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beat the sides of their canoës with the paddles, thus producing a great noise. „Oh, what 

 place he been kill him?" thought the Såibai people, „I think Süniai man been kill him 

 DavÉne man." 



Âuo Uta was waiting on the beach for the return of the Siimai party, and when they 

 came they gave him back the banana ieaf and beheading knife novv dripping with blood. „Me 

 fellow been kill Davane man," they said. They gave him a great quantity of sago in payaient 

 for the heads they had taken. Àuo Öta hung the knife and banana Ieaf on a stick, and the sago 

 was put on the ground dose by. He did not want to be found with the Sümai people and went 

 home. By agreement he signalled to them with a lighted torch as soon as he had reached the 

 village, and then they let their noise of victory be heard as they passed Mawåta in their canoës. 

 The Mawåta people started out of their sleep, and Âuo Uta pretended to be as terrified as the 

 rest. They thought that someone was killing the Türitüri people, and two or three men went to 

 investigate the case. They found the Türitüri men wide awake thinking that the Mawåta people 

 had been attacked while sleeping. „Noise he been come from you fellow side," said the Måwata 

 men, „he been go Däru side. I think Ki'wai man been kill bushman." When daylight came 

 they saw the Siimai canoës sailing eastward. 



In the morning the stick with the beheading knife and banana Ieaf was found on the 

 beach, and the Mawåta people wondered what that meant. When Äuo Uta threvv awa_\' the Ieaf 

 and kept the beheading knife, the people guessed the whole story (abbrev.). „That's me," 

 said Àuo Öta, „I been sing out Segéra and people belong him. He go kill him Davåne man." 

 The Mawäta people did not say anything but thought, „Man been humbug Âuo Ôta, people 

 belong Mi'pi been kaikai pig belong that man." 



Mi'pi's people kept their anger vvithin themselves. „No fault belong me fellow," they 

 thought. „What for Âuo Öta no been speak? Me fellow no savy, that's why me fellow 

 been kaikai pig. Me been think that pig belong Göboi, that's why me no been sing out 

 Âuo Ota." 



Mipi and his people went away in a canoe taking a beheading knife with them. They 

 lied that they were going to Tabi'o but sailed instead to Sümai. There Mi'pi gave the beheading 

 knife and head-carrier to his friends Mariba and Géra and asked them to go and kill the Däburu 

 people who were friends of Àuo Öta and his kin. Then he returned home, and Man'ba, Géra, 

 and their men went and attacked the Däburu people. On arriving near Ddburu the leaders went 

 to reconnoitre and as proof of having been in the hostile village they brought back a little of the 

 thatching of a house and some cinders from an outdoor fire. The scouts said, „Pig he stop there 

 clear place, to-morrow we cook him," and by „pig" they meant the Ddburu people. Just before 

 daylight (which is called dlpo-båni, dlpo meaning „fight" and hùni „dawn") the attack was made, 

 and the leaders directed the différent groups of warriors to the différent houses saying, „Belong 

 you fellow, belong you fellow." The great warriors started the fight, and men, women, and children 

 were slain alike. When the battle was over, the young Sümai warriors were given „medicine" 

 for similar Coming occasions. Some of Mipi's Mawàta men had taken part in the attack and 

 gave the heads captured by them to the Sümais, and in return they received a great quantity of 

 sago. When the Sümai people parted from their friends, thej' invited them to come to Sümai 

 and receive additional reward for the victorious fight. A great war dance was held at Mawâta. 



Tom. XLVIl. 



