FRACiiTEXBEEG] ALSEA TEXTS AND MYTHS 189 



Then, verily, he went. But (soon) he saw a woman, and that 

 woman beckoned to him. Thereupon he went there. But when he 

 approached she disappeared. And then when he came again to his 

 senses a pretty girl was sitting beside him. Then the girl addressed 

 him, "I am the one who just caused thee to come, so that thou didst 

 go here." — ''I shall never take a bear as a wife" ; thus he spoke. ''I 

 am not a bear"; thus spoke the girl. "I shall take thee back into 

 my house. I will marry thee." Thereupon she took him, indeed, into 

 her house. Then they two came home. "Thy appearance will not 

 (remain the) same; thou wilt become different." (Such was) her 

 speech as they two kept on going home. It was a pretty woman who 

 was taking him home. Finally, they two arrived at her house. ' ' (In) 

 such a place do I live. We two are going to have children right here. 

 Thy appearance will not remain the same. I will marry thee; we two 

 will live right here." (Such was) the speech of that woman to her 

 husband. And then they two stayed (there). But they tw^o did not 

 live there long when the woman gave birth to a child. That man did 

 not think in his own mind (even) a little of his father, while he lived 

 there. And then they two had (more) children there. As the sea- 

 sons of the year kept on changing, their (dual) children were gradually 

 multiplying, while they two lived (there). They two were not living 

 (there) long, when their (dual) children kept on multiplying. They 

 two lived (there) for perhaps ten years and two, and similarly such was 

 the number of their (dual) children. Now for that reason is it always 

 said that the bear is a human being, because she took a human being 

 as a husband. Now only thus far (this part of the story) has reached. 



From where that mentioned (man) left his younger brother, (that 

 younger brother) started to go home from there. He was exceedingly 

 afraid; so for that reason he did not follow his elder brother. He just 

 went home from there. As he was gomg back he just contmually 

 cried. He did not take back (with him) the salmon, the object of 

 their (dual) spearing (trip) , but he just went home (alone) . He was con- 

 tinually crying as he kept on going home. And then he arrived again 

 at their (dual) canoe, whereupon he went home from there by boat. 

 (It was) close to evening when he came back. And then his father 

 heard him. He was continually crying as he was coming nearer. 

 (Then) his wife spoke to him there, " (I) wonder greatly why our (dual) 

 boy is continually crying and why is he coming back (alone) ? " — ' ' Oh ! 

 something must have happened to him." And then they two heard 

 as he kept on calling the name of his elder brother. So they two went 

 down to the shore, his father and his mother. And they two came 

 close to their child. ''A bear has taken away my elder brother. I 

 don't know for sure what happened to my elder brother. In vain I 



