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befen attacked, but rould find no tracp of tho liody. The young widow then wanted to 

 take unto her.~elt one of these brothers-in-law, but he wa.* afraid after what had hap- 

 pened to her first hu?band. Nevertheless, she loosened her hammock, and slung it 

 next to hi,s; she even brought him food, water, and other things, but he refused to 

 handle anything that she offered. Had h" done so, she would have said to herself, 

 "He loves me" [Sect. -275]. Nevertheless, she persisted in her attentions, and fol- 

 lowed him everywhere; where he went, she went. He told her he was going to cut 

 out honey and that she must go back; .she refused, so he threw her into the river. 

 She did not mind, but clung to the edge of the corial, and though he bashed her fingers 

 with the paddle, she refused to let go her hold — well, at last he gave way and let her 

 join him. So they went together to the i>lace where the honey was to be procured, 

 and filled all their goblets. The woman said. "Don't cul any more. I feel strange. 

 Something i.s about to happen." He stopped cutting, and helped to pack the corial 

 ready for the return journey. WTiile doing so, the two Tiger creatures came from out 

 of their hiding-place and killed him. And the woman was for the second time a 

 widow. The remaining I)rother and other members of the family came and visited 

 the spot as before, but there was no trace of the body to be found. It was this remaining 

 brother that the woman next wanted, but after what had happened, he was too much 

 afraid to have anything whatever to do wilh her. However, she persisted so much, (hat 

 he was finally forced to consent. They went for the honey as before, the strange 

 feeling came over her, she warned him to stop, they started packing, and ihe two 

 Tiger crea^ures appeared. On this occasion, the man killed one of his assailants before 

 being himself dispatched by the other. At any rate, the woman was for the third 

 time a widow. Did she then marry the old man who wanted her originalh? No; 

 she would not even look at him. 



321B. How THE Little Bot Escaped fr(^m the Caries (W) 



A parly of women and girls went to gather wild pineapple. They traveled in a lai^ 

 corial. and at last landed. Having roamed Ihe bush and gathered a number of pines, 

 they all sat down in a circle to eat them, and commenced laughing and chattering, 

 as women do. Now there was a little boy among the party, who climbed up an over- 

 hanging tree, where the corial had been tied up at the water-.'dde, in order to keep 

 watch; he was afraid that something was going to happen.' After a while he called 

 out that some men were swimming across the stream, but all that the women jokingly 

 said was: "All right. Let them come. We will have some sport and fun with them." 

 But the men were really ("arib cannibals, and as soon as they reached land, they 

 rushed upon the women, slaughtered every one of them, and began cooking the 

 flesh. The boy up the tree was much frightened at seeing all this, V)ul did not dare 

 des<end just yet. The Caribs were watching the corial lest anyone should come and 

 fetch it away, and at irregular intervals would wander backward and forward from 

 the scene of the outrage 1o the landing-place. It was during one of these intervals that 

 the youngster slipped down the tree, and, breaking his arrow, rubbed the pieces 

 over his body to make him brave [Sect. SSI]. He then slipped off into the corial, 

 and as cpiickly as possible reached midstream. By this time the Carilis had recog- 

 nized liim and shouted for him to return. "Comeback! Comeback! '' theyscieamed: 

 "Your sister is alive and calls you," but the lad knew better and, paddling strongly, 

 got home safe. He told his father and other relatives all that had haj)pened. These 

 hurried back, only to find that the Caribs had made their escape, and so they "received 

 no payment" [i. e. they did not get their revenge on them].^ 



1 When I asked the narrator how the little boy knew that something exceptional was about to take place, 

 she told me that when young people and children travel tar aiield, they often get frightened and nervous. — 

 W. E.R. 



1 For another Warrau version of this story, see Sect. Ii7. 



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