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(whereby) all had knives mside (their dresses) ? Now what reason 

 art thou going to have to cry for?" Nevertheless the younger (man) 

 was going to see (what had happened). So when he arrived upstairs 

 in (the house) he only found his elder brother lymg there (with) his 

 head gone. Thereupon he said, "What on earth became of those two 

 who cut off the head of my elder brother? " So then he descended 

 again, saying, "Eun after them quickly!" And then all the people 

 woke up, whereupon the canoes were launched and entered. But as 

 soon as a canoe would leave the shore it would sink there immediately, 

 and its owners (had to) swim around. So then different (vessels) were 

 launched, but just the same it happened similarly. Then all the 

 canoes were tried, but it was found that they were all just full of 

 holes. Thereupon the cookmg pots were tried next, but m like man- 

 ner it happened thus: (One vessel) would just go away from the 

 shore, and it (would) sink there. Thereupon everythmg was tried. 

 Even the clamshells were taken down to the water and entered, but 

 just the same thing happened. Those who had clamshells would 

 hardly leave the shore in them, when they would sink quickly (with 

 the people) who were in them. And then even the spoons were tried, 

 but likewise it happened thus. Finally, they two were given up 

 because they two had really punched holes in all sorts of things; they 

 two punched holes even in the buckets. 



So they two came back to the other side, whereupon they two started 

 (home) agam. And then when they two came back to where they 

 two had skmned those women, they two took off the skins of the 

 Snakes. And then they brought out once more their (dual) bows 

 from where they two had left them when they two went (by here 

 before) . Then they two started carrying home the head of their (dual) 

 father. And when they two came back to where they two had placed 

 those arrows for a sign (to mark their way), where they two had 

 climbed up, then they two went down again. And they two took off 

 only two arrows, so that (the chain) would not reach to the sky Vvdien 

 a mountain would happen (to rise up there). And this is why there 

 is one mountain somewhere in this world (that) almost reaches to 

 the sky. So when they two came back down below they went home. 

 Then a general murder-dance took place. And they two began -to 

 gather pitch in order to put (back) the head of their (dual) father. 

 In the meanwhile dancing was indulged in by all. Then that person 

 was told to dance while his head was being put back. (At first) they 

 (tried) to make it stick with pitch. But whenever he moved himself 

 (even) a little, it would come off again. Then a song was made: "His 



