FRACHTENBERG] ALSEA TEXTS AND MYTHS 101 



Then not long (afterward) they came agam to a village. Then the 

 younger (brother) said, similarly, "Let us stop m the canoe a little 

 while; I am going to see (the place)." But now he was told as 

 before, "Do keep quiet!" However, he just insisted and said, "Just 

 the same I am going to see." Then he won (his point) at last and 

 went ashore. Then after he arrived at the shore he was told: "No 

 one has ever come here (unpunished)." So he asked, "What is the 

 reason?" — "Oh! there are two women who live (here) and just kill 

 all the people." Then he began to inquire about them two. "Wliere 

 do they two stay, so that I may go and see them two?" — "No! 

 No one has ever gone there (safely). They two simply keep on 

 killing off aU the people." However, he msisted on going, saymg: 

 "What are they two doing that there is no (safe) approach to them for 

 a person?" So when he came to them two, they two asked him, 

 "Wliat dost thou want?" — "I just came to see you two." — "Yes, 

 in order to do us two (some harm) ?" — "ReaUy just for the purpose 

 of seeing you two. What are you two doing now?" . . . 



