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CHAPTER II

How the men were separated from the women

It happened that a man whose name was Guahayona told another who

was called Yahubaba to go and gather a plant called digo , with which

they clean their bodies when they go to bathe. He went out before dawn,

and the Sun caught him along the road, and he was turned into a bird

that sings in the morning, like the nightingale, and is called Yahubaba-

bayael . Seeing that the man whom he had sent to gather the digo did

not return, Guahayona resolved to leave the said Cacibajagua cave.

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� Here and in three other instances in this and the two following chapters the text reads:

Guagugiona. Pietro Martire, following this first spelling, writes Vagoniona. But beginning in chapter V (note 28), the word appears eleven times as Guahagiona. Could it be that Pane, hearing more clearly, corrected the spelling as he wrote? Based on that possibility and to avoid confusion, we have modernized the word in every instance to Guahayona. See also note 38.

� Ulloa: Giadruuaua. The cluster dr may be a reading in error for h. It reappears as an h

a few lines below in the mention of the bird whose name is based on this character (note

� . It appears thus in the text. The identification of this plant creates a confusing problem that is alluded to below in Pane's text. See note 19.

� Ulloa: Giahuba Bagiael. The two words, joined, seem to correspond to the same Cahubaba [ya]el of chapter VIII, note 50.