ABSTRACT
Then Yisügei Bagatur took his two younger brothers Daritai and Ochokhon hunting.1 They something in, thinking it was an arctic hare, but found it was where a woman had urinated. They followed the tracks of some carts, and Yisügei said to his younger brothers: ‘A fine son will be born from that woman.’ They went on, following the cart-tracks. Chiledü, a man of the Tayichugud was going home with Ögelen Eke2 whom he had taken as wife from the Olkhonud. They pursued them and caught them up and Yisügei said to his two younger brothers: ‘Let us hunt them down.’ Then Ögelen Eke said to her husband: ‘Did you notice? Those three fellows look nasty. You get away.’ She took off the shirt she was wearing and gave it to him, and those three brothers chased him off. They pursued Chiledü over three rivers and across three ridges, but did not catch him up. Yisügei seized Ögelen Eke and took her for himself. While they were on their way home the Lady Ögelen kept weeping and Daritai and Ochokhon said to her:
‘He has crossed three rivers. He has gone over three ridges. If you search, there are no tracks. If you look, there is no trace. If you weep no-one will hear you.’
