90 Gunnar Landtman. 



Ågiwai, who was pursuing the bird, suddenlj' encountered Ééi. „Who you name?" cried 

 he. „Me there, Ééi." „Me Ågiwai. What name (which is) place belong you?" „Me there Gürahi. 

 Where you?" „Me tiiere belong Mawäta, me fellow belong Kadäwariibi." Perceiving the dead bird 

 in har basket Ågiwai said, „Give me that hawia, people make ready for dance, I want go back." 

 But Ééi said, „Oh, leave him, more better you stop along this place." So the two went together 

 to Gürahi, and the people there exclaimed, „Oh, Ééi he got man!" „That man belong me," said 

 Ééi, „he belong Mawåta, no long way, one thing me no been savy." And the people spread out 

 mats for them. Ééi cooked food tor them, and when they had eaten they said, „All right, to-morrow 

 Ééi go along man, go along Mawäta." And they killed a pig and gave the two plenty of food to 

 eat on the way. 



On the arrivai of Ågiwai and Ééi the Mawäta people called out, „Ei! Ågiwai bring him 

 woman now." Ågiwai related his adventure, „I go foUow hawia, I see that woman. People there 

 close to, no long way." And the people exclaimed, „My word, close to, no long way, same talk 

 belong me fellow! Good (good-looking) woman!" 



That was the first meeting of the Mawäta and Gürahi people, and after that they have 

 been friends. Many Mawäta men married Gürahi women and gave payaient for them, but the 

 reverse did not take place, for the Mawäta women did not want to go to Gür;ihi. (Nâmai, 

 Mawäta). 



A. Like the first version, except that the Mawäta man is called Sivägu. (Gibuma, Mawäta). 



THE MAWÄTA PEOPLE MOVE TO THEIR PRESENT VILLAGE. 



19. The Mawäta and Türitüri people lived together at OId Mawäta on the coast opposite 

 Däru island. One day a leading Mawäta man named Gaméa said to the people, „Too many 

 people one place, more better I share out," and he told the Türitüri people to go and live on the 

 one side of the Néturi creek close to the village, while the Mawäta people lived on the other side. 

 The former side was called Türitüri, and that of the Mawäta people Kadåwa. 



Once while the Mawåta people were holding the höriömu, or tdera, ceremony (ef. n:o 287) 

 a Kiwai canoe came sailing towards the village. The Mawäta men cried out, „You down sail!" 

 for they did not want the canoe to come near. No noise must be made while the ceremony is 

 in progress, nor is the présence of any stranger permissible. .^Tdera he big thing," the natives 

 say, „suppose other man he come, by and by people no got no kaikai, no spear no dugong." 

 But the Ki'wai people did not hear the warning and sailed on. A Mawäta man then took a canoe 

 and went towards them, calling out, „You put down sail, you leave him woman, let him stop 

 along Mawäta woman, you come." The Kiwai men lowered their sails and on landing sent their 

 women to the place where the Mawäta women were. The Mawäta men said, „No good you stop, 

 more better you take wife, canoe, you go to-morrow." 



When the Idera ceremony was ended, Gaméa said to the people, „To-morrow you me (we) 

 go spear dugong." They sailed out to the reef and built the harpooning platforms there, but when 

 night came no one speared a single dugong. That was the fault of the Kiwai party, who had 

 come at an awkvvard time. 



Tom. XL V II. 



