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They say no Igorot ever divorced a wife who bore him a child, yet they accuse Lu-ma'-wig of such conduct, but apparently seek to excuse the act by saying that at the time he was partially insane. Fu'-kan, Lu-ma'-wig's wife, bore him several children. One day she spoke very disrespectfully to him.
They looked and saw that the house where Fu'-kan lived was trembling and swaying. The women hastened to unfortunate Fu'-kan and brought her out of the house. However, in coming out she had disobeyed Lu-ma'-wig, and shortly she died. Lu-ma'-wig's work was ended.
The bodies were buried close to Bontoc on the west and northwest; scarcely were they interred when trees began to grow upon and about the graves they were the transformed bodies of Lu-ma'-wig's children. The Igorot never cut trees in the two small groves nearby the pueblo, but once a year they gather the fallen branches.
He married Fu'-kan, the younger of the two industrious sisters, and namesake of the mother of the people of Bontoc. After marriage he lived at Chao'-wi, in the present ato of Sigichan, near the center of Bontoc pueblo. The large, flat stones which were once part of Lu-ma'-wig's dwelling are still lying in position, and are shown in Pl. Lu-ma'-wig at times exhibited his marvelous powers.
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