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S4n4jt/f ^ ^

"legs'an^-^X.eayl:x"^tQ-ether fgo T-o ma to 7-n.ldL). .

f.;-;-- u^.U-.-.Eov he* i^rovr, none laiov.'c; v'hencc ercw ha? Hons bioira Ms father ; ;

is for the lajid, there r.'o.c not a thin^- 5.11 it save one Pe'r^'on.

e¥

'V

-is. '

•:h' ?7hh^o notlier, for therehms oiilsr he. This. \icx his iiane -'iTCyi«<t'u'ir-K

,,^5^a>e?yn the Elder, and lie vs,s also called Tc-)-^ikinto,.

• At tliat time, HeaYcn cloTe to the r'ace of the Earth: it hms'h.a.xe.tLiJ

as roch that coTcred the earth. nent ahout on the roch;

ho trod its surface, he felt it vri.th his horidsj he v;ent go':

he. uent (§,outh, he ncnt ^est he went (gast-; he v/ent ahout it in' .h-'

all directions, searchin^^j for an opcniiit;. y/ith• the end of his staff,

.Ee sat upon it; he .tapped it,, snd heholdJ it £;aire'"bach a hollovr' - ^

sound, for the .under/part was not to'ichin^ the earth. No jnan ^

liycd heiieath - no, not a seul - for twerc was only he. . ' y i;,;

Eeholdl he found a path, and entered "beneath the roclc, • Eeh't-.^

uenf.ahout in all directions heneath it, and-,the tine came for;-

,hin to mail© thin^ to'iP3-''ow iinder/the ^rbclc,- lie made Earth• to'--h yf;/,•t--:

. • - h'.'l/lic Tuth Water:' fliey he.pot. cliildreny'l'/hose/iaaraes were Ih. Ati'bn• •--h ' " "•••• t ; O; . j'y

I'-. [Sir EocEj .and ilei Te+a3cea ([The.-Yoid^.:- hiTel Tefahea.lay mth .,"• . • -• • — -.1' •• I h'tj .A •: :::lTa Atihu, and these were the names ©f their children; Te-jr^hav-ra,!^ ..-A .. n - - .. ;

"Clhe EldestJ, ITei Uarena .([Space Eeti'reenJ, .Tcf/iao {The ilo.yej, h *' :-h. Tv a. 2.<a. f

, ,^.h-, ITa Eilca Csij-' Octopus]], and Wa Arcau the Ycuiiiper, It v7p,s this '

A '-1- r-ilh,, EarvAsreau, the .son of Ea AtiTm and Eei Te+al:ea,' "Who tool up. the If IfA

- -hworlc. As for iTaTAroau- the Elder, he went,'ne*vcr to return; for

; .ji/h8.d coTenanted v.-ith ITa Ati'fcu, sa^ilgj ,Vila Atihra, this : . '111place", and tliy work is to malce-iaeh:, As for .me, I' go,1//'Al'"

f

; -

'Xjti -r'f

nerer to , retumlt^ >•

'• '* •'-'f f'"*

, Then cane the time for ITa ^rea-u the. Younger to take up: tlie;'r'jff,

TTOrfc. TheroAwag a great numher of heingsAlio lay hcncath thefv/.A '-il.v-C-.A., . _ :-,i- ; = , . : tr..-;-.yy^4i

f-^^y^'xy '- roch of Eeavcn 'where it cIoyo to the" Earth:- their immcS were 1

"ITa AhaTe,;-I£aritoro, Ifdicca+hghoa, Kotei, IIov;ene, Eoukolii; inany '/A

more names liail -they, for they'-v:erb a [great m-ultitudc. So:

Z^enRi called their names; the^ an.sw'ered _not^;_for as yet 'IheyAA.;^ Tf

had no sensesf'•:. Said^ih his heart,[''♦fYhcso people ah'effCAAA|

mad fiaasj* - Iliey are Tnols; and beafrma-tec

I'

^Sfi,

buattta

first" he .v/orhed piponi tile Eools 'and Pcaf-mutes; "he yaye

• ' Ai" A :Hiililii liiiMrrnM fiiiirirff

• s

' Vt-

"i -

fsenses, he raised them up. Thej,'' all sat up; en.d as they sat the •

roots of the rode v;ere strctcheS., and Heaven rose upon their heads.

He ,"bent their Icnces and their elhovrs: they moved,' Ipieir mouths

were shut: he opened them. Their ears were stopped: he opened

them, a,nd v;hen they were open he called their names, Taey heard

their names, and ansv;ored, Then said IlaT 'eau in his heart,

'•^These people are all in their rijpht minds^^^p^ • . 'The time came for Ila'T^-eau to run from side to side "beneath •

the rode, and loosen the roots of Heaven where they clpve" to the

Earth,-. He sped ^ortli: it v.us separated. He cut it away to •_ ;0outhwards: ' he reached the (0|)uthemmost limit. He sped (^st:-.,it vr&B rent asmider. It was lilievmse aspain in the (^st. He ;- •

sped up, and mounted upon the rode; he directed a certain one

to call aloud the names of the people, and they all aiiSY/eredj ' O

^So he said, -^hese people are all in their ripht minc3-S^^ ' ,. Tiieuhe came down to his father ila Ati"bu, sayin£:,'"' Iiow sliall ..

I do now?"' His father answ"ered,'-^^liine is the tash, -Worh with; • -thy "brothers there^^ So he called them, sayin^i thus: / 'Come here,^,and ^Olove it"/, and /'Lift itV, and /let go a little in the midsij^i^They did as he told them, and he said, /'Tliou, Octopus, put forth • -

thine arm: cut it from, "beneath. And thou, V/ave, Ymsh round- it

from "belovilK^ So they all set to v/orh, and Ri^ld. the Eol .lifted ;;Heaven on his snout, so that it rose from the Earth, The comp?r«

anions of Ri^hi v;ere left "below; he alone lifted it on hi 'h.- , - : Ova.-Le-A-C/ . -I

Tdien" that was done struch off the le{];s of Hi^hi, :'' >'1.;: a" • •so that he has no le^s to this day; and the "body of Hil^lci lies

fi'P3-"'oss..the midst of Heaven,, even the Millar Way e!

, Eeholdl Heaven stood on high,. Then came the time for ITawvvj.'J'''.v. • • • ' ••'J

t''' to return and slay his father Ha Atihu; for there' was no -/ft

;•>/ light in the land - it vas dark, and it vas as if his work was

unavailing,So he slev; Ha Ati"bu, and took his eyes to light, the"

' -'^r laJ^d He called his brothers to sing a dirge , "but they said, -' /"^.... ......

know ho.t."how .to' 'sing, • Ho thou. sing^<\ He said, hie shall : •5sing, •with me'f, and he lifted up his voice; tins sang

•'X. rR.- .. . V ••• ;.: . ;-wp; V...- ^: Y3^r:-^ -.WV.r/«, J. ••

••' 1 . V/

. . .K- .-.a-,.,.

w.

