418 Gunnar Landtman. 



363. The Ipidärimo people in Düdi vvere once holding a dance when a \isitor arrived 

 from Âgidai in Kfwai. At that time the Ipidarimo and Agidai people vvere at war vvith each 

 other, but covered by the darkness the visitor crept up to a man who was a personal friend of 

 his. The Ipidärimo man received him kindly and hid him in a dark corner of the house telling 

 his wife not to light a fire there. She was set to watch the place lest anybody should come. 

 The dance lasted all night, and when the birds began to cry at dawn the Agidai man was sent 

 home. He was out of reach when the people got to know of his visit, and the only thing 

 they could do was to shoot off their arrovvs into his foot-tracks, thus trying to hurt him. 

 (Mamatüa, Srimai). 



364. A certain Auti man named Turübia and his wife whose name was Gäiba once 

 went to Di'biri to huy a canoe. In the night Turvibia slept in the men's house, but Gâiba was 

 taken out of the house where she slept, and a great number of Di'biri men had connection with 

 her, one after another. ®^ The next day Turübia and Gäiba made their way home, and on their 

 landing at a certain small Island she was so sore that she could not go on shore. She told her 

 husband what the Di'biri people had done to her, and the two hurried on home. There he 

 summoned the men and asked them to come and take revenge upon the Di'biri people. The 

 warriors preparcd for fight and set sali, and white resting on the way they did not dare to light 

 a large fire lest it should forewarn the enemy. The attack was made at dawn, nnd manj' heads 

 were brought home to Äutl. (Duaba, Oromosapira). 



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