374 Gunnar Landtman. 



On the same day a certain Türitüri man named Kakâba raised a rain-storm in order to 

 make his garden grow. The Mawata people savv a black cloud rising and hastened to return 

 home. Between Mädjaia and Ôtamâbu the canoe which had been given „medicine,, capsized. 

 The people on board called out to the other canoës, „Corne hère, canoe he sink! You come, 

 give him rope belong dugong, pull me fellovv along (to the) reef !" They vvanted to be tovved to 

 the reef, holding on to the rope in the vvater, and after reaching the reef he distributed among 

 the différent canoës, for one canoe could not hold them all. But the wind was very strong, and 

 the people in the other canoës were afraid and thought, „By-and-by them fellow come alnng ca- 

 noe, canoe he sink down," and none of the other canoës came to the rcscue. After a while the ' 

 shipwrecked men began to fight among themselves. On seeing T^iraddra the rest thought, „He 

 no belong this place, he Daru man. More better you me (vve) kill him before me lose, before 

 shark he get me. You me lose now; me kill him first." So they ran Târadâra through with a 

 spear, and the weapon remained sticking in his body. After that all of them perished. 



The other canoës returned to Mawäta, but none of the crews cared to teil the people at 

 home that one canoe was wrecked. When all had arrived the father of one of the missing boys 

 came and asked the people, „Where boy belong me canoe he go?" He received no answer. At 

 last a man named Kaivai said, „Oh, canoe he sink altogether, he lose. Me fellow leave him 

 middle Ôtamàbu and Madjaia." Then the old man in an outburst of rage set fire to the men's 

 house, and he wailed. None of the others dared to say anything, for he was a great man. 



Some time afterwards three great men named Mi'pi, Äudo, and Oma, called a small boy 

 named Goboi, who had been on board one of the canoës, aside into the bush, and said to him, 

 „Me three man no kill you, Göboi, you talk straight. How long way away (from) that canoe he 

 lose other canoe he been stop?" „Oh, father, he no been stop long way, he go alongside. The 

 people sing out, 'You come give rope, ^ake me go along Otamâbu. Small boy you take him 

 inside along canoe, big man he swim behind along rope, no come inside canoe.' They sing out, 

 sing out. No man he sorry, go give hand." The three men said, „You no teil him no man 

 (that) you been learn (teach) him me fellow. Suppose you tell, by-and-by, give you puripuri 

 (magic poison)." 



The Mawäta men knew that Kakâba had caused the fatal rain-storm. "Without telling 

 anybody Öma went to Türitiiri and killed him and eut off his head. The Tûritûri people did not 

 dare to do anything, for they were afraid of the three great Mawâta men who had lost their 

 children and friends on board the canoe. 



Upon this the three men took revenge on the Mawâta people. (Continued in no. 3.35 B; 

 Nâmai, Mawâta). 



A. Some Mawâta men once sailed out to a reef, and among them were Djogova, the son of 

 Audo, and Wârawia, the son of Orna. A strong wind arose, and Djogova and Wârawi'a's canoe sank. 

 The men cried out fur heip and gesticulated („sing out along hand") to some other canoës which were 

 passing by, but those on board thought, „No, we go take hini, by-and-by he break him outrigger be- 

 long me fellow, altogether lose." Wdrawfa speared a certain Dâru man named Sâvokàri who was with 

 him; for he thought, „By-and-by I dead, I spear him first." AU were drowned, but the canoe wilh 

 Sâvokâri's body drifted ashore and was found by some Mawâta people who guessed what had happened. 

 They eut off his head and said, „That bad man, belong other Island. All good man he no come, he 



Tora. XLVU. 