V"

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f•

i • ' ' •> . lihS" liest tliou. T;hy licst thou, ny father ITa Atihu v/ith thyF ' • spouc'e ITei "e^ahoa?. - ' .'-h

t.

ii " ;His hrothers ausv/erechh h h •

-•. .. Tlie ghost is gone out of himy •'•

Areau sang again:y: • • ^hh-yh-hi ":; -"' - - . ' ' ' ' • '

Ee shall speed uncler Heaven,,to ITorthivardg; ' -:h-';:h .Eever a ghost,nor a thing, nor a "iian Csliall he seeJ. 'CfEhfh;>tE

^ ' • • •; :••' • • ^ / • •' h'-

* - • - •-•

Els brothers ansxyered: / - ": : ', ':";P':x• • • " • - .'-. "• ••" V-b'iv••^J-^

•YGa, there shall meet him a X'/oman of the company of • ,xiomeHi even 2Tel Au-neang. . •

•; A.nd llaT^reau sang.'/; ' • •'•-V'

Eis seea

G-hosshall spring from her, even the Ereed of thots of the ITorth, Let the Horth he conQ;aerodl;in'tfK},^

if h,.h;. - he eonguerccil • : . , v-.^hchj; • She- Breed of the Ghosts of the West. Let the I7est Ej

K-'h " cpngueredl . - • ' h- ' - ' • PmPtPp. ... A•;'" • UOIJ.q.LLfcji-tUi • • X• ^rT'fvV;*^

ip,: Tlie Eree.d' of the Ghosts of Ecaven-and the Depths, Bet'• ..'v.: the land he-oongueredj • • •

f" • Jpc, -Then IlaT^reau took the-right eye of his, father and throw^it'••:,r_xthat xvas; the Sxm, Again, he took the left eye of, his.;A*on high: . th

! • fa.t'hR:r: -thnfather; that v/as the Hoon,- - xie soattered the Drain aero j. 'uii-- "'X -• • •- •• ' • •' •: i ' - -

Heaven: tliat x'/as the stars of Eeaven. Eis haokhonc also he

' took and hiiried, and it grex7 to he a" Tree: that v/as Eai^nHttiku^a-^o.• ••* - V<-

SS •

X' V-'the Tree of Tsmoa, Eo erumhled the hody of his father• : - - ' :

hetxTeen his hands: it T^as that xviiieh grexv to he the miil.titude^kAF?Xi.:'^-:v' • ' ' -

of stones upon the land. - And the right side of ITa Atitu xms '••

' 'i- "the @)rthem(Bplstiee^end the left side xms the (^uthoi-n ^Istice,*;. : Then came the .time for ITa ^reau to xvork. x'dth his tx7o

brothers, the Octopus and the Wave; their xvork xxus to, makeSO/mO ioS 'Z

'• •- lands, and first they made Tamoaya The Octopus .pulled the land t"-m- •. • h-

L,ig. together in a heap, and the Have hornd it together, hut ila j^-reau•

di^. no xvork save to give directions, ' Urns grex/ Tamoa,- md the ', ..h.• • ' • ••' ' ~

derivation of tx-at name ATamoa'/ is this'""": ./xTp-moa-n-aha'/' fthe A• ^

, first of j.ands]], because that xTas the first xvorlc,^ ,gx.A-: . Again, they x7orked on Taraxm, and ITa ^reau apportioned it

X7ith its ,people, Tahald^-Taravn and his xAfife-Hei Eala, , xm-A gxl'ijAf- ' x" XX:.;.

g , Again, they u/orTced on Bern, and EfT Areau apportioned It-xg:; g-ha".x; >4 ''-ig.'x .g„ -Eg.;. :

vdth its people, Tahufarifci, and llei'Te'flti, and Eei Temaiti, , ••.\g|

He left H^i TeViti 'vTith Tahufariki on Beru, hut pel Temaiti;-. a;'- '/"x^-g-. T':- X. 'gh: , d:g

• U"*'

:/

r /

.• « J9 .

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he carried ar.uy to hide'tDidor Tamoa. It she t;ho hocame ;-*• ••• • > •

, 'i • •'

• ♦.. » : - f r 4.' •'• '-I*.- - V

Ilel'Kimoa'^iea 'j^Queeii„,of Eats].J

(?):• Behold I- ITa^^-'oau lay tdth rmiikdnd: he lay mth ITei Aro-Va-Vl/lt '.

he "begot children upon lier,"eTen the Breed of the C-hosts

of the South, Set asic.e these foil:,.for thc3r arc of no account:

, vY'V.: •" •• 'r. _r_ •_ .'i-,-.

Ghosts 'of the Roiitly- ; ^

llany more children did hie oeget uponmoi Aiu-mairJ:i, lut his•frfirst human progeriir tus Te+I-^atang ftlie Ilan of llatang], v/ho t.us

•K6*4r5:y the eldest.X— hi o,an,-}.

After go ' f-natang> cone forth this proge^^y - TaT:ur-i|tongoun,'BatiiOi, and Kanii, . Konii ajid Batiloi" remained upon laiioa, hut

,-Xahuri-^tongouii, end To.hurifmai, and Ei^Iri set forth in their canoe •

r'-'i'.i '

.V••t-i

-7.o; t » . .

i-.r Tdflaj.hangahi and jaent to ITilnmau., ' It'-' h'Iujl, sAmJ^ - • -

Ilanii andiBatilai a,re send to liare heen Ein-gs "beneath the'''' t,'hJlJ/ic-e-^Uth_e5first-horn, the eldest: the•• -_ Tree of Tamoa, ond'their food v.ds

^^nrst-hom ehilo.ren of the people of IlilouKaaroro riere tahen to v>-

he the food of these Kings, And in the man Kanii first appeared

the Breed of Tamoa, the breed of red men, <za^Ut^

st;';hvh-s:>;t : . ' Kanii .lay vdth Ilei TnXu: Kei Idmanoa v.us hoiui, rsid her^ * *y-^ ';i3^d;'hrothcrshv'ere Ka^ihain, and Talmtca,' Kei Idmanoa

lay Tdt^^ Kautah-ulei ,v;as horn. Kautahold lay

a Traman of Tahu^toa at-lTiloinau: their children.'were. Kei Kinpioa, .Uaniumuri, Ka^ihain, and Tahu^oa. These three

UAi''''k*r'^hrothers' set foi-uh from Tamoa vdth their sister; thdy -oassed•• h.i • : . t •, : -t,- ••••-••- •'

• oTer the islands to ©orthmrd until they came to Tarai-U,

•i-'' - ; At Tarana Eel Kinanoa remained vdth £sr^u'/ehv;ej the sla:

; T;-, V:.,: .hv Kirata-the-Eing; she married |ia TJlnvehiaeL,) and he hegot children•* ' i''i": • -•• ,: V'l

upon her.whose names vrere Kei Kimanoa, IJarauai"'-ri, KatAiiil^iain," h' ' •••' ' '

cnid Tahujdoa, " •

Kei idmanoa remained at Taorav.fa, hut her hrothers ro"himed

"and tool: to Tdfe Kei T<!^ia of Eeiu. They tooh her-|h^d'hh: to go-fe at sea, and drifted febrthv/ards from Bciu; hut Kei

|K:fvfw •hi,

'TJ'^

ivre of

tfl

. i"-'l

"t;

Ol

•A• •?<

Vvf

T complained, foi' she ms thirgiy, and said to those men, -^^-ye shalll lrj

^or.'m|lheneath\that' rainclbud to Eastua^.^;;- Then!;:''. V'. "arose Kam'umiTT^ to Sling the anchor a-t the .clcud, hut he cordd, ^

r"3

not reach it. Tliat also did his hrothcrs, and failed lihev.lsciV-,• v..

