XIII. WAR AND FIGHTING (no 332-364, ef Index) . 



FEUDS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CROUPS OF PEOPLE IN A VILLAGE; OTHER TRIBES 



ARE EMPLOYED FOR TAKING REVENGE 



(no. 332-336; cf. Index, War). 



332. Long ago there was at iMawäta a great man, Auo Uta by name which means „Big 

 Tree", for in olden times tiie people vvere very tall like trees and not short of stature as the 

 people of the present âge are. One day Âuo Ôta and three other men named Sâvokari, Sâubfri, 

 and Göboi vvent to Bûai not far from Måbudavåne to hunt pigs. They first killed a large pig, 

 and then Âuo Uta caught a little pig alive which the dogs had chased. Göboi, his brother-in-law, 

 said to him, „Corne on, you me (we) keep him, sister belong you he look out (after) that pig, 

 make him grow before me kill him." So Auo Ôta gave him the pig, and Göboi carried it to 

 Mâbudavàne in his basket. There they eut up the large pig and baked the méat. 



The next day they vvent on their way back to Mavvàta, and when they came to the 

 coconut grove not far from the village they met a man named Müsu and his wife Ki'nou. JVIiisu 

 said to Göboi, „You give me that pig, I look out (after)," and Göboi gave it him saying, „You 

 keep him, make him grow." He omitted to say that the pig belonged to Auo Ota, and the latter 

 thought, „No matter he give him Müsu, he belong me all same." 



So Müsu and Ki'nou kept the pig, and vvhen it was füll grovvn the men said, „Pig he 

 come old now, too rnuch fat. By-and-by he dead seif, you me (vve) more better kill him." 

 Whereupon they decided to kill the pig and hold a feast. One evening Göboi invited a certain 

 great man named Mipi to come and drink gdmoda with him, and after Mipi another great man 

 named Måiri also came there. One of the young men prepared the gdmoda, and after Mäiri had 

 drunk some, Kémésu drank, and then Tatia, Hamdna, and Kéri, and lastly Göboi, all using the 

 same bowl. They all belonged to the cassowary totem group. 



The men thought that Göboi had caught the pig, and that is why they invited him and 

 his kin to come and drink gånioda, while Äuo Öta, Sâvokari, and Såubiri, who belonged to the 

 dog totem group, vvere left aside. Äuo Uta wondered why the men drank gdmoda without 

 inviting him. 



The next morning Göboi and his friends killed the pig, eut it up and distributed the meat 

 among the people who had been drinking gdnioda with them on the previous evening, and the 

 women wrapped up the meat in banana leaves and baked it in the earth oven. 



Tom. XLMI. 



