Ihr i'olk-l'aks of thc Kiwtti PapiKvis. 411 



2. „Kitti riddrma all kiiti riddnna jdvarpdwa koubupdica miaiigdta midumdiba kiirka gdmo niipura- 

 ddia. — Oh, Dàru long way, how you me go? Full up blood all over body." (Säle and Salbu, 

 Mawata). 



THE FIGHTS OF THE IPISIA PEOPLE (no. 350—352). 



.350. The Ipisia, Agubära, and .Samåri people uere once making sago at Sagéru (on the 

 eastern bank ot" the Fly), and while engaged in pounding the sago in the bush the women were 

 attacked by some people of a neighbouring tribe. All of them were killed except three who fled 

 back to the camp and told the people there what had happened. The men hastened to the place, 

 but the bushmen were gone, and only the bodies of their victims were left behind. The people 

 wailed and buried the dead. 



Another day the Kiwais set out to take revenge. They found thw bushmen's \illage 

 where the people were celebrating their victorj' with a"dance. .\n attack was made, and a great 

 number of people were killed. Some of the Kiwais, whose vvives had been killed in the pre- 

 vious fight, caught a number of the bushvvomen alive, thinking to themselves, „Oh, no good kill 

 him. Me fellow no got no woman, me want marry him." The. bushwomen were brought to 

 the Kiwai camp, and they became the wives of their captors and took part in the making 

 of sago. 



Some time afterwards the people went homeward, and on reaching Àbaiîra Island they 

 lighted a fire to let their friends at home know that they were Coming. On their arrivai home 

 they told their fellow-villagers their adventure. „Oh, bushman been kill him woman finish, that's 

 why I been take him woman belong bushman." The people at home said, „That good you 

 been catch woman. He savy make kaikai?" „Yes, he savy." 



The bushwomen remained at Ipisia for good. (Bi'ri, Ipisia). 



351. P'ormerh' the Owosudäi (or Osudäi) people lived in the bush in Kiwai, and they 

 and the Ipisia people used to fight each other. Now and again one man and another would be 

 killed, and at times great fights took place. In the end nearly all the Ôwosudâi people were 

 exterminated. and the rest made friends with the Ipisia people and went to live at one end of 

 the same village as they. (Tàmetâme, Ipisia). 



A. The Ü\vosud;ii people living in the bush were continually at war with the Ipisia people. 

 When only a small number of the former remained peace was made, and the survivors went to live 

 with the Ipisia people with the e.xception of a few who settled at S;igasia. (Gabia, Ipisia). 



352. At the time when the Ipisia people lived at Mörogimini they and the VVi(3rubi 

 people continualh^ quarrelled with each other. The latter had no coconut trees and came to steal 

 the cüconuts of the Ipisi'a people. Once some Ipisia men lay in wait at the coconut trees and 

 shot at a Wiôrubi man who came to steal, but he escaped and threatened to take revenge. On another 

 occasion the two people fought one whole day, slept in the night, and continued the battle the 

 next day, but at length peace was made. The two peoples_went to visit each other, and both 



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