So IToi Teyeia arose] she loosed the steering oar, she thrust

.v/ith it, 'and pierced the rain-cloiidj at the sane time she pierced

the. midst of Barea^-tau, on llonouti, -Tliorc 'they divelt, .• 't • '• ' ii S^ h . ' - ' _ ' - _ ^ . - . , •

Vv/ ' r , "iind heholdj ' ITei Icjcia rra,s prejgnant, hut her hushmid and

his brothers v/ere dead, and only she remained,' " Then came

leia-ma-Tehai to ITonouti, and tool: tliat v/onan to v.dfe; their-

child vdtli her rus Tannefii^toa, vdio hceajne the Kin^' of leru, ; :

''Taane-^httoa lay idth Beiarun;;:- . Te^tnal ims hom^ •x-Tetlnai lay ivith Tcvti^?ans: -Ahau rns homg).a* -» « a ^ I . • . _ .. . • m ^ V >• < _ii_ • .syr;--

:•?"•;•• -n'

' •-i ,"--i-0"S--••

j" fvc" t; :•••'- .

v" T-;J *

Aiiau lay vdtli. Tcfhori : Te^inai the Second ix.s horu^'Q

Tefinai the Second lay rdtli Aneha: Tetiumia, ims horii^,f;:h<x.-hn;jv-

iTevunada lay vdth TaTni: Banai ms hom:^© _ • Ujrjfr

C-

g ' ' • -

*• : -

[Tanal lay vd-tli Tef*aiia.la the Seeoncl T/an

-- 1.^;i

, - . -i ' J

Toyunaia the Second lay vd"bh illv/ati: . Baluirercfn-ttc+iti ^^ ^ - ' v.us hom^

BaZn?.rere'+n4tc'+iti lay rdth the v/omcn Toa'fcua of iTlluuian,

heG'Ot four children upon her, even Almu-the Second, and Katiai ;t' - ^ ^ '•• > • 1 • "

;.*v ,. v" and Batata, and ITainsu-vni+maem: tZiese v/ex-e of clan ofj x • ..

,.h;7y^ : liarongoa, and frbrx them ar^e descended the people of IZax^onBoa oh ;': ;

vhX'X iTijOinau to this day. . " X' •—4 ' • X. •/h'-X X' X• •' , % xX'/ z} ,TliC.. Breed of fPamna y , "X t-'h

IoV7 go v/e haeh to the Ti'eo g^,l~n«tilrnft^Bha j v-iiich s-bood,upon x' iTanoa. As for that Tree, it. vns an Inccstor. The tine came

XiTh-

•V- -f.'Hf, , --Jji-t.- -• ""dien people £;roT; fi*om it, and those people v/ere the' co;:ipan-y-T7hoy*' 'ilth {• • •

' nex^e called the Breed .of Tamoa, cYen Kanii and Batilai, the hx^eed'X'. "X

of X"ed men.

Iixff---XBarctolaij •. and he who' '^ew from the tiu^ of the Tree v/as

'x ••• Te'tmatav^mx-'ehwej • and those xvho cP^gyi from, the root, .even • the . '• X-'-f-dxl

v®s:X^rhe-crest of the Tree shot upv.^nds; " the first hxanch \msXX-h:

^ i, .

(£• J no

X-m,r -tT^

•- tap-x'oct, T/ex'>e Koxu'+ahi, Buatsna, A3:au,' and their sistep Boi Aeidlclo';

•"V CT " Eouxra+ahi lay vdth Bei Bi"fcatraohe: EiihldxY) ras hoxui^gi -

•;.. '.' jplirohlro lay -/.dth Uei lTa|no: .their' childr-cn vcre Bai' a^-moheZ"!XX n^ and llatennaiid'f two T/omen, and'Tefl^:aone. and Eoro, "It/o non, ,;^elr;;|^i

i: - land ?rciE the land of Hone in'; the Bepths,- uxider the ihee of Ifaixoai •X X"\ X " V • •• • • X "X Te. ' wv' ..o. j

Aloft, in the crest, of the Treo tns fi'ei- CjZZ-e Tx

. . :X.-^.. AhY-XA-.-rr-:

,':ABx -iXX

!

'ancL ITci iroci^.ine T/oman], cjid Tc'+lcoro-'juafiajatiifnjii-tu. fEie . ^

Jellov;-1)11105. Tropi and Tc'+l)xu-m. So rracli i'or the crestp

descended Tipon Saravmi; Te'?;aata?v.nre'bv;e, Zotire.^.hi, imatara.

descended upon lem; riid tTe' i^t-f' nc a,nd Alrc.u v.lth hie rife "ira. .

"here came a tine v;hen that compFiij' •i;/ae a.icperseG., x^aretcha

Gottled upon lahitenea, at the place called hahilTo.£ifrer.A'ij^ i2i• ' •-fc. I^ -

the hipht of the land, , Te+iinentr'aleo settled upon Sera, '1 Ippl p~~J' . . .. . 1 . • - . ' 'tV I-.-"-';

(B)L 1 Tlio Irccd of the CfhostF. of fhe "orth^.xlien lay ha. ^^••cau Vylth llei ilro-meang; . he hepot children ' •

, upon her^, even the Breed of the Ghosts of the JTorth, Set aside

i these folk, for they "i;ere sl£.Tcs, • Eie time cane Then he hepotr_

t'h nen,' the Breed of northern hen, "alTirrPnal raid TJ.p-:±, ' • - • •

I

) - 1^

Gahuritnai nas indeed the linnan propeny of ITa /rcau T.lth ^^ -L '

Ilei Aro-noanp. dahurl+nal laj'vltli Ilel Te'ftoata; "efrllrlelo

rue hem. Ae soon as Tottrihiato rus horn, lahahea stole him,

and carried: him avjai" to his vlfe hei Tc'ttanpi^ni^haj that ruman

t.p, ^.•y.r.- .hroupht him up, and thciph his father searched for him rlthout li?

: -'.-rl' /-cease, he rus not to ho found. nut r.iicn he rus of scnsihle•y «* > ;.r' • . • J . . .

y-ears, I'ahahoa pave him hach to his parents, esid he preVv'- to he a

/llipne.. • - - •: ' rir v • - . • •

-h. h.) :v':.; There eo;me a time rhen TeTrihiato sav; the Eirds of lilri .••• • h' •' 1.: • —. " . " ^

-1 they r-ere pathered tog^ethcr in a iraste place-on the (^stcm '•1 .' -hryh.f ;• . •

• side of the isloiid-: he crept torurds one of the(^rds, hut it'• A\ •.••p.: j--: r flew av-ray and he' could not hold it. So he went to his mother,

"--pV •:• \€aid said, ^-^Jomon, how vroncierful are those hir5.s, for they are

• I

. like men, I would that I could catch one for my own hlifWlhis mother put a charm upon him, and she also made his aiws end

hiis hody sticlgr. Then those hirds.cesae apain. So Tc-frikiato

s-^d hid himself where they were, VJhen they came close to

h-im, he straightway leapt upon one of xliem. and held it. • , The -fBi 1'1" -s-'x' • • •• •- •.

hii'd flew, up to •leaT'en,. and he vuntvlth. it,r-- -

• Vdaen first -the hird flev/ up, it circled., imf.er Heaven, end • • j; Y/hen it sa\7 its \my, it fleViT strel.pht,' ' They eac^.e to^the land.of

Heaven,•; VJlien they came there, a house stood hefcre TGfrikiatD_^

^ t-A-:,- A, •'•-b . h

rt- ^ •

' n-.

"eTen tlie liotice- of ioi llrairjoT"rol: gIic \t.c an irJial)i*uant of• : ' - • • ^.r.

Heaven,- a child of iurio,r-ia. flinc" said she --bo liin, •^Vh.cncehj'.tv:

coaest ^thon, and nhat mcamer of man ai"f .•bhon? ITonaan may visit -

, .for I have "been set,apart from ncrkCl'". -Ihif he hvent in .to" lier;they lay-together, and ITlroiii+ni+hara/;,n COircliny of hcr/yeni .

••f' •''•ij-.-; "ms hom, T-ho tooh his' name from the circling of Iloavo.n "by thed-.'fr-?

I • •; ."bird of-his father. ' Tv'flxnti also. vas,.. horn,' end ,,liis sister v-h'-h- ..

I •. .Ilaanc+niKmotrv . , • ••• •. .• • y v :^:.

*..

