PACIFIC ISLANDS UNDER JAPANESE MANDATE 



613 



Photograph from Junius B. Wood 



THE GRASS SKIRT IS NOT PECULIAR TO THE "HUEA HULA." GIRL. 



These ladies of Korror, in the Palao Islands, are wearing the typical skirts, consisting of 

 a front and back piece, made from the stems of a native plant. The debutante announces 

 that she is "out on the carpet" by assuming a narrow belt of plaited leaves or of colored 

 yarn like the neck-cords worn by the women of Yap (see illustration on opposite page). 



"Ijokelekel had learned what he wanted. 

 He ran back to the canoe and they paddled 

 around to Nanmatal. At daylight they at- 

 tacked the city. Here is where they left 

 the canoe. 



"Jauteleur, a great warrior, led the men 

 of Ponape. They fought for two days, 

 and each night the warriors from Kusaie 

 were beaten back to their canoe. 



"On the third day Jauteleur was again 

 pushing back the strangers when one of 



the warriors from Kusaie drove a spear 

 through his own foot, fastening it to the 

 ground. The other warriors, who were 

 running away, saw that their comrade 

 stayed to fight, and came back to help 

 him. They captured the city." 



NANPARATAK, THE PONAPE ARCHIIXES 



My host stopped, lost in reverie, dream- 

 ing the romance of those stirring days. 

 Civilization, with its laws and conven- 



