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ing, he said, "I shall ask mj' brother, to learn what he will think 

 about this matter." Going out, he consulted with his younger 

 brother, who had in appearance become a turkey, saying, " That 

 woman has conie. What is to be done? " The answer came: "Have 

 I not told you that she would come? She is a great sorceress whose 

 purpose is to destroy us. You must tell her that you are not ready 

 to go today, but that you and your brother will go tomorrow. I 

 foresee that if we go something evil will happen to us if we ai'e not 

 ver}' cautious." Going into the lodge, the elder brother said to the 

 woman, " We will start as soon as we can get ready." She did not 

 once suspect that what she had taken for a turkey was the other 

 brother. The brother with the turkey-skin robe decided to remain 

 in the lodge that night, lest something evil might befall his elder 

 brother; so he placed himself on a convenient perch, the woman 

 thinking he was a tame turkey. The next morning neither of the 

 brothers thought of eating anything. The elder said, " I think that 

 I shall have to accompany this woman," to which the Turkey Brother 

 replied: "It is very wrong of you to go. She, is a gi-eat sorceress, 

 and we can not overcome her orenda." 



The woman had come from the west, where the two brothers had 

 never been. When the Turkey Brother saw the woman and his 

 brother leave the lodge together, he followed them for some time, 

 noting that they went westward. He said to himself, " I do not see 

 why you agreed to go." The Turkey Brother was now alone. Toward 

 evening he felt vei-y lonely, and he spent an anxious night. In the 

 morning he mused with a heavy heart, saying, " My poor brother ! 

 The woman has taken him away; and if anything happens to Iiim, 

 I shall dream of it." After the lapse of some time he said, " Well, I 

 must go after my brother." Traveling westward, the Turkey 

 Brother came to an opening in the forest in which stood a lodge, 

 whereupon he said, " This must be the place." The old woman of 

 the lodge said : " There is a turkey outside. Perhaps it has come to 

 stay with us; it is very tame." The elder brother now Imew that his 

 Turkey Brother had come after him, and going out of the lodge, he 

 met him. The sorceress took a fancy to the Turkey Brother and did 

 not think of killing him. Toward night one of the women sought 

 to place the Turkey Brother by himself for the night, but he perched 

 on an open gable end of a lodge in order to be able to see and hear 

 what was taking place on the inside. After the two women had gone 

 g short distance from the lodge, the Turkey Brother said : " Brother, 

 how can you endure the abuse which these women heap upon you? 

 They never give you a mouthful to eat, for they intend to kill you. 

 I have come to tell you this, for I have discovered what they are 

 going to do. I am going home now, but I will take you away from 