..s •*• •

After that, ic-»-rihlato came hach to Earth'h 'and lie"-hro'tislit^

r-his son fevhaoti mth him, hut the, women he left'-in heaven. He •;#?If .-,*1 . • • -

-d' did not return from Heaven to the (^orth, for he fell npon faraoavEis son fcfl^xoti married a woman of Samoa,

»-• m,., ' - • ; f ' . / '•ivhose nai:ie vns

:'fe?ronma+ni+matang: their children were I-airelm,_ iJa^Aia^ and-.the.f'y

•''fll;!y' -- woman fe -t-nano tiii-+matano •

" •.J'./ritCl-f-".' iliose children of Se^moti went(ITjerth from faxioa, hnd-.'.-'I ^ w - ....... .

landed upon'the island of Arorao: ' BaireTm remainod at• Arorac

• and'haiui with his sister v'ent first to the Islrnd of J3eiu: there"::;.. ^ i . V. r-'

r. - : .Thon . •: ttF ' £5tayed the woman,'for she hccej.ie the T.dfe of Tc^m'Zio.h')•••m v:; ^ ; ; / . " 1 •• " .y r

.ila^ui i/ent on to ilarahei, hficrc the place Ravu^ifalui (1s.ssapc^hhpf' • . •" •-

•'dy:''hf--;p of I'atui]] is named after him, .• *•

irw/i'

t If®';•;

• ' ,»• lir '"r'•h-'-.v

if; •

gaiMia

. .These .are the fjenerations of ITei fotnano tni+nataniP.. \.d"th

'fwj.h- - 2etmama|([ii£7 on leru; their' son v.ns EireflfL+nitl^rawa•. tlie Sopondjj^-'.

hlrahifniThenmra,' lay rdth Te^ahehe:-- •fet3:e|v<u .W8.s. .loiri]j^Te?he/bm lay wdth Ph.nerine: Tc^^actoTnl'Tmatpnf. v.ns l^ornf'Q :

Te+aetofni-i-matang lay idtli lurctca: ..'Bedrelnx the Second q \7. . • y- . <d"v.-as "boni'J^ '''Eairehu lay ,mth Talce^+faraY.'a: Eoohueha ms horsT^ . ; , .

Eoelmelni lap* Tdt^eaoiem ITano'+n+iti v;e,s .hom'|Qp> .- y-IT&iiofn4lti layIdtil Aremav®; fe+rlldato the Socone. ims 'boni' '

fe"^ildrvto -lay vdth [name lost]: BaireTm .the.; Third v/as 'born'IBcdreTm lay vdth • -(iiame lost];. Te'+ha' ni'+mriienGo vm.s. bornfQ

;j TcVoai-ni^rmaian 'o lay vd-bh Te^ba-vnl^lccaioa:Te+i8n£;o lay vdth Tu+n+io: Tetaravm was bo:mf;>0 ••

re^^esiyo vms , uox-I'm-.'in-'

Te-varavm lay vdth ITel Areau; • nirahi v/as . .v:

ITirafci lay vdth (name lost}: Taeb)o..was

•Taeho lay vdth (name lost}j- , KautaTmTd vms liorh^GlEautahufci lay vdth iT+tetrai: • Ten -Areau was ho2.11^0 :•|Ax:gau lay vdth .Te+'b8i?nii Tc?bunsa© v/as box^ : ; .::-' y p.[Tcibunpae lay vdth TaboHfh^ta: XIareho vms - i i'-'

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Tliere v/as a T/inran .of Sera v/Iiose name v/as Pdatia,T.no lay mdtli,; S.x;

[.;' '-ll, the man iraange: -fclieir children r/ere Bintoiig .and Eieura. Binton^r..-'*.;lay Tdth .Tiv.n.iv.'ai: . their cliilcl \7aE TeTir.am0ri;2, Imt .as.yet he had,

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no name,- The sisters of his ssandfather llatui-se soii£iit a name ;;;;• ' .

for. him, • Tliey sought his name goiiis(^rthv;ards aloiis the^.stem.

"beach: they cane to the roch which stands at , and

ashed,the roch v;hat name they should jS'ive the cliildj .he roiswcred,"

hnow noM;^^ So they ca.ne to the roch which is' called Tetilniilmniau:he'also hnev; noh,. They csjae to the roch B^neneaha,: he also -... -

;. laieViT not, . Tliey, came to the roch on the ^.st side of Terang: .he • . -

. also ImeiT not," ' , They cane to. the roch on the^-st side of Tc' toa'+^oo':t^; . he also fcdew not, . Ohly when they.cane to the roch TahaJrea

, did they'2e.-t a naime for the child, Tims said Tahaj^ea: ^-^le shall ,

. tahe him smd call hin TeTnanafei

They 'broU;2;ht liin up in the nei£iihourhood pf; Te^tirl at Borai'-....ah-•fivt'i," -r

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- he was full-£;rown liouvent to the "beach oh the (7Jpstern side to ;ri|' 1

• 'Ut'-t. Pls-y e- dame of louuii'Y'ba'bua ^ "but Talmtarilm of Bern cane up from •, .V;: d

t''I'irh''to: "beat him, for that hea,oh' was.forhiddoh to all save,

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Ta"buvarihi, ..But Tefnena^ritj. tdoh no heed of the "blows: they

v/er.e as nothing to him, Idien his game tms finished, he went and

told his grandfather^s sisters, and they tooh hin to Talshca on

the @astem side, ^ ' h ' •

So Ta"bahea made a fire, and .lie threw Tc^nsm^ig into the midst

of .the 'firei. •'• •' Soon the. Body of Te^manalpag ims But a little ash... a^hhEa"bahea took the ash a,nd "burled .it Beneath his rock, ' In the

jfhrhnn'T evening he looked at it, and said, '-^It Is not yet hunan^"\ In

.-•••.•.the morning he looked at it again, and BeholdJ it had groYjn to" hK 5^.:. 3e a nmi. . H the end of the rock, where the waves

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Broke upon it: the waves Beat upon him,' sud the wdnd, an.d a ml^^ty

ra^,-.'tnjt he said hot a vrord: .he sat on, ' ..T!ien,TaBakoa took up,

i; a Boulderand pounded his head and shoulders, and Beat his chest, kj-

he sat on. So the place was called

stoning of Te-l-niajna^^ij)

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Age-in lie ivcnt to tlie (^ctem 'beacli to play a c^j:lC of

., and "belioldj TaTmtarilri came up from tlie^^utli to onite Mm,Tmt lie said not a ivord: lie sat on, loolcin-^' at Ixis l^atua. But

when TalUfariBi had done, TeTmaina|!.ng put out his hand and held

himr ho pressed him dovai, he lifted him up ajain, hp, held hira •-•'r.'r'M.-l'

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aloft, he threw-hin dovn, and when that was done he hit off his y

ears and threv/ them ai/ay-into the Imsh, There they remain to- this-

day - the thing that is called Taninguvn?tahuarihi [red fungnsj.' ; V;;

Then Tc' mama.^ng droTe out Tah-u+arild. from that part of Beru which "

.lies to ^irthv-urd of Te' rav.'aand set his limits at Teteirio.' • 1Aftennrds, he himself went to Tefmanoloi, v.here he tooh to/v.dfef

Te'iniano'vni'i-matang, the sister of Ihijiui,

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—Enough of the iiiliahitants of the0)brth: ITa ^reau went hach vto Tamoa. But after a time he a,ga,in set out for the ©jrth: it . . ' "

ms then that he met in the midst of the sea. the woman Tina,ttauteholis,.

