ey, you will come to a large
grape-vine lying across your way. You must not even taste its fruit,
for it is poisonous. Step over it. It is a snake. You will next come to
something that looks like bear's fat, transparent and tremulous. Don't
taste it, or you will be overcome by the pleasures of those people. It
is frog's eggs. These are snares laid by the way for you."

He said he would follow the advice, and bid farewell to his brother.
After travelling a long time, he came to the enchanted grape-vine. It
looked so tempting, he forgot his brother's advice and tasted the
fruit. He went on till he came to the frog's eggs. The substance so
much resembled bear's fat that he tasted it. He still went on. At
length he came to a very extensive plain. As he emerged from the forest
the sun was setting, and cast its scarlet and golden shades over all
the plain. The air was perfectly calm, and the whole prospect had the
air of an enchanted land. The most inviting fruits and flowers spread
out before the eye. At a distance he beheld a large village, filled
with people without number, and as he drew near he saw women beating
corn in silver mortars. When they saw him approaching, they cried out,
"Bokwewa's brother has come to see us." Throngs of men and women, gayly
dressed, came out to meet him. He was soon overcome by their flatteries
and pleasures, and he was not long afterward seen beating corn with
their women (the strongest proof of effeminacy), although his wife, for
whom he had mourned so much, was in that Indian metropolis.

Meantime, Bokwewa waited patiently for the return of his brother. At
length, after the lapse of several years, he set out in search of him,
and arrived in safety among the luxuriant people of the South. He met
with the same allurements on the road, and the same flattering
reception that his brother did. But he was above all temptations. The
pleasures he saw had no other effect upon him than to make him regret
the weakness of mind of those who were led away by them. He shed tears
of pity to see that his brother had laid aside the arms of a hunter,
and was seen beating corn with the women.

He ascertained where his brother's wife remained. After deliberating
some time, he went to the river where she usually came to draw water.
He there changed himself into one of those hair-snakes which are
sometimes seen in running water. When she came down, he spoke to her,
saying, "Take me up; I am Bokwewa." She then s