410 Gunnar Landtman. • 



The fugitives vvho had lost their right way walked along the beach to Åberemiiba. There they 

 constructed rafts to ferry themselves över to Däru, hut some of the rafts were made of heavy 

 timber and sank, and the people were drowned. The Däru people made up the following songs: 



3. „Eli, djrimdjangdpa libiigånu tdianc ilbugautia djdmdjangäpa tdiane djdmdjangdpa. — 

 Altogether he been sink, big wind make him man lose. You me (we) fool go big wind time." 



4. „Ndga/åta ima ndgatdta ima sdra giiiiia btlibuidva — Some man he look from beach: 

 'AU same vvood, all same man?' Oh, he come shore now." 



The survivors reached the shore and related their misfortunes to the people (abbrev.). Bad news 

 came from every quarter to Däru. The people were told the cause of the fight with A'Iâsingâra 

 and determined to kill the man vvho had neglected to warn the people, although he was the 

 origin of the trouble. But none of them cared to do the killing part. Then they resolved to kill 

 him by means of sorcery. One man was found to possess „puripuri" for causing bad sores. 

 another for causing the victim to become very thin and feeble, and a third for causing him to 

 be taken by a shark, but none of these methods were approved of. At last the right man was 

 found, though he had been afraid to speak before of his secret power. He „poisoned" the culprit 

 and his friend. Their people wailed and burigd them but did not dåre to start any quarrel. 



After this incident the old folks used to warn the people not to „humbug" the bushwomen 

 when visiting their villages, for that would cause great trouble. Contrary to the women of the 

 coast the bushwomen teil such secrets at once to their husbands, said the narrator. (Nämai, 

 Mawäta). 



A. The Daru people sallad off in five canoës to visit Màsingât^a and landed at the mouth of 

 the BinatLiri where at that time there was no Mawäta village. The Måsingåra men were away hunting. 

 One of the Däru men named Wltåmu compelled the wife of his Måsingåra friend Akäru to climb up a 

 coconut tree to fetch him fruit and outraged har, although she had given birth to a child the previous 

 night. The visitors left, and Akåru was furious when hearing of the treachery of his friend. He made 

 new bow-strings and prepared poison for the arrovvs of his fellow-villagers, and they determined to 

 attack the Däru people on their next visit. Which they did, and Akäru shot Witdmu with two arrows. 

 But although badly wounded, Witåmu had strength to retaliate; he first shot Akäru's wife dead and 

 then killed Akäru himself with his stone club. Witämu himself was slain by the Mäsingära man and 

 with him a great many Däru people. A few only were saved by their Måsingåra friends. 



The Däru fugitives found their canoës missing, for Akäru had sent somo people lo eut off the 

 ropes and let the canoës drift away. They had to walk to Abereniiiba, and there they constructed rafts 

 to get över to Däru, but those built of heavy wood sank, and the people perished. The people at 

 home were told the bad news and wailed. At sunset the sky was very red („all same red calico"), 

 and the people thought, „That (is) blood betong poor brother belong me fellow. And they sang, 



^Dåtidai kihka iijaldibn Daiidåia kihn kihinn. — Blood belong Däudai (Ihe part of the mainland 

 of New Guinea facing the Torres straits) he fast along cloud, close to Adiri (the land of the dead)." 



The Hiamu people were so disheartened after their great losses that nearly all of them aban- 

 doned Däru and sailed to Miiralag. Originally their language was différent from that of Mawäta, but 

 those who remained in Däru adopted the Mawäta language. (Gaméa, Mawäta). 



B. The Däru people sang after their defeat, 



1. „ Ö//, miakiirka ok hirrkamaldiba ek Ddiidaia ki'irka hh-ka matäiba oh Ddiidaia kihiiia ii;ar- 

 mdtba igaTpdlagidja. — Oh, I look blood there along Däudai, he been kill man belong me fellow." 



Tom. XLVll. 