Upon her.he hegot three children in the midst of the: sea, even" ' ;

ITatua+hihina, ilatim^thenihen, and IlatiiaTrcnou. ; He to oh his children

with hln- to the ^rth, "but their mother he left, . -:.I,;,.--. •

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•; Behold! Ua ^reau cane again to'Tarawa,, .Then he. to oh to •

mfe on Tarawa the woman Hohei and also the woman Eo+tcfoonua: : B.-

their children \7ere Tahnhifn+taraim and ilei Baia, These remained

on Taraim, they lay together: their children v/ore-Ha BelngongrybT, . ;• , . . . • • . _ X •• •• - * -• i:

and Kirata-the-hing,

Kirata-the-hing lay.mth llei Eimoar'^eQ' and many other women,

to all of whom the people of C"^^he clanj Karongoa trace their

ancestry, . -

. Kiiataftererei wa.s-the son of Kirata-the-lcing mth IIoi KimoaTueajhe lay v/ith ITei ToT-ra^iti, the sister of Bae^and with ms-i^ other"women also; hut only to Hei' Te'^'a!|7iti among the T/iwes of Klrata^^tererei do the people of Karongoa tarace ancestry: her con was • y

Kirata-of-Tarawa, y'.- • ; "f

Kirata-of-Taram wus-'the thira. Kirata; he lay with iToi Beia' ' o

•Toh^i end llel^ K^hwehv/e: 'thftir children were Beio.-ma-Fcahentai, Three-places had they on the land «« Bne.rlTl, and Tara'tva, "jf

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and Tetl^onolDono, The place of ITei Tualx-ntai iTas Tctl^onotono, and

the placcG ,of Ecia-na-Telcai T;ere Eiiarild. and Tarat.'a, There v;erC

--—.three lodGes, and the fourth lod^e v/as the lodge of the slaTe

T]is-&ghnd-^toii--QX^a .ji^reau ,to .Tg^m^ '_ This is 'bhe tale of the return of UsT^eau to Tanoa Tiien he

V/ent to fetch a T.dfe for lils child Kirato.-tiie-lfLng on Tara*;.'a. This .

time, he v/ent in his canoe/'Te Anga-nanono-aha^f, and the people,

of his canoe v^ere his ,three children "by the vroman TiiTaPtauteholia,evew.

V--- »t f*• «• ••--" -V- -a T '•••• r.^ .

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1. .llatuaH-hcnilcen," and Ilatuatrenou. - There vns slso, .;:• • • t ^ • t-

r •^^•'tiFirtrith them one \7hose name ims TauntetW,'t . - • ' • •:

••.•••: . SJhe. canoe of lla _^reau set forth (^uthuards oYer the sea, and-.. . fheholdj the land of ITei Tina^tautehoha rose hefore then. That

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't ;• v;oman stood upon the shore and cried, out to then froa a distance;» . A i ; • i -

dy-. thus spate sheryi-ji •

i.'!"Whence oonoth this ceoioe? , ' ' :The canoe of the Tarawa folt appearing in the West?Tarawa, Tarawa! , • • ^Thou flashest, thou shinest, .' ^hCrest of the Tree of Tararu, esnlted one! t

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iiii' 'n* .t ih" •;•'

^reau answered herr/ '

r .• •• ,••> ^ ..i «* •. •

I haul the sheet, I haul away, • • ,-Tor I h!we long seen v/ho thou art, ,,ITei Tinattautetolca.

-Then, said that •woman in her heart, -«Tliey 3mow ae. who I am. a'• . y • • • :• ' •-"T'.i

This is a canoe of strong mezis^ So she disappeared and hid—. - . - : - •, - ... ., •

^•• 1«^•T"^'herself, and the canoe of'Ua'lTi'eau sued'forward, Tlion again she ••V

stood "before him, aaid "behold! she had changed herself into a g.T

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"beautiful young girl; she stood on the "bea,ch of her land

' and called, ^mence coneth this canoe?-^. Ta fToaxi ansv;cred again, , -A

/>! have long seen vdio thou art, ITei Tlna' tautehoh£^r\ AJid. she. said in her heart, ^Tlicy juiow mc vhx I 6iiisr/\ Again she disappeared, •

and this time she changed herself into an "old imian, ^

Iioolc well! •- Ta^reau will "baffle her in her third attempt, ;,rWr?- He "beached his canoe and, as for her, she made hex' hou.s©-.placeUUiW- • /-• \ • ' • V , .' .^v

seemly, and brought food in plen'ty, fJlien, the neal vre-S eaten, ..t' - •• • i>

she' gawe .them sleeping matsigsaying, -^fTomei ;sleep, for it Is :ni£iai:^

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Then ITa^rcau chan 'eS- his chilii-cn Into fphcll-fish of tlie Icininalleaj ninate.j^.nin. saying to then,'-^Cloee your doors pcr.renaliBreJ

.over your faces and sleep in peacek^A ITei Tina'tta,utol:olm vntched

hvli,'.,., them, and vhen she saw what lla ^reau had done she said in her

heart, •^;/'l:3y, their-faces are coTerod hy their doorsShe ms

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"baffled, for it liad "been in her heart to liill and eat then as

they slept. ~ • j- h ; • 'h-

And "beholdj Then the darrn cane ITa^rcau laimched his canoe

in the sea. He yms ahout to go. Then ITei TinaTtauteholca "begged-

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him saying, "beSeech thee-that thou ni-lt leaYe ne one of thy

children to go Tidth Eie end piclc some coconuts for my food. The

tree is Tery clos^i^^ So l'a^^eau told his youngest child to ^fhhh*-go T.dth herj_ he said, '-^This is a dangerous v/onen, Imt thus h 'r:v:

Shalt thou "be safe from her: Then thou seest theh our cenoe-is» - " "

a"bout to disappear, thou shalt spealr to the red "beetle pnani^-'bara-

"bar.e^Thich is in the crest of the tree. Tell him to" carry thee

to the canoe. Thus v/ill he say to thee,UJ^iither,Thither?^ and"thou Shalt answer, ^1^0 the "bows of the canoe^ He vjill sayagain, Vipiow much,how uuch?(^,"but thou slialt not answer; onlytal:e hold of him, and he vdll fly T/ith, thee to us*r ~

So IhiuaKrenou went to clirah .the tree and Ha ^.reau left inhis canoe, ITei Tina^tauteholia >mtched the canoe disappear; _

when ii: TvUS far away she hegan to. eliah up the tree, for she•-^;•_>^:~.:•:-

:intended to eat I.'atua^enou,. -, But when he saw her cllm'bing •

the tree, he spolsre to the red "beetle as his father had told him,

and it flew away v/ith him over the sea, ' Yflien Hei Tiimftautehoha '

came to the crest, he tas gone. She turned tovarcTs the 0)uth,"'she saw the crest of the canoe disappearing over the horizon^,

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;-/ • .end heholdf she turned herself into a "beautiful fidgate-Mrd '•..••• .«»*< .y.y -..v.:

."d ; " and fleviT after them,' She came to their cenoe; the children of

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?S'Ha /.ToexL saw her end said, -^Eow 'beautiful is this bird, Het

US hide and catch it for our otct«A . But Ha ^reau said, -^^Stay, :'y

for of its ovm accord it desires to perch upon the cano^ ''"!- Tlien g:

ITei Tinattautehoha spohe saying, ^Talee me upi' Put me upo^ the . \ g d

eanofii^^ - .y Adg..' ."g . .' ;•g T/-;. •'gdh/d.);,Tliey put hei'* upon the canoe, "but hehoidj as soon as they had

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done {3o,'g1io clian;:;ed into a slroll, 21ien ITa /.i-cau Inicw

tliat it nnc ITei Tinapfcautclcolca, so lie tanned liiG liacl: emd

lirolce vdnd upon lier. She fell into the sea. Tlien she eliaiiiped

herself into another hind of "bird, "but Ila^reau Iziexi her apnin,Bo'aguin he tamed md hrohe v.dnd upon her, and aGnin she fell

into the sea, Tliree tines she ret-umed, and at the third

time she died, - • ' ' '•

Then the canoe of ITa' -eau' came to the land of Tanoa,; it

floated in the Ilon^s passage to filjOrthvnrd and in the T/onen^g -

passage to (^uthvnrd,' Tliere landed ITa ^reau to lie in theis L~1

nancata T/ith his children, Tlie naneata stood g" ,» the(^^rth

\ passage, • . i .

