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side or the other. A great man of the läsa side named Ikuri, and another great man of the 

 Doröpodai side named lo fought each other. lo, who had no bow, held an arrow in one hand 

 and Struck the end of the shaft with a pièce of wood, thus driving the arrow at the enemy with 

 great force. The men on the other side all shot their arrows at him, and finally he feil down 

 dead. His friends killed Ikuri in revenge. 



When the fight was at last ended, the tvvo groups parted and decided to form separate 

 villages. The Doröpodai people sailed away in their canoës taking their dead with them, and 

 settled down in their present village. On their way they landed at a place called Mipåri where 

 they met a woman named Dödi or Dödiabere, and it is from her that they have learnt their 

 present pronunciation which differs slightly from that of läsa. (Duäne, Mawäta). 



A. The coconut tree Gàgama grew at Bàrasâro in the bush, where the Kiwai people livad 

 before moving out to the coast. A certain kind of coconut tree with a reddish trunk is still called 

 gågama. As in the preceding version the theft of the coconuts betell while the woman was making a 

 larger petticoat to replace the small one which she was wearing. Her brother wanted the nuts to make 

 oil for his long hair. Just as the theft happened the owner who was working in his garden hurt his 

 foot with his digging stick, and this made him 'suspect what was going on at home. He was killed 

 e.xactly as in the first version. lo of Mao and Ikuri of Idsa were killed in the ensuing general fight, 

 and when the tumult was over the participants decided to separate. lo had a fine nose, while Ikuri's 

 was very ugly, but in the night the Ki'wai people went and stole lo's body, leaving that of Ikuri instead. 

 The Mao people went away with the wrong body wrapped up in mats, and since then they have 

 unsightly noses while those of the läsa people are well-shaped. On arriving at their new home the 

 M;io people were received by an old woman. (Amüra, Mavvåta). 



B. Some young men came and stole coconuts in order to make oil for their hair, and the 

 owner who was away making a canoe at the same moment eut his leg with his stone axe. On his 

 return he attacked his wife with the axe but was killed by her friends. After a general fight the dif- 

 férent groups of the people parted from each other, some went to live at Kuhira, and others at Pådra, 

 Wåboda, Uiio, Mawdta, Türitüri, and Pdrdma. (Gibiima, Mawdta). 



C. The Idsa and Doröpo people formerly lived together in Ihe bush. The owner of Gdgama 

 was named Gibdru and his wife Edéva. In Gibdru's absence Edéva's brothers Mùrau and Pdrara took 

 four coconuts in spite of her remonstrances. Gibdru was killed in the fight and after him Ikuri and 

 loi. Some men eut down Gdgama. There were plenty of nuts on the tree, which were distributed all 

 over the country, and all the coconut trees now growing there have sprung from Gdgama. The Kiwai 

 people exchanged lois and Ikuri's dead bodies as told in a previous version; hence their fine noses, 

 whereas those of the Doröpo people are very short. On arriving at their new home the Doropo people 

 were received by a woman called Dodi, who gave the place its name and from whom their present 

 dialect dérives its origin. All the différent peoples kept a small pièce of Gdgama's trunk for purposes 

 of sorcery. (Kåku, Ipisia). 



D. The owner of the coconut tree had tied a leaf round the trunk in token that nobody should 

 take any of the nuts. His brother-in-law wanted nuts for making oil, and his wife who was set to 

 watch tried in vain to prevent his taking some. The owner, who was working in his garden, suddenly. 

 felt a pain in his stomach and concluded that something was wrong at home. After the fight the people 

 went away in différent directions. (Sakùma and Gubiam, Ipisia). 



E. The Idsa and Doröpo tribes were living together in the bush at Bdrasdro in almost continuai 

 feud. At last they decided to part from each other, and just before their separation one of the Doröpo 



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