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On returning home the people went to their gardens, but they found no tbod there, again 

 because o( the inopportune visit. „Mavvàta he corne no good now." 



Clouds of mosquitoes began to torment the pecjple night and day — all thanks to their 

 Kiwai guests. Before there had been no mosquitoes. ^ 



At last Gaméa said to the Mavvata and Türitiiri people, „I think more better you me (we) 

 leave him this place, ^'ou fellow stop, I go look place. Suppose I find him good place, I sing 

 out you people, you come." 



Gaméa sailed av\'ay and came to the place where the present Mawàta is; no people li\'ed 

 there at that time. Three Masingära bushmen named Martopa, VVädai, and Märkai were standing 

 on the trunk of a tree watching the canoe as Gaméa's father steered it lovvärds the shore. Gaméa 

 noticed the bushmen and wanted to kill them. He tied his stone club, beheading knife, and 

 head-carrier to one foot, so that the bushmen should not see that he was armed when he waded 

 ashore. But Kâbai said, „More better you leave that thing. You no kill him bushman, you make 

 friend, you been come look out place." And Gaméa put his weapons back into the canoe. The 

 bushmen came out on the beach and asked the new-comers, „Who you?" „My name Gaméa, I 

 belong Mavväta," Gaméa ansvvered, I come look out place. He got good ground there?" „You 

 me (we) make him friend," said he, „I go make him house here." He made a ring of a ivdra- 

 kdra brauch and passed it on to the right vvrist of one of the bushmen (not on the left wrist vvhich 

 is associated with fighting, for the bow is held in that hand when shooting), and he said, „You 

 go place belong you, speak, 'Gaméa he been come, he make friend.' You sing out all Masingåra 

 man he come. You show him mark belong Gaméa here (the ring)." 



The three bushmen went away and said to the leader of the Masingåra people, whose 

 name was Sivägu, „Gaméa he here. Mark belong him here, he make friend. You me (we) go 

 take kaikai belong him, make house belong him." Sivägu did not ansvver, for he was afraid and 

 thought to himself, „Oh, Gaméa, that big man, by and by he make fool you me (us), kill you 

 me." Gaméa, had fought many people before and killed many men, and therefore Sivägu was 

 afraid. 



The Mäsingära men brought Gaméa an abundance of taro, bananas, yams, and other garden 

 produce, some for eating, and somc for planting. But Si\ àgu remained behind the rest, thinking to 

 himself, „By and by Gaméa kill him all Måsingära man, 1 go shoot him." There was a large 

 crowd of bushmen coming to see Gaméa, for he was a man of great fame. They asked him, 

 „What place you want put him house?" „Here," and Gaméa showed them a place called Mouro, 

 a short distance inland. The Mäsingära men built a large house for Gaméa, completing it in three 

 days, for a great number of men were working. They also cleared a pièce of ground and planted 

 a large garden for him. He remained at the new settlement, but his men went back to Old 

 Mawäta to fetch the rest of the people, telling them, „I been find him new place." 



At first two men named Gegéra and Koiwäku made ready and sailed över to join Gaméa. 

 „Where people?" he asked them, and they answered, „Mawäta man say, 'By and by I come'." 

 „That no good," replied Gaméa, „1 want him come this time (at once)." 



Another day Gaméa said to Gegéra and Kéiwäku, „îvlore better you go spear him dugong, 

 I want give him Mäsingära people, make friend." The two men went and speared two dugong 

 which they brought to Gaméa, and he called all the Mäsingära men to come. When a great 

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