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    een Like People You See in a Dream rirst conract in six PAPUAN SOCIETIES EDWARD L, SCHIEFFELIN AND ROBERT CRITTENDEN sith comin by Bryant Al a Sten Frankel Pal Slitoe, Lets Jsephides and Mate Shite Stanford Univesity Pes Stanford, Calfornia, YX 8. THROUGH KEWA COUNTRY “hepato hd ld on he extern bank f she steer ow Ere The carer Hear sankey contempt cmb ne he Instone ridges ln tbe eof th ore Very bells Hides was ‘pen corned hc more “Ro courry her wore ck sisi lineston orp te wrote“ had wo fod og my pry no howd pape oe ‘ioe o which ea sh cud ny om hfe er ele cy sth Prd ho hey a 0 mo mee it ‘for atthe caries were age thst pee oy ‘surely that they woald die” (PW: 166). = jefe wtand mci on he cs bse, they beg the ica ch up the meso see Which {oocson mare the [PR a Emerging st th he Hone fr Sst, hey encores hcl man out ons hotng pei Rhee {0 fnd someone ho re the coy, de ha Ron apurel ad Rane by ie pls owe 6 pe 1h Ke pate at i ato hice wee le i ae inset at Vp, Ne a Ran ead ‘Ri a Boe at ld oc ie Se ‘ape lode wa ee Aer tr ed ee Erol et remot psn eave fo eee ak {een lo eal sy Nor wil a wheat ete cae bac te acy inet fmt ue Be al fk ty te ees ae os “The man led therm eaawards ois hoe slr eas Maisapa, 2 tala Belonging tot Tepenaritepa tbe. There he afered the 3 {ew swott potatoes snd iuctoore before they camped forthe wight “Ta allowing day he ether oewee otto garde ete in glen ‘rounded by Testne piace He Indicted they could take what ‘hey wanted. Hides sayshe pai fo he fod but oes pot mention with tine The ares wees hangey they went ono ratsack another Ba Alem neatby. "When srg ates get hi Eee of ein” Hides ‘eared hey donor ate hat happens to them” (R97). Patra ‘supine appeared tote atthe ee of breakdown, Fortwo das the cave gd led the patrol eastward trough the r= ered train theimesone forest They were al so weak that hey had op every Ren mina ore. At abot tx AM. on My 26, the patel merged nto grass com again, overooking 2 maga culated Uablland"Teexended ny before reared snd northeast, ae folingsrexs of awe any interspersed with seep prac of kes Sone that ceeed pyramids m9 yell deer. There were cleans too, al smoke was ing from many points within view. We had come ‘pon another large poplason™ (PW! 170) Sil fr fro the frie Dra lowland, Hides and his en were shoat wo encounter anoher group of highlander,» people own today Sethe Kew, In his wpe Hider came to refer to them 3 he “lumber fave” br where he poehiename lee. Turburne” sot dhe rae ‘ot any tke or lel grup inthe ates. Indeed, in 1935 the people ofthe ‘icin did no aves overall ame for themes. They Wed the term ‘Kea cele to nigorng peopl tothe south an "Mieup oer tothe people to tenor Nowadays "Kev? is sed to denote the whole Tinguistic roup of hich they ae pr, nutbering some 0,900 people, ‘rout of hot lve within the preset sminiestve unto the Kapa Diavetof he Souter Highlands Province, an aea leet the north (ofthe patrols oe Ira the stern Kees ter Benen he Sap fd Eee ies whomthe patel was out encounter ‘Speen Wane tae eee So aS SE hal setae ad emer mrad gee Sie eda {e scn of he pry, al, A choc a, Pup, Roa ad ema aa: iM inc Aios P ecpe ane Seng aan ego ap epg Roce eer a ice i orl tpl Beh jose Yd au Sine ante fuser Ge ged wih ee Map thle ee Mar he “Trade Routes and Big Men “The rugged tran ofthe southern Kew ae beat any resemblances tothe Nembi tea. Tere wee aso skins and ngs con ‘tes between the Kewa andthe Nem, Wa, and Hult whom the ft had sendy encounered (Frankia 196), However, the Kew in this area kewl ofthese northern neighbor, Ther tesde and tease ‘fetion was primary to the south ad the norte (Somber ikon, and Kuba). No ening of ehe apron pate! ad come to them down the Ere When the ary appeared in Matspa was ‘ming fo the direction ofthe Mapes ty 3 vine ie casing the Erave onthe ade rte fom Lake Kero tothe norte Bsa of th Ke lamar tl eee the pal came Lake Krab ot “The county between dhe Sog and Erave vers yon the general pet Shell route fom the Gulf Pop, the spy ma raing eae from this ares moved south the “Set pop a the Saber Vey ‘cova sel aes, bushes, eaielle er shel, and cath, They {ated tobacco lego} and bar of sl (ape) down the same rote tat ides was to vel ni tually reurnedinoughHlamoreke and