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and went. He struck the side of his shield, and it sounded like one 

 hundred people. While he was walking and striking his shield in the 

 middle of the way, Gimbagonan, the wife of Iwaginan, heard him, when 

 he was near to Pindayan. When he passed by the town he continued 

 toward the town of Glambolan. In a short time he arrived at the well 

 of Glambolan. He met the young girls who were dipping water from the 

 well. He killed all of them with his headaxe and spear. Not long after 

 he cut off their heads and he went up to the town and directly to the 

 house of Giambolan. When he arrived at the house, he said, "Good 

 morning, Glambolan. Go and get your shield, headaxe and spear, and 

 boar's tusk armlet for we are going to fight here in your yard." Giam- 

 b61an got his headaxe and spears for he wanted to fight. As soon as he 

 arrived where Aponitolau was he threw his spears at him and Aponitolau 

 soon got all the spears which he threw. Then he tried to cut off Aponito- 

 lau's head, but Aponitolau got his headaxe and said to him, "Now I am 

 next, for you did not injure me at all, and Giamb61an said, "Yes." 

 Aponitolau commanded his headaxe and spear to go to Glambolan's 

 side as soon as he threw them; so Giambolan laid down and the headaxe 

 went and cut off Glambolan's ten heads. 



As soon as Aponitolau had killed Giambolan he again commanded 

 his spear and headaxe to cut off the heads of all the people in the houses 

 and the headaxe and spear went and Aponitolau sat by the town waiting 

 for them. As soon as the spear and headaxe had killed all the people who 

 lived in the town they went back to him and Aponitolau said, "You 

 heads of the people gather in one place, but you heads of Giamboian and 

 you heads of the women be separate from the others. You gather by the 

 house of Giamb61an." Not long after all the heads gathered and he said 

 again, "You heads of Giambolan go first, and you heads of the men 

 precede the women. As soon as you arrive in Kadalayapan stop by the 

 gate of the town. You house of Giamb61an go directly to my house in 

 Kadalayapan. Go with the big storm." So the house went. "You 

 oranges of Giambolan come and follow us." So the oranges followed 

 them. He told them to go in front of his house- They went and Aponi- 

 tolau followed them, and the oranges followed him. 



Not long after Aponitolau looked back and he saw the alzados follow- 

 ing him, for they wished to kill him. As soon as he saw them he com- 

 manded his strike-a-light to become a high bank so the alzados could 

 not follow him. 1 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 



1 See p. 17, note I. 



