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blood ran. In the night he got up, told his dogs to remain at home while he himself went away in 

 a canoe. He calied at Old Mawâta, and the people there asked him where he was going. „I go 

 lock spear (arrow)," he replied, „big brother been fight me all over, my head, my body all over 

 mark." The people offered to give him arrows, but he went on towards Fly river. A similar 

 consersation took place at Kàtatai, Päräma, Siimai, Kiwai (låsa), and Dibiri (abbrev.). He remained 

 for a time in the lastnamed place and was given tvvo women in marriage as well as a great 

 number of arrows, a canoe, and an ample supply of food. Then he made his way home calling 

 at the same places as on his way from home. „You been find him spear.'" he was asked in 

 all the places, and his reply was, „Yes, I been find him plenty spear." On seeing his canoe his 

 dogs calied out, „Pe rorarioro! — Canoe he come ! Oh, father he been go one man (alone), 

 three man (personsi he come. I think that (are) tvvo mother he belong me. Father there he steer, 

 two mother there he fore." And the dogs went and beached the canoe. The dogs of the elder 

 hrother wanted to come and help them but those of the younger brother stopped them saying, 

 „You no come help me fellovv ; father belong you fellovv been fight father belong me fellow." 

 The elder brother said, „You me one blood (\ve have the same blood) ; you give me one woman, 

 you keep him other woman." The younger brother did not say anything at first, but after 

 a while he gare him the one woman, and they also shared the arrows between them. 

 (Giblima, Mawâta). 



A. The elder brother had good arrows and the younger brother bad ones. After the latter 

 had stolen some of his brother's arrows he had betler success in shooting fish. The elder brother 

 suspected him of having stolen the arrows and Struck him wilh his bow so that blood flowed. Full 

 of anger the younger brother went away in the night ieaving three white feathers with his wife and 

 saying to her, „You watch him all time that three feather. That time they start shake I come back. 

 First time he shake little bit, when I come close to he shake more. Suppose he start shake night-time, 

 I come back night-time. Suppose morning he shake, I come morning." He went to Dibiri, and when 

 he was on his way back the feathers started to shake, and his wife and children who understood 

 the sign were very glad. „VVhat you fellow laugh?" the elder brother asked them but they replied 

 evasively. At length the younger brother came back, and when his brother heard that he had gone 

 to fetch arrows he felt ashamed and they made friends. Then follows the épisode telling hovv their 

 sons abused the petticoats of their mothers and caused the women to become pregnant. (Cf. no. 260 A). 

 (Iku, Mawåta). 



258. A certain Ipisia man, a cripple, was asked by his brother to mend his gonéa (fish 

 trap) while the latter was working in his garden, but he neglected to do so. The brother was 

 ver\' , angry on his return home and beat the cripple. The people interfered and the ne.xt day 

 made the gonéa all right, for they felt sorry for the cripple. In another version by the same 

 narrator the owner of the gonéa Struck his neglectful brother dead (it does not say that he was 

 a cripple), but immediately aftervvards took him in his arms full of remorse and wailed. Some 

 men fought the murderer, and after that there was a general wailing. (Bfri, Ipisia). 



259. Two brothers and the wife of the elder of them lived together in Dibiri, the younger 

 man never came and helped his brother to vvork in their garden. He once happened to see his 

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