Kopere, making around wip of. The sl hey ed was not ma local bo te ‘ied from the “Madi (Men) peopl ater noth Traders rom that locality presumably traveled south t ae with the Kew evens he eve teva south to eae with Samberg Most rade: taveled oly short dances, while the tad pode mere lyed over fr longer an Talormants dered the sitaton this ways “The people of ewe! Krab know asthe Pole) went to Samberg to trade with the Seon those of Tip went down 0 Beve wo trade with the ole, and those of Simhuta went iri The here woe dest eae a rer aa) betwee the Sus people ad the Ses Ir woul! hve Bo Ulin hoe dys teat b9 Frou of one's tity. The Kews ho teen to Samberg did mo eae her igs hereto besa hey wold Bae been too cimbersme on the oa But when some Big Men tas exchanged thet axes seqiret in Samberg a the se of Sombura ma. ehh ws ari ple hy ed pa or ‘Atoogh the Kew Kew vagnely of he cost (Kiko) a the prove nance of cloth and sch hey were ao ely sre how the Seno eame bby these tems, Indeed, the Somberg people may hive had deliberate stratey of Kein the people to thee north andthe whe om he oe = Sanu owe ng Stn, he dine mr tan SS eds on co Ses dopo Tunoven kews couNTRY ws imasmuchioranceo ech other as posible in order not oot cone fot the rade ace Chaper 5. As Ana ld Kev ma ef the Yala tbe {emarked:“Thote Senor and Toe ured to deve al ised all ‘he time, but now that there are Yas people Ising i Saber were ‘eng information abut thee things™ “rae tems were impotanfor the Kewanee, without shel 3 man could sere partite in major exchanges or even mary. Sel Ses ‘tee relavelyplenilamore them ar campared to the Nemb, When the patrol seve with ony afew aes and po shalt the Kowa “onsidered it abe lbequpped with exchange tens, “inde, however, does not appear 9 have ees the pineal pct of Kew conor thi ts fo the Newb aed Samberg peoples no Ge te Keo conol the ledstnc wade beweendiferen ter. Neverthe- Jess ade was politely sgn hecase most ofthe Kee ale axes and shel was dominated (se among other highlands peoples) by 1ig Men (amoal). Tose ndideas wee able to corer the marke stele obtain pig wich they wet 0 super the elaborate crema ‘ichage steer inalved nthe competion for peti ‘eva Men seo have een kes power than the Melp ai tors ho ange elorate mks exchange inthe Ne lage at (Seathernto7ta 97) but he inaenee was rooted sie pli ‘altars and cael notion of socal reprodtonBy means ofthe ‘ercmonal pig kills they preseved as mcestry pat at Productive eel, they como the fw of wealth to which production Stes sbordinated. The contol of production at hone provid he bai {or thee pita inflame abcond Aces to ade ems nad ther ‘ecrit more lor an incest pig proacion, and ie ait “spose flare numbers igs mee that hey could for the personal trade or exchange relsonehipe that gosrated the ow of nga {tae tems suchas anes atl alls nt troup. The flow benched the whole rou, but itpused teu de Bg Man's ands nig Men ‘rove oma hielo conta nase ofthe socal el, ‘The Setdement Cycle (ne ofthe most tle dferener of he southern Kew region from cotherighlnds sce shat Hider and O Malley had pass trough “on por: Doi Ss ney dente Sg ag ie he [Got Far cme ol de SP Ray ene irs poe moe the Kewn Rew mt Sae mown of hes wel ce Ape Rial fon ike tas "Sipe inthe etemen aterm. Kew noone catered seems ot sb congregated in wilger olen of console ses The moe habe fmt setlements, contacted sn prepara for mor killing fess rained one o¢ moelow belie hess ead) rete 00-150 lig: Oten two soch needa were bu poll each othe. ean ing trond sep of ceremonial round in bewecn. At the fre standing sry berween thet nas, wold be te men's owt pada) which ‘vas fated em sl art wae ton elf cosierae gt Scere Imotie mes cetera dann. Bhi thse ete tes were the women's houses and father back, obscured by groves an sce ‘bushes, tod the spirit ae col hows Inthe 19)", today, the conmracion of thse elaborate stems wually headed 2 major piling fest. Freqaely they represented “mcentratons of people of vations group who had been den rom thee ans by hing and ad gathered for luge or awh the ond ‘tone ail A pig bll on thse oceans served may fncion. econ Selided newly made alliances or inate process of rowp acteoon thar publicly empaied group oiy ander an cwesarhing isl nae Te appensed thespian ced the sia in