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On the other side sat the younger, Jeekewis, also with blackened face, his head covered with stray feathers and tufts of swan-down. This one presented so curious a figure that Maidwa could not keep from laughing. He seemed to be so lost and far-gone in grief that he could not notice his brother's arrival.
Maidwa told them to wash themselves and prepare, for he would go and fetch the females in. Jeekewis scampered about, and began to wash himself; but he would every now and then, with one side of his head all feathers, and the other clear and shining, peep forth to look at the women again.
As soon as order was restored, and all the company who had been brought in were seated, Maidwa presented one of the chief's daughters to his eldest brother, saying: "These women were given to me, to dispose of in marriage. I now give one to each. I intended so from the first." Jeekewis spoke up and said, "I think three wives would have been enough for you."
As soon as Jeekewis heard a wife spoken of, he roused from his torpor, sprang to his feet, and said: "Why is it just now that you have come?" and at once made for the door and peeped out to see the strangers. He then commenced jumping and laughing, and crying out, "Women! women!" and that was all the reception he gave his brother.
In this intention he was overruled by his brothers, who said that they could not part with him. Jeekewis, the second, was loud in disapproval of the scheme, saying: "What will you do with those you propose to get? We have lived so long by ourselves, we can still do without them." This counsel prevailed, and for a time the three brothers continued together.
Maidwa led the other daughter to Jeekewis, and said, "My brother, here is one for you, and live happily." Jeekewis hung down his head as if he was ashamed, but he would every now and then steal a look at his wife and also at the other women. By and by he turned toward his wife and acted as if he had been married for years.
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