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stand up all same — the narrator glared upwards — look boy"). The youngster did not want to kill 

 people, but his „father" taught him how to become a warrior. 



The two com panions then crossed över to Dåudai and landed at a point called Wäsi. 

 Küiamo said to the boj', „You me go catch him Wäsi man," but the latter, vvho did not want 

 to go, replied, „Father, you go, I stop along canoe." The canoe was full of blood and „grease" 

 with flies and worms swarming över the two mens food. ** Küiamo told the boy to eat, but 

 the youngster did not want to, thinking, „What name (how) me kaikai that thing, too much 

 blood, stink." When Küiamo commanded him, however, he quickly obeyed and ate. The boy 

 remained with the canoe, and Küiamo went on alone. On arriving at Wäsi village he hid him- 

 self in the bush to watch in vvhich houses the chief men lived. When the birds began to sing 

 in the morning, he got up and shot one of the leaders. Küiamo leapt and kicked, and men, 

 women, and children feil down dead. When fighting Küiamo either sang his war-song or shout- 

 ed, „To-to-to-to\" „That's talk make him body strong, that fighting talk, make him man fight." 

 Ever since Küiamo's time some men in a fight shout, „Toto-lo-lo!'' while the war-cry of others 

 is, „U-u-u-u!'' 



Küiamo eut off the heads of the Wäsi people and stringing them on a long rope carried 

 them back to the canoe. The boy said, „Oh, what name (why) father carry him plenty thing, 

 what place I sit down (where shall I find room to sit)?" Küiamo asked him sternly, „What name 

 (what) you say?" and the boy hastened to answer, „No, I say he good." They put the heads 

 in the canoe. 



From Wäsi Küiamo went to fight the Dabo people and awaited darkness at the road 

 leading to their village. The boy did not want to go with him but staj'ed with the canoe. He 

 was horrified at the sight of their food, which was stained with blood from the heads and full of 

 worms, but when Küiamo spöke to him he had to say it was good. Küiamo chose one of the 

 leading men for his first attack and afterwards killed everyone he could get hold of. Laden 

 with heads he returned to the canoe and gave the boy one string of heads. (Abbrev). 



Next he went to Büdji and killed all the people there. He followed the coast in an 

 easterly direction and fought the Béreråigo (Bero people), and the Tàbatâta, Güie, Dâburo, Togo, 

 Kupére, Bütu, Ariki, and Djibâru peoples. (Abbrev). 



At last Küiamo's beheading knife broke, so that only the handle remained, and then he 

 decided to go back. There was no water in the canoe, only blood and „grease" everyvvhere, 

 all över Küiamo's body too, the stench was intense, and fiies and worms swarmed in their 

 food, but Küiamo did not mind. Carrying strings of heads on both his Shoulders and his spear 

 över the right Shoulder, he danced and sang as before, 



„Kulibii wainicé eh kutibii waimeé." 

 This dance is called nubtia or pipi. 



They set sail and reached the Kagäro point in Såibai where they slept. When thej' started 

 again in the morning there was a very rough sea, and Küiamo threw some of the heads over- 

 board. They form the reefs and sandbanks which are so numerous in those waters. ^^ Küiamo's 

 canoe was nevertheless swamped, and the two friends had to swim ashore at Gebäru (Two Bro- 

 thers). The canoe was saved afterwards with the heads intact, and Küiamo gave some of them 

 to the Gebäru people in exchange for another canoe. After sleeping at Gebäru the two men 



Tom. XLVn. 