eso the hel of ‘he community andthe evi of perder, Ie commerorted Bg Men who had een Fille nhac a amend hr rls rested amaged relations with neghbore—ind, im aceomplishing al his pb Tih marked the ascendancy ofthe sponsoring grap an partic Big Man Inte of peace, when peopl didnot eed ie in lng villages for nilary strength, the neve for api il might originate with wo oF ‘more agate who wished to make ami or herrea deed (o entre anew seamen on ancestral aa They wold stat building ‘he mann and apa enor ear satin te households rm mesh secement to jon tr endeavor Thi wan mpi gee proces, ad he tne Lp betwen the bing ‘ofneada and the actual po il soll be 3 ng 8 eye Aer the eretonial pig il he aro parigaing owes Wook! usally disperse again, ome rening to thei orginal homestead some ostrctng new ones ney ot mong ater aldo support aoe "romp thar was planning its om pig hil: Where hier as mot the eds gc eae tn ed wi ee sun fee gsc mah pike ay a tetenrl pep ncaa son” eo ae ine hier cen op etd ws ‘Sesleri te eerie ce ceri restr esl of tare, it aly res from the dese ani the dues Sci ters hat overcoming and lose abba sage ve Inge em. Kewa peered diapers to cnfrontton and wlence nee clan brothers and li were expected o hold an ethos of amity and operation that distinguished group elton rom out grup es ‘Adonally, men dsgesedbecase they wasted ol thor pigs ina ‘many places urer thei lands poe her than always the Sane Soe Killing pig consecrated he land om which tw done wa 3 ble setemen abouthe pei lwo that and. Sestring pike {ros the coureyide therfore retested a stategy whereby snd ‘Octane senghened hi can to specie plot ane, “This patter of reside fax as bee tered“ palaing sesemene by Rappaport 9), who deserted snr reside! oxciltions sang ‘he Marin ofthe Bomarck Range. The mos permaaentfesars of the Kea landscape are numed act of land, Within the seen wa sn wane ss houscols move sound, Ne settee ate called by the ‘ame ofthe new st on which they ae tl Sal “Kitchen gardens ‘Gamanu) with mised ops soo appear rcund new bosses Mor staple tardenmodomapu re planed ther ald These consin monde for ‘Seer potatoes erased with gaan i ‘may bereplntel forever yeas wet ‘siden gardens (ema in bash fallow abandon them fer sige Ihres nse place they i comour dhe to stop pi orang Bt ‘compared with be corplex rds characterising Hull ac of caaon, Kea gardens presenea more haphazard sed uty appesance “The pulsations of Kava selene pate had ie to do wih bi tence states for gaining acs to hunting ad gardening Lind. They ‘were mainly pital n moan, eelited tothe formation of military ances and the supper if ceremonial setts nd Bip Men. As other plscerinthe highland Kews en ld oa tong elogy a agree “centile telty he Formation an compost of te gone we rather heterogenous "Run isthe only word the Kew have for socal {rouse applied fh o named patricans and ro what we rene English “tees a ongere of amed patrianeoecpying 3 common terry, whose aaersftusted seeding fo politcal and rary ‘ondiions Along sication rea in acs bang asiated int & tribe and adopting the bal me the same ie depending om their poical aims two cline of the rame tribe coldplay down thir a "ation with each othr and elim to Be of iene rr at, both tees and clas were betondden eral Reson rensonsinformes ‘ecsions abou homo side with nb, with he frequen eat hat ‘anumen could be Sting om opp ies of ateentn, Wat wt ‘art of sca elations usta mariage and dere was nosh hing 82 Permanent enemy o a fing Fe Kew society ike Neb repretertd tation of hing alliances. “arfre reqerly deve delsed props of th a, people ha to ape akeratng statis of agretsion an linge to del with poll coningencs. tn these cecemstances lea grup fran wae ‘ore than simp 2 fonction of agraicdescon an hated terest of lan belonging here i: Reel goa tha snorted fr cremonal rly porpsee ull consisted coe faction of can ‘gnats but ato included people from athe las oy even eter ibe ‘THe elleane petal eoherence ui hese groupe depended rey the lealeship oftheir Big Men, who achieved ses epuntions teh thie persuasive eratery, ter amstion and pli tees an thee fre fovedhess a airy to shale the ations an espns hat teen with this ok Renn a a Bere warior Pada) was sf ‘bur the real tet of Bg Man wn iy wo kph fcson ope by ‘fering workable