[ Tlie people of Tanoa' v;ere a cruel foil:; they nade a collectionI of food for ITa /.reau and his children, hut it tns not rea,l food,

[: for it vns the refuse and hushs of coconuts; and tliis vns theirJudgnent concerning tliat food; if the children of ITa' 'ean didnot eat it all, they v/ould hS slain, lut ITa'^reau said to liis

children, ^Ea,t it not: ' vnit until nii^itfall, and te hehenu

Cthe alligatorj Yall eat it*^,' The.night cane, and the •hehe^-u, indeed ate it "all. • Tliree days Miey did thus rath their ' '

food, and on the fourth day the people of Tanoa held their hand.

Then ITsT^^eau and his children r/ere told that the canoes

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|rv; . ^T'l'i:- vrere going forth to- troll for all manner of fish. The judgmentv/as that if the children of IT^T^reau ca-aght no fish, tliey r/onld

he slain. In each canoe r/ere tr/o men of Tamoa rath one child

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On the first ds.y, they took iratuaflzilrina to troll for the

T^.ro;r\. Soon the man of Tanoa r;ho \ms in the hows of. the canoeI

cried, -«lhe fish is caughtJ Spy it, "iratch it, see it| Eow the

line singsJ-^. J\nd Matua4-lcihina answered, ^t siiogs as rath a .

Icarpn' Ea.ul it in - a Tmr^o;aI-^ ' YThen he hauled it in, it rvusindeed a .haron. As for liatuaricihina, he "willBpered to his hook

f ./J' V' ^ he lowered .it, and soon he ma,de his eato-h, so he cried,I' . b__ __ _ _ ' ... . _ . . , ....

how the line

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is caught J Spy it, rra^teh it, see itj h

eiugsl^. The men of teioa answered, ^entlyl It is, a MmsTV \

He answered, ^f it is a iffiiSSIk, srour heads, v/ill not he splitv.:

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i:his clul) of TauocI' 'O flien lie liaulcd in lile line, and "bclioldj " no

fish v/as there, "but a oooonnt and a ^reat haslLot of food. So he ;

slew those t\70 laen, ..h

.h ::; On the next day Matoaflcenihen V/ent 'out.,' also had t^TO- -

'men of Tamoa" vdth him, and they went to troll fof the in'-.-p. Tlien'••

the man who v/as in the "bov/s of the canoe made his catch; he

cried, '-'Tile fish is can^htj Spy it, r/ateh it," see itj IIov/ the

line sin^rsj-^. Then ilatu^henihen said, '**^G-ently, for it is indeed

an"i2.ud^A DO. Then IlB'tna^cenihen lowered array his line,

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and thus-he se.id to the hoolc; '"G'iO thou end ca-tch one. cocherel^.'

Soon he made iiis catch, end the others said, -^Sir, play it

;ently, for it is indeed ah invoV^f\ , He answered, -^If it is an '

So Katua+kenilren slew those. men. . •.;

On the "third day, it ms the- t-um of the youipest cliild.,-

'dlatua+renou. ' Tito men went v/ith hinj they took hiri to troll for. l|f|• the amiand first they made their catch. ; Then ho told his '

in-' p,, your nechs shall not he split h'dth this cluh of .Tamo^^i^hih^^;;-

Ec hauled in his line: . the cockerel' cane in with.it, and as dt;

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hook to QO and catch a piece of land,"and it did so. He hauled •

in his catch, Behold! a great piece of land. It came, to-

the sui^ace, even the land of Tnvrai under the lee of Tamoa, .- Tliat

yas the catch of llatua^renou, and he slev/ the nen of Tanoa, . " : jy

• Then said rhe people of Tamoa, -Cornerrorv ye shall go and . -'k'-;!nek Ilei EinoaTuca [Qnccn of Ratfhe J-udynent ms tlrat if - ; i

the people of Tanoa found that woman'first, the children of Ha-ieat/.

should "be slain. So on . the morrow, the whole company went kk"-k'i^i.i—ii W

with Dta.Tes and shorels to seek ITei Kinoafuea nnderpround; bnit

Ha^reau held his children "back, and thus he spoke,shall go ^to seel^ XiOi ^Eir'3oa^"uea iia srxoh. an.d sucbi a» place. ti/j.xon. ye go, ye k'

shall turn neither 0orth nor (Sbuth, but slmll tread the straigiitpath {^stmrds from the ^stein side of this mauoaba. Go

'strai£iit'^stv/ards, a;id when ye see a tree with mais '- brcnelies ,'--vrhereunder the ground seems to Iiave "been made ready, ye shall go

past it on the (S^utliein-side :towai"3-S e, tall tree that sttuids to ^

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.'•"bum -blie neat of an del cocoimt; then aliall ye hide, and ulicn

. . ' • ye cec a rat' cone to the place, let it eat eone-cocoimt; '."be not

r . • . in haste to -catcli it, Dut av.ait the rat vtiich clmll cone after;-

That second rat-ye shall catch in'a Imnd net,'CJid ye slioJ,!'.

the Eocrc-li^f^, Such were the v/orcls of ITa /.reau, • : ;

I So tjiey went as he had told then, arrd vdien they crme to that

I .. place they hnmied"the neat of a ripe cocoimt, ai.d hid thcnselvcs.'Soon cane the rc/oC as ITa^reau had' scvid, and they ea^^pht in a

tlireo-.ten it, and tell it to "oire up IToi iLinoavuea,' for it Ims

hemd net ths,t vmich coj:ie second, TlmS they sa,iii to the rat;

'- 'sTIiere isdTei hinoa^ea?'/ It ansivcred, Al„lmoY7 noij ' Tliey

hit'e Qj? ny head; set ae fredlf,;' '' Then said they," /^Thoii'Shalf

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hn Mjf j said, /'But we shall lite off thy hcac(jv^ It answered, no

tell us where is IToi. IZinoaFo.ea, for if tliou dost not tell us-

we s.-iall hum thedj^A The rat said, not hum iie, for I null

tell. Yonder is her place. Go, dig, for there it is heneath

-jl v. that tree", Poll'"bach tliat roclz to the^puth; she is under the .d

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third roch'helow e£rtlilJA\'' • . • - . •/- • ". -• J; V . ... *11 -f.. -- i ^. ,

•>•1 ••••'• • •••" • '• . -W.-,' 'They rolled hach the topnost root, they rolled hach the.hiyjy.. -"

7 ...ifvt.a'y'?•. second rochj.they rolled had: the third rod:; It opened and

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liyhtiling-,flashed,'; Porth criie ITei Linodt^nea hefore then#."T" 't' y '•'' -j'ri ^

''m, . Tiiey siirany forv'.'S.rd and called to he^ sayij.it:, /'V/onan, thou '

'rdYyh Shalt cone with us to -visit She lifted her Tolce '

and said, /nTaA^H'cam is cone - he is eoBio'-he shall decide ny '

.ahidinp place; he slmll decide. , O-o-o-a-a-aJV She said

again, ^'Let us . T:.. -'."'"' w-

.• . ThSit is the tale of the finding of Pei Einoafuea, Y^lien she'•Yii' h';''Y''"" -Y ' • , - . • •- , .• -• ., eaae to ITa^reau, he. rctimied with licr into *bhe (^orthj. ho .. ..i.T"

