammer was away, and before morning he go; but when Little Hammer return, there lay his bride only an Injin girl, but his bride-dead! You see? Eh? No? Well, the Captain at the Post he says it was the same as Lucrece. I say it was like hell.

Gilbert Parker - Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Volume 2.

Then he come back once again in the night when Little Hammer was away, and before morning he go; but when Little Hammer return, there lay his bride only an Injin girl, but his bride-dead! You see? Eh? No? Well, the Captain at the Post he says it was the same as Lucrece. I say it was like hell.

Gilbert Parker - Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete