276 Gunnar Landtman. 



Imüri and Seréma worked together in the garden, and he had connection with her in 

 the bush. One day she said to him, „Me good fellow woman, every day you kobori me; more 

 better you go kil! him bushman beiong me." „All right, I go one man (alone)," said Imüri. He 

 did not teil anybody of his plan and asked Seréma too to be silent about it. Imüri found a bush- 

 man and his wife, killed them both, and brought their heads in a basket to Seréma. ..What name 

 (vvhat) you put him close to me?" she asked. „You look inside basket," said he. She opened the 

 basket and seeing the heads threw it away. „No good you come close to me, me fright," said 

 she. Imüri presented Seréma's father with the head of the bushman in, payment for her, and the 

 woman's head he placed close to Seréma. „Good fellow woman (Seréma), good you pay me," 

 said his father-in-law. (Duaba, Oromosapüa). 



204. Once at Sümai a certain man wanted to marry a widowed woman, so he gave 

 her some tobacco and said, „You fellow take that tobacco, I want you." „No, I no want you," 

 said she. „What for!" „Well, I stop single woman, I no want marry." The man was angry 

 and said, „Oh, what's the matter you no want me?" and he nearly Struck her. 



He renewed his request at another time saying, „Here, you take that tobacco, I like you 

 too much." „How many time I teil you, I no want you," she replied. „What for you no want 

 me?" „I stop single woman; he got plenty work along married woman. He go along swamp, 

 catch crab, he scratch coconut, he cook him sago. Man he sing out, 'You make tobacco!' He 

 (she) look out (after) man, make härd work. That's why I no want man." 



One day the people were invited to a dance in another village. The widow wanted a 

 certain man vvho lived in that village. She prepared some sago and gave it him saying, „Sago 

 beiong you fellow, you fellow kaikai. I like you, that's why I give sago." „True you want me?" 

 said he. „Yes, true I want you. Suppose you fellow go, I go to." 



The people found out that the widow was in love with the man. Her refused lover was 

 told by his brother, „That sdmorabûro (widow) you been give tobacco, he like him another man." 

 „You call name," he said, and his brother told him who it was. ,,0h, he like him man beiong 

 other place. By and by; you me wait dance." 



A great madia dance was held in the large house. The rejected lover was very angry 

 and did not take part in the dancing. He said to his younger brother, „You no go dance along 

 that house, that's all you go look, come back again. By and by I burn him that house." „Oh, 

 brother, no good you burn him house — plenty man." „Oh, no matter fire he kaikai, no matter 

 plenty man! He fault beiong såmorabiiro, he no fault beiong me." In the middle of the night 

 the man went and looked at the dance for a vvhile. Suddcnly he set fire to the house, first at 

 the principal door and then, running round the house, at all the other doors in tum. Only some 

 of the strong men were able to make their way out of the burning house, but the younger men, 

 boys, women, and girls all perished in the fire, and all the dancing ornaments and other things 

 were consumed. 



The man who had set fire to the place lay down simulating sleep. His younger brother 

 went and scolded him, but he pretended to be innocent, for nobody had seen him commit the 

 deed. The boy, too, kept his knowledge to himself. In the morning the people counted those 

 who had perished. „Oh, my boy fire been kaikai finish," said one man. „Oh, fire been kaikai 



Tom. XLVJI. 