slant divisive yrblems, He hw wid power Without seeming vo had rer hi sopport prow: for bis coer ever tha was fragile a depended, ulema on te tut ia fn, I he ‘wid to coerce their obedience, he could ea love thee suppor. Warfare Warfare was endemic inthe rym. Though the victors often drove efeated ops off thi ln, seq of teriiory was ot the We tors’ gal They were more conceal with he sein of ld sees thei rary objectives were wo rou te enemy and neath ight ing fore: Once a war had started i one place ove some incident (ps Sorcery. or women) it haa tendency wo travel across te comes From ane grupo ater, aking the ie four nts Way eng ‘elope and devarnton hind. Mary tines when informs led of 2 particule war, they would sy, "We don kaow the eure of this Teas Brght ito ou etry by thi and that ibe hat cameo ake tefoge wih So we Bad to Become aed init Iecame from ths Aieton, and we joie it because ireme and we ado cee” Rete fighting moved, created new grievances and nee reasons for extending hoses: o can would remember od grudge and take the apport: ty to resolve them. Once started was developed am per hat cared them, eylone ie, inc ose etnies of ever more tbe. Aggsers Init puso their enemies ito tern neutral places af roger the enemy gubered new slic here a arned and defeated then the war could change ieton, ith the four ctor now in al ight For all his, Kew vars did notre age bers of fais, ‘tog they someines amare teense non wors there a tpl warning of stack, sod killing was ao ton or incriminate Casscosing Kinship tes between aighoring rope tha both mari snd fought ench ober nade for web of loyalties hersen inde Aieene rouns hat dt he observe on pain of superar rt tion Deaths were not ken lily and were ether avenged sted by payment of compenaton “These deals of Keva warfare are important sinc ll account ofthe prelate har when Hides an O'alley a thet patel appested| fr the Kew country, dey unknowingly ried inthe mid of® major svar Ana, 2 an of he Yala be, fl he had to back rmy emt {0 sate the complex circumstances, sorting Kom what be was abot ‘conan already fing “The ‘war ove the it's belly stated in Pepeawer, then came down {0 Tiep, Prag, and Sumbara, Many tribes cling the Roar an the “Tepemaritepa were ing she Amiurupa and gaining on them fs he etepe were sory forthe Amburup' love srg, and oleed thers tefag in Subir Inne day the Kesar conedersey ok Tip hare ‘hed Sars. The Yas gn Aga were not the aya he ime for thee shee Big Mer adie ther to kecp oof Sein the routing ofthe Amburupa and he Peep, however thy dicey the Big Men Sd went th i “shen Yaya was led by the Koi see Big Men were angry and fn cetaation killed Koa Ron, A few month ater the Yala stk 97 ftom the Tiaep of Yigoe. The war a bad move bce they had > allies athe ime and hen ve Tarepa stacked them, hey were ied bythe Kosar and ber with ge agit the Yala; Nobo sve filled in his ht but ee Yale were oerponcred a let Wap fn the east, War fond them there oo, when the Waluaparepaavacked ‘opin. Ar iret Yale od the upper hand ad took Rag ad Katlons, chasing thet enemy te Yagore But rom there they al banded together Spd detested Waa the Yala ed to Bal, ret Bat “They stayed there withthe Anda tribe fr few yeas, balding 3 td Ketngo were dered in dts. Iptngo kad salle ale ‘wound nhs forcheac ad a age one fn the back of his head ere be Inlet psd au. Kerign war batered and had rab wound eb tocks, He was ofa Tiperarweps clan, wheres Tpango ae» Yala man {x of his male grande now ve in Kal He war +8) Man re paring make repstion payment: Hence there wan age mumbo of Ps gathered on his emises 100200 aeording to informants) hich ‘would normaly have ben farmed out in cate of panes ad as. “The two accounts conespondzeonsly well though they represent ame ifere”undersadings of what happened. Hier tok the eva yoelngat seal oratck the Rewaayienaea warning bers ‘hat the parol wae retin in pret ten ies saya is plc were {aking produce om cleans the Kew ay they met kil pigs For "ies the man on the piamacle wat menace cheating an tack on the patrol ou by the grass basin. He fied ats feet tighten him a0. “To the Kew, pang was protesting she slaughter of is pig nee the silage and wat shottetwcer th ye se le ethics 50, he qustion why did these patrol meer tra hack ‘ol piano’ pgs—and