Thf Fiilh Talcs iif llir l\'i;vai PapiiniiA. 415 



belong me been swear me fellovv." Wliile the men vvere drinking gdmotfa a certain great L(')pe 

 man named Kidûa sprinkled some of the beverage over the bone-daggers of the people saying, 

 „\'ou me (\ve) fight." After the Edâme meii had become drunk their hosts stabbed them through 

 their wrists, knees, and ankles so that they could not move, and thus they were left to die. 

 Three men who had not drunk gdnioda ran home and told the people v\hat had happened, and 

 the widows who had caused the trouble vvere beaten by the rest of the women. The Löpe 

 people dug a large hole in the ground and put some sharp sticks vvith their points upwards at 

 the bottom of the hole. Then they threw the bodies of the dead Edàme people into the hole, 

 transfixing them on the sticks. 



The surviving Edâme n^en wished to revenge the death of their friends but being few in 

 number they had to wait. They wanted to bring many children into the world first and postponed 

 their revenge till they were grown up. At length the Edâme people were ready to fight. They 

 eut new bow-strings and painted themselves with mud, and went on their way to F^'ipe. While- 

 they were resting on their march a certain bird tlew towards them and perched in a tree above 

 them. One of the leaders named Ae said, „I shoot that pigeon, that (is) devil (spirit) belong 

 Kidiia," and he shot it, for he wanted to kill Kidüa's spirit first, and then the man himself could 

 easily be killed. On arriving at Lôpe the Edâme people pretended to corne on a friendly visit, 

 but after a while Ae lifted his bow thereb}' signalling to his people to fall upon their hosts. Âe 

 shot Kidi'ia in the centre of his ehest, at the same time calling out the name of his first chiki. 

 „Busére, 1 father belong Busére, 1 kill man now!" A number of L<ipe people were killed, and 

 then peace was made. Both sides gave and received some women in marriage in payment for 

 those of their number who had been killed, and the two people who had originally sprung 

 from the same stock, went and li\-ed together and founded the Alàsingâra village. (Some 

 .Vlâsingâra men). 



THE ATTACK ON THE YAM AND TUDU ISLANDERS IN DARU. 



358. Syme Yam and Tûdu people once went to \isit Dâru. They speared some dugong 

 and turtle on their way and presented the Dâru psople with the méat, for which they received 

 various kinds of garden produce in return. In the night a Kiwai party arrived in Dâru, and 

 finding the Yam and Tüdu islanders there determined to kill them and the Dâru people as well. 

 The attack was made at dawn, and many people were killed. After the fight the Ki'vvai men 

 went away with their booty of heads. The survivors of the Yam and Tüdu islanders set sail 

 and made their way home. With them was a certain Dâru man, a friend of theirs. The islanders 

 Started to talk among themseh'es, „P'ault belong them fellow (the Dâru people), sing out (inx'ite) 

 me fellow. What think?' Then one of them said to the Dâru man, „You turn round, look 

 what way that wind he come," and as the man did so he Struck him dead with his stone club. The 

 head of the man was eut off, and the people threw his body into the sea. They spent the night 

 at Ki'müsu reef. wailing over their dead. The next night was passed at Djégei Island, and in the 

 morning a vvoman who v\'as fast asleep was left behind. The rest of the party arrixed home, 

 and the people there wailed at the news of the death of their friends. 



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