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y'et-umed from Tanoa^ lie set her doim at Tahoronga of Tahiteuea'/:; .p

hiit her abiding plo.ce v-us not there, Ee tool: her (^s-tiTards, and

her, on Tahiteuea, !' lla ^reau left her there end went to prepare;" .• ' r • •••' Y • _ ; Yla dwelling for her on Tarav/a. • ITlien that v/as done, he re'lurned;-

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set her dolm at Katahaiiga; , there wuS found en abiding pl.ace 'fcr'in

to Tahiteuea and fetched her to Taia.wa,, She was the woaen vdio" '*.^1•• • • •• "lYi

became the .v/ife of Klrata-the-Mng, end it was of her that the • ,' ' • ' •" 'i'

second Eirata was bom, he who v/as co.lled Kira.tattererel,

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liiTvtaj-tercrcl ±z'j v.ltla ITel 2c-rr4.-i't:i, "tlie nictcr of !Due,

end. Eirata-of-SarawU ims Doni. lc, \n?.s olie. •ohix'f. Kirato.,

•_ J - Kirata-of-Tai-o/.m lay vriili ITei ireia and ITei IZ^I'iycIt'c: ioia-• - A • u)as" ' ^

na-0Dl:ai- "bonn. y.-

"i • Bcia-ma-^-lra.i .lay mtli ITei- Tc^olaj Tc 'jio+nftoa'.mc lorn,'-' ' Taifli^nvfcoa lay vd*fc!i Sciafrcaa-;:. Scfinal warj lorn,

Te'^'imi lay mth levuVn?ana;: tlieir ehildv-on v;ore Tc+v/iorminA,

and Ann, and ITei Cncr^oniSr., v;hose lajid mn Aucnenc at Taliteaiea,.

- Tc)-manata lay v/itli ITei ITiiJaica, for .alio v>ns a eliief on

Onotoa, a,nd ic'finaaatu rnled at Te'+d)aln. of Onotoa, Hie pergnir:ti<

of l^nianiat-a r.ns the firet tinier" of the treoe of Tc^^ahi, even '

the trees froai Arorac aiid vmojia, . Those trees lelon^

eTerinniore to the people, of (the clon^ havron-joa,, for they -v/cre '

first xilanted at Arorae and lanana ly ITei Aeia and ITei II^li;elr;c,

tiicn they cane fron Tanoa, to le the t.Atgs of tlie thii'd hire/ba.

! (b ^.Irf, ;^-ini7ri, pX :"?Cfeer?l ."^o, ?r.noa/~r - VA-::dT

—This nrs the. third •return of ya'' ''eau-'"to."Sexi'oa/;-'. ;iie ueiitto leyet da.uyliters to le -the, T.dves of the third Eirata-tlie,

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• '••• .I;,'- Vfoncn jjcia and. Erf-:,lT7elr,7e',T' IT017 his. tine Iiad eome;to yo, ,neYerin.-.i,^-;s.

—T':!- ;,to retnm. '. '-n • •; :: •'ti

' '• ' 'V I - - "* •tine had cone to play tricTns upon ,men.

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.-.V triched the-Tdfe of Taraiiya, .hoi. holme, for that nan T/ent out

;•,'''. to fish for-theT food of his, friyat^Ard,' and viiile- he Tns ^.- .ii ;T T

llion lTa /.reau erne lach to Taraim after fctohinp ITei

. -'-rl . Einoa'fb.ca-, he renaine? -fof a, lony time in the ITorth, .; -Trnt. the:•• -• -::na..-.

1'he once ayedii de-sired to retnm to .Tanoa, : TTiat tine, toolc

•s«;,h:#" l:- -Ay,A , A .-••...• -

lain T.ltli;licr huslrjid. So T.hen Taranja savr that her lelly ms

no canoe, for he Trent on foot over land amo- sea, lead, leholdj» -• L - .:

lie Trent first to Taho.ronya of Taliteiica, and there he net.^v.ir

••a. 'aaa .named .Taranya, . I-Ie dv/plt irith hin, and'leholcU heT

gone ITa, ^reau lay Tdth his Tdfe, • ." -

Eollne T.ns pregnant ly JfaT' epu, .v/hlle as yet she; had never.

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r"• snelled, he ashed her, sayiny, -^honan, hy viioa art thou pfeynant?.•j iiave. not yet Aaih'Tuth theci^l. i She couQc-oled the nbiie A.f TA

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•„ • callecl "tlib T/oraan to liin, Tairuija \K\tchcQ. thcr., roicL T.l.cn tliey irere

. -v..:/.. toG'cuier. lie leapt upon ra^-ocra and I'elapourecl pAm to sorclj tliat

A he 2-illed liin.I'' .tl'i-.'fV#;

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iic'tooh ITa /roan and ImrieG. lilra on the point of the beach.-/ ••'h.'.

I*: v/liicli na.cle e; cape on. tlie ^stem cic.e. After ITa /.reau liad lain ./ Tv-V nanj iaya unlerpround Pel Aollne pare' birth: her. child v;as;

.<'.n

a nan.

Tilon a, dream, cane to Ilobine: she dr-ca,ned: tliat one cane' and. -

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epohe to lier, saylnp,-^n'Jonen, r.hen tliou a,v.uhe.st tonorrov;, •thou' A'A

. Shalt £jo to. arouse that dead. nan. Tliou slialt coTer hin.rn.th a.;lhh;._

:r.• ihIn:.f--h•:COconut leaf, and this shall be the spell to av^ahen him'- the;.;-!

p- .spell of the coconut leaieKA' He told her the spell, 'I »*♦.

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• •...So Ilobine r/ent to try the truth of lior clrccra,. Tlie tine ,had.; •

.•'••e-rt'hf'"- toorie' for her to aruhen iTaT^reau, " TT.ils vjas the spell that cTimlceiifcdhintT':^: ... - d - . : A '; 1 ,•

Thou Soirresti

.'d.^AliMi-i^A-5t%h;A'lien she'^'had stnich hin three tines (ivlth the" oooonut leaf);', A''if.'lb• •" ' • " ' , •• • • *

he arose'from his ^rare, Ee v.-ont to the house of Tan'-a^TPn, and

: f2aranpa stared at liim, for he send in his heart, -^Tfio o.rt thou?-""

'..v It v/as ind-eed Ha Iroa.u, but he had clianped hiEiself into a l."cautifiil.u . v. _ A- 1. ... -A .- -A A"

fighting- ape. •• So Taranra asked hin^to sit dovm, .xliinklng vv

••" that -it rus some• other nan; but, in tiutli,. it vius Iva .Jtreau, "A;t}tAAAh^d":.: • 1' A- • d.'- A AA'•iA;'A'.*-''rr• After a little, the child of IZobine fell sick and died: . then

• . A. • . "=" .d : -A

iJjJ;||AA?'A Bateau said, to.her, Woman, go bury it on the. (^st side', 'In;a-.Tdistant place, but talcc'its head and bring it back in this closed

' >' ^ y t"|d'this is the container for the head^ ] ' So -c.rao tjonan.•3. k V

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T/ent to Imiy the body of her child, but its head Blie put in the

basket and. brought back, and she sercped it clecji,

•. d. Te.ranpa.nvent again to get .fish for his frigate- bdrd, end.'itcau said to his p'/ife , '"VToma.nj r.dlt thou go vdth ne or v.dlt ^

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thou not?-^^ She ansuored,''•"i rdll go r/ith theo, -T Let us

They set .forth toim.rds the.lgjbuth,. and thcp- carried, vdth thbm .;wy'A.-'. ••p:A^', ....d . ,;-n- a-A' - ' .A' dAd''!-dv'^^the slcoll of the child., Tliey took no corioc T.dth, th.c.m, for

v.ulj'ied upon the diy land: r as they, lifted their feet, the ococn A;

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xollov;ecl in t?acir i'ootctcp.'S, ani ilie rjcna la7 icxono ti.em.

