Note 195 — 22

Not long after Iwaginan went back home. As soon as they arrived in Pindayan he divorced Gimbagonan, and he went to marry Aponībolinayen. So truly he married Gamayawán. As soon as the pakálon was over, he paid the marriage price. Next evening Iwaginan and Aponībolinayen lived together. Next morning they went to wash their hair. “Wait for me here for I am going to dive in the river,” said Iwaginan. So he dived, and he went to the place where the alan lived under the water and the alan said, “Eb we have something to eat for breakfast, it is a man.” “No, do not eat me, I came to change my clothes,” said Iwaginan. “Is Aponībolinayen here?” they said. “No,” he said, and the alan covered each hair of his head with golden beads, and they gave clothes to him. After that when he went back home, they went to guide him. As soon as they arrived by the river they saw Aponībolinayen. “How cunning you are, Iwaginan! You told us she was not here, and she is here,” said the alan. “If we had known that Aponībolinayen was by the river we would have eaten you, for we wanted to take her,” they said. “No,” said Iwaginan, and they went home. A day later he took Aponībolinayen to Pindayan and Gimbagonan prepared the baladon poison, because she wanted to kill Iwaginan. As soon as he and Aponībolinayen arrived in Pindayan, Gimbagonan went to their house, and she took betel-nuts. As soon as she reached the house she gave the nut to Aponībolinayen, and it had baladon poison on it. She gave also to Iwaginan, but it had no poison on it. As soon as they chewed the betel-nut Aponībolinayen died. Not long after Iwaginan sharpened his headaxe and spear, for he intended to cut off Gimbagonan's head. They went to get a medium195 to make the ceremony for Aponībolinayen, and when the medium was making the ceremony she said, “Aponībolinayen cannot be cured unless Gimbagonan comes to cure her, for she used the poison which is baladon.” Not long after they went to get Gimbagonan and Iwaginan was anxious Page 149to get her head, but she asked his pardon and she went to cure Aponībolinayen. As soon as she made Aponībolinayen drink of her medicine, she was at once alive again. Not long after Gimbagonan went back to her house, and when she went back Iwaginan said to her, “Do not do that.” “You are not good, Iwaginan. I do not know why you divorced me,” she said.