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the arrows which stuck in the dead body, tied them up in a bündle, and hid them inside a cover 

 of bark. One day he and his clansmen went to Måbudaväne to see the Mawåta people. He had 

 the bündle of arrow-shafts with him. „How much man he come back.'" he asked the Mawåta 

 people. „Tvvo man, Gådudu and Galge." „Fault belong him" said Igu, „he been lose road 

 belong me, that's why he find him bad. I been bring that arrow." He handed Tde the bündle 

 of arrow-shafts hiding them from the sight of his companions so that they should not know. 

 igu said, ,.I sorry my good friend, I take body belong him, go dig him ground," and he went 

 back to Djibaru. 



One day a great Säibai man named Käiåsi came to Måbudavåve, and Tåe gave him the 

 bündle of arrow-shafts and said, „Kàiâsi, when you go, you kill him Djibåru man, people belong 

 imu," for Imu was the head of the Djibaru elan who had killed Didi and his son. igu had 

 asked the Mawåta people not to take revenge themselves, for in that case he would be suspected 

 as a traitor by his fellow-villagers. 



Kaiåsi and his men went up the river in their canoe and landed at Kuraére, and from 

 there they proceeded to Djibaru. He met imu and heard of Ihe murder of the tvvo men. „He 

 (that is) good, you fellow shoot him good," be said approvingly, „fault belong them fellow come 

 steal garden. Every time Mawåta man he come, you shoot them fellow, me fellow glad too." 

 „That proper stow-away-talk," interpolated the narrator. Kâiâsi's companions were beside them- 

 selves with rage and thought, „All right, next time Imu he no stop, no people belong him," but 

 they took care not to say that aloud. 



Once long before that in a fight, a certain Sâibai man had carried away a little girl named 

 Kåwa from Djibåru and brought her to Såibai where she grew up. Låter on she had been given 

 in marriage to Imu in payment for a friend of his who had been killed by a Såibai man. 



When Kaiåsi and his party were leaving Djibåru, the former said to Imu, „Me fellow 

 take Kåwa go along Såibai. Me find nim dugong and turtle, by-and-by come back. You 

 fellow take him dugong and turtle, wife belong you too." And Kåwa went with the 

 Såibai people. 



Tåe and Kaiåsi arranged to lie In ambush for Imu and his people at a place called Gido 

 on the coast. After six days the Såibai men came back and landed at Âugaromuba from where 

 they vvalked along the coast to Gido. But in order that Kåwa should not become suspicious 

 when seeing so many canoës and people, Kaiåsi went in advance with her and on their landing 

 he provided her with some dugong and turtle meat and sent her alone to Djibåru with the 

 message to Imu and his people to come and meet the Såibai men at Gido in order to receive 

 more meat. 



Tåe with the Mawåta people were encamped near Gido, but his companions were kept 

 ignorant of his designs towards the Djibåru people, for some of them had friends at Djibåru and 

 would most likely have warned them. The Mawåta people did not even know that the Såibai 

 men were in their close neighbourhood waiting for the Djibåru people to come. 



Kåwa brought imu the dugong and turtle meat and gave him Kâiâsi's message, „To- 

 morrow you me (wei go along Gido, get him plenty meat." The next day Kaiåsi sent two boys to 

 hurry fmu and his people up, saying, „Imu and people belong you, come quick now ! Wind he 

 good, time now, Kålåsl want go quick. High water he start he come." „All right, you me go," 

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