T!ic7 v;cnt foiT:anci tov.r.rcis tlic (Siontli, Irao after a tiixe :[ol:dne

conpl£,lnca, iiayinj, -^.Ta ^_roau-ol Do.^t thou, not rcj;:t at allT-^

ITa, ^rcau ansnered, '•^Asl-i the slaill to cot

Eieii caid iCoMne do tho a'ciill, rv.'',I..-/ilt tlion not jet tie

tlico a pla,cc to reat^ —•

h place to rest in, for ive o.re ovinj of liunjer?-^, Eicj nont fon'.'ard

a little, and "beholdI an ranvtree stood before then; a no/u r;as

ready heiieatli it, and food. fhey ate and rested there.

i-jain they arose, and tlieii" joinj v;as the sane as before: the

• sand Y/ns before then, eaad after them ims the sea, mt a,jain •

Kobine Yjas hunjry and tired, so ajain she spohe to the slaill.

saying, s:mll_ 0 ^ T/ilt thon not jot me a place to rest in, ;;

for '.-.-e ere dying of hunger?-^. And after a time, that somae undftree '

stood before them; a mat had.alread3" been prepared, beneath ;

and a leaf screen, and food. So they rested, ^ m.-,: ' •

mia time liad come for them to separate at the, second rndvtree, •

.Tims spohe Ta "^res/n to his vdfe: ^-^Jonan, sta,y thou hero: as for -

me, I shall go before thee to prepone the vmij-. If thou.art •

hungry, tell the, slroll, Hest here, and after a little: set forth '

again, There'ds but one more urivtroe before thee, onid then' m'-'j-rr

thou Shalt arriTO, , \Taon. thou sottest forth, follot; my foo.tsteps^-^^^d

and continue straiglit in the patl'W^ .

So he sped fommrd to Tamoa, V.lien he arrii'-ed, he calledj'

his children, the freed of Southern Ghosts,, and the Sreed'of

im, :y»T j'vr,.iTorthem Ghosts, and the Ghosts of East and Y/est, and the Ghostsi cc K-f •i-,"" . - • . • -,

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(,of-Eeayen .'and the Depths, end said to them, -"Ye sliall build a_y

lodge, end ixane,.it Atutn-t-urua pIead-of-trcvally3j and ye shsdlb^hh|b

build a canoe , end Tiien it is finished .its name shall be^ Te-itid'vai-h

ma-te-rube CThe-lijhtning-and-the-fliehering;. au^^^

to . .hhfcn shiill_yelbulld; a second-Ilodgc ,

Ata+n+tc+-buangii-(_The-rtop-of4±he-head-of-the-porpoise-toothJ, and

a second canoe, Te-ata-ata tjEhe-top-of-a-man^s-lieadJ, The crest,

of the fii-st canoe sliell be the Single Tuft,..and the crest of the

second canoe sl-^ll be the Doublo Tuft, Then sliall yo Imild a

third lodge, Ata' iin-hlebu' Olhe-tom-oftlie-head-of-hicbu^, and a

kifiiiiilliiiii :.»-S... .,...: •

tliira. caiioo, Te-ata-ata-noa C^ie-top-of-ulac-l:LeaG.-cf-"ej-:oaJ, . !I!Iae

crest of the thirC. oanoc slir-11 he the Douhle fuft aloft, arid one

upon the outrD^pcr called Tin-tin-te-rara Q)rip--ou'ip-thG--DlooiiJSf "yi'.lieii those tliinps *vcre done, liohine a.rriTcd, Tlie tine csnae

for to he^et children upon Iier, fhoir first child v,'as

• " To^nrihaha; also of their hoGcttinp' t/ere lc'^''ii-tiia, ITei^Crilcl,

^ ITei ilra. • ' h, .,'

ilei lira lay v.dth the nan Alcau: their children v/ere ITei lela

and ITei h^ihv/ehv.'e, - ' . - ,

b . • ' . -ITei Peia and ITei ir^duTehrrc set forth fron Tanoa vjith their T - .

company in those three canoes ic-iti-na-te-ruhe, fc-ata.-ata, end;

Tc-ata-a-ta-noa, ^ney caiie first to Arorae.; they landed at the .

place called Tevl^narn: it ms there that thej* first planted the

^ hasias'n^tree, vdiieh vns their plant, .• ,.

^ Then they cone to Tanana,. Peep T/ater ran up to the heaeli

f T/liere they.landed. Eiero they planted their tree

I h Acjr-in tliey set xoroli (^rthi'.Tiras: tliey cane to ^a.tite'aee., :I • v,.To"r There i.ha.u and Tira, the father and mother of ITei Beia and ITei, . .. V- 0 ,I " • u'ehT;e, separa,ted .from them, for they sta.2"ed a.t ITadmhuavreni-aiia,

, But ITei Beia and ITei K^hv/ehwe sped 03rthTnrdB to Taraam, and

uh-en thejr arriTod at that place they hecame the v.dves of the .

third Eirata, idio uus called Eirata-of-Tarav.u, as ITa /rea.u hadf

t ; ,inte:2dea.- . ' ;•'."i f." . . • V' •

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.' - i' '•; ' V: .p. And "beholdl the mothers of .Eeia-ma-ffMcai sent then dovn to

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Kira,ta lay \nth Beia .and E^hv/ehv/e; Eela-ndd^eToai v^ere hem.

.Tahiteuea, to visit their grraoidparents Almu and ITei. Tira. • ' Tluis

•fdv said they to their children: -"I'/lien ye cone to Ahau, tell lilm

r ' that v;e rely upon him for the timher of our trees v.hioh \7e planted' . • i-'-. •- V"

at Arorae and Tanana, for the fix'st timhei" of the t-rcos helonps

• to uEfe^^.^ .I. -

Suelims the pi'D^i-eny of lTa^i''eau v.dth Eohine, vlvcn he v.-ent

^hM for the tliiid time to', Tamoa: no other'cliildren had lie vdthiiJv> dil

^ for Tef-urlhaha, .the first-hom, he floated avky from ^

indrnrlh:; Tamoa and drifted ashore at Onotoa,' ivhere his house-place v;as

iTna+nfanriaria. ^ . , • . >; p- \

ITa^^'cau himce3.f .did not co3:-ie hacl: fron Tamoa,

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B(^)l n:" Tree of

This T.^s olxc ciicton of feXiOa: tlie firct-ljorii cliilclven of

olie laiicL called 17\i2aif-ao„roro-,-\;valc].r lay to v.'ere tclnen

to "be tlie food of the Ein^s of tlie free, ' Tliat v.'as the food."

of .the. Einss,- even the first-hom, ,;

Tlien T;ent Ea ^reau to visit the people of ITuJra^naroro. Ee '

lay vdth a T;o:.:aii naned Eei Ilai, a^id hepot a son- on her, the nan

Te+hoi, • \.t.

^ It T/aG Te^hoi v/ho o.rose to prevent the csnoe of the people ".'..

,of. "anoa, v;heii it cer:e fron. the (%i,st to te.he av.ny the first-horn, . ,'

Ee arose and stood before ~tiie caj.ioe to destroy it, . After that/

he nade mr upon Tar.ioa, a,nd heholdl.the people of Tanoa v;ere' ' a-

conaLiered hy Tefhoi, the son of ITa .jLrean i-dth Hoi l.Iai,

-; Iha.t v;a,3 the reason v/liy the people of Tenoa v/ere all scattered

abroad, Sone of then vent' ashore-S.t lialcin, and others ivent'; : -

elseTiicrc: indeed, they scattered to a.ll lands. As for. TejEoi-,

he remined-on Tanoa, for e,ll tlie pcople"\7ere scattered,-.A' SI

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:-s rh.'.vt-- -ic'iv\r:.\ 1 .". • '- A •*.'-i - , A- '-' •

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