Not long after Aponītolau looked back and he saw the alzados following him, for they wished to kill him. As soon as he saw them he commanded his strike-a-light to become a high bank so the alzados could not follow him.[98] So the strike-a-light became a high bank, and the alzados were on the other side and could not follow him. Not long after he was near to Kadalayapan. As soon as he arrived there he found all Page 76the heads near the gate of the town and he said to them, “You heads of Gīambólan stay by the well, and you heads of the people who lived with him gather here by the gate.” He went to the town and told the people to gather by the gate and play the gansas and dance, and he commanded someone to invite their friends in other towns. Not long after the people from the other towns arrived in Kadalayapan, and the people who lived there were still dancing. Aponītolau danced with Danay of Kabisilan. The next was his son Kanag Kabagbagowan who danced with five young girls who never go outdoors. As soon as they had all danced they went to their towns. Then they put the heads around the town of Kadalayapan.
(Told by Magwati of Lagangilang.)
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Aponībolinayen and Aponītolau were anxious to make Sayang,[99] so Aponītolau asked Aponībolinayen about his clout and his striped belt. “Well, you go and get them, for I am going to get the head of the old man To-ōdan of Kalaskīgan before we make Sayang.” So Aponībolinayen went to get his clout and belt. After that he oiled his hair and Aponībolinayen put a golden bead on each hair. Not long after he went to get his headaxe and spear. As soon as Aponībolinayen gave him his provisions for the journey, he started.
When he was in the middle of the way he became very tired, for it was far. So he used magic and he said, “I use my power so that I will arrive at once at the town of To-ōdan of Kalaskīgan.” Soon after he arrived in Kalaskīgan. When he arrived at the yard beside the balaua[99] the old man was lying down. The old man saw him and said, “Eb, I have a man to eat.” And Aponītolau said, “You will never eat me. Go and get your headaxe and spear, for you must fight with me. I will take your head before I make Sayang.” The old man was angry and he stood up and went to get his headaxe and spear. “You are the only person who ever came in my town. Go on, and throw your spear, if you are brave,” said To-ōdan. “If I am the first to throw my spear you will never have a chance to throw yours, for I will kill you at once. You better throw yours first,” said Aponītolau. The old man was angry, and he threw his spear. But his spear glanced off from the body of Aponītolau, for he used his power so that everything glanced away from his body. The old man To-ōdan ran toward him and tried to cut off his head, but the headaxe could not cut Aponītolau, and the old man To-ōdan Page 77said to him, “You, truly, are a brave man, that was why you came to my town. Try and throw your spear at me, for if you can hit me it is all right, for I have killed many people.” Aponītolau threw his spear at his side, and it went clear through his body and To-ōdan laid down. Aponītolau cut off his head.
Not long after Aponītolau went back home and Don Carlos of Kabaiganan (Vigan)[100] was anxious to go and see Aponībolinayen. So he commanded his spirit companions to be ready to go with him to Kadalayapan. As soon as they were ready he said to them, “You go first, my companions, we are going to the town of Aponībolinayen, for I have heard that she is a pretty woman, and I wish to see her.” Not long after they arrived at the river, and they got on to the raft. Soon they arrived at the well of Kadalayapan and Indiápan was dipping water from the well, and Don Carlos spoke to her. “Is this the well of Aponībolinayen?” Indiápan said, “Yes.” “Will you go and tell her to come here and see what I have to sell?” Indiápan went up to the town and said “Aponībolinayen, Don Carlos wants you to see what he has to sell.” “I don't wish to go and see what he has to sell.” So Indiápan went back to the well and said to Don Carlos “Aponībolinayen does not wish to come, and she does not wish to buy what you have to sell.” So he pondered what he should do. “The best thing for me to do is to go to their house to get a drink.” So he went up to the town and said, “Good morning, Aponībolinayen, will you give me some water to drink? For a long time I have wished to drink your water.” Aponībolinayen answered, “Why did you come from the well? Why did you not drink while you were there?” “I did not drink there, for I wished to drink of your water.” Aponībolinayen did not give him any for she was afraid; then Don Carlos used magic so that she dropped her needle. The needle dropped and she said to him, “Will you hand the needle which I dropped to me, Don Carlos.” So Don Carlos picked up the needle and he put a love charm on it, and he gave it to her.[101] Not long after Don Carlos wanted to go back home, but Aponībolinayen would not let him go, and she said, “Come up in the house.” So he went up into the house.
Not long after Aponītolau shouted near to the town and he did not hear Aponībolinayen answer. As soon as he reached the gate of the town he shouted again, and she did not answer, for Don Carlos was with her. Not long after Don Carlos went home and Aponībolinayen saw his belt Page 78which he had left, for he was in a hurry. So she ran and got the ladder to the rice granary, and she hid the belt. Aponītolau met Don Carlos at the gate of the town and he asked him why he had gone into the town, and he answered, “I want to sell something.” Not long after Aponītolau went to their house and asked Aponībolinayen why she did not reply to him when he shouted two times. “I did not answer, for I have a headache.” “Why is the fastening on the door different from before?” “I don't know. No one came in.” Not long after Aponītolau went up into the house. “Now, Aponībolinayen, I have taken the head of the old man To-ōdan of Kalaskīgan. You command the people to begin to pound rice, for we will make Sayang”
Not long after Aponītolau saw a flame of fire in the rice granary and he said, “Why is there a fire in the rice granary?” So he ran to see. Not long after he went inside of the granary and he saw what it was. As soon as he saw that it was a golden belt he said, “I think this is the belt of the man who came here while I was gone.” So he took it and hid it and did not let Aponībolinayen see it. Not long after they commanded the people to go and get betel-nuts. When they arrived with the fruit they oiled them and Aponītolau said, “Tell me whom we shall invite beside our relatives in the other towns.” And Aponībolinayen told him to invite Don Carlos of Kabaiganan, for she wished always to see him. So they sent a betel-nut to go and get Don Carlos, and they sent one to the old woman Alokotán of Nagbotobotán and Awig of Natpangan and other towns.
Not long after the betel-nut reached the place where Don Carlos lived and it met his spirit helpers. As soon as the betel-nut reached Don Carlos, “Aponītolau and Aponībolinayen are making Sayang, and I came to invite you.” “All right, you go first. I will dress and go after you,” he said. Not long after he dressed up and went to follow the betel-nuts. Not long after all the other people from the other towns arrived where they were making Sayang and Aponītolau tried to put the belt on each person to see if it fitted and no one was the right size. As soon as Don Carlos arrived Aponītolau tried the belt on him and it was all right. So Aponītolau gave him the belt and he got a golden chair and he put it in the middle of the party and made Don Carlos sit on it. All of the people were dancing and Aponītolau went and sharpened his headaxe. Not long after, “Ala, you Aponībolinayen take Kanag and Alama-an with you and dance with Don Carlos.” Not long after they danced. While they were dancing Aponītolau cut off the head of Don Carlos. The head sprang up and went to the breast of Aponībolinayen, and Aponībolinayen and Kanag and Alama-an ran away, and their clothes were torn, for they ran through many thorns. Page 79