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„Surare babigo nigo ivairio nidrainu Sagarii gömoriido. — Sido send him surare (other 

 small birds) go along Sagàru." 



„Gimde nigo btido wairio nigo gésogeso ivowogo bàbigo. — Sagàru send him gimde (small 

 bird): 'Vou go back what place you been corne.'" 



„Dtirimo-dârimo bàbigo nigo Méuri op:a giibuto viràia. — Sido he fight him bushman 

 Méuri along stone club, no kill him proper." 



„Nubia liramuro Sido moro nubia wodi sése uramuro moro nubia. — [Sagàru wails o\er 

 Sîdo's body :] My good husband, ail time he long (has been longing after) me, follow me ail time, 

 he dead now." 



„IVowogo wowôgo bàbigo nigo avariori tàritoi paar a goviàroniu. — [Sagâru says;] 'Small 

 pigeon, you go put him dead man inside along canoë.'" 



^Madm Dibiri ôromo btirai saboa maburio inàraniu sirurârobo. — Sagàru put him Sido 

 along Si'biri canoë, take him go along other side." 



„Madia nio urobiirae rirua Sido rirtia. — Small south-east wind take him Sido go." 



„Bi'igu k'bo S.do idobi rivonii. — Sido cry close to vvater-hole belong Böigu."=« 



ADDENDA. 



A. Sido's birth-place, Uiio on the north-eastern side of Kiwai Island, is now uninhabited. After 

 many Uùo men had been killed by the lâsa, Ipisia, and other people, the rest of them went and lived 

 with ihe Doropodai people. Prior to this migration the Uùo people had seen Sido's ghost when it 

 returned temporarily from Adiri to visit Uüo. On the occasion when peace was concluded with Doropodai, 

 the Doropodai men said to the others, „Come on, you me go look what place Sido been stop along Uüo," 

 and the people went. They saw the place where Sido's body had been buried when brought home from 

 Dibiri, four s/inia trees had been planted round the grave. „Plenty time Doropo man he speak, 'Oh, 

 Sido I find (hâve seen) him along Uùo bush.'" (Kâku, Ipisia). 



B. In one of the taies the order of the épisodes is somewhat différent from that foUowed in 

 the others. The taie begins like the rest with Sido's hirth in the ground. He grew up and was adopted 

 by his father. One day seeing two women, Koumo and Kàhau, who were grown together, he separated 

 them from each other, and they were married to his father. The rest of the story follows the usual 

 order. After Sido had been killed hy Méuri, his spirit went direct to Adiri passing through Uûo and 

 Boigu on its way, Koumo and Kàhau are not mentioned at ail at this stage. (Duàni, Mawàta). 



C. A „bushman" from Dirimo gave the foUowing version of Sido's story: Sido and Sagàru 

 were married and had many children, of whom the present Kiwais are the descendants. Sido sent Word 

 to „Néuli's" people inviting them to a dance. During the dance Néuli's drum called out, „Sagàru, 

 Sagàru!" vvhich everybody heard.-^ Sagàru gave Néuli water to drink, which is a token of affection, 

 and he met her outside the house and had connection with her. In the morning when the dance was 

 over, Néuli carried away Sagàru in his canoë. Sido, detecting their flight, went in pursuit and told 

 his people that he wanted to fight Néuli alone, they were not to interfère. Néuli was Struck down first 

 in the fight, but got up again and killed Sido with his stone club. Sido's body was brought back in 

 a canoe, his spirit preceding it. It arrived at Sâibai and danced there with the people. Sido said. 

 „I no come altogether, that time I strong, I go back." His mother, foUowing him, gave him water 



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