318 RAPACITY OF THE ODIANS. 
in number, which I had given to the Radackers, 
and which Lamari afterwards appropriated, 
were fastened on long poles and distributed 
among the best warriors; this gave the army of 
Lamari a great advantage ; so that I might take 
credit to myself for the happy issue of the 
campaign. 
Lagediak informed me further that Lamari 
had also determined on an expedition to the 
Odia* group of islands, belonging to the Ralik 
chain. The inhabitants of these had heard 
something of the treasures which the Radackers 
had acquired by my visit, and their rapacity 
being excited, had made an attack on the Kawen _ 
group of the Radack chain, without the usual 
declaration of war, and thus taking the inha- 
bitants by surprise, had beaten and plundered 
them, and returned home laden with booty, 
though the Kawen people had made a va- 
lorous resistance, and killed two of the Odians 
without losing a man themselves. This ap- 
peared to have occurred about a year before 
my arrival, and the vengeance of Lamari had 
* This group must not be confounded with O¢dza where 
we were at this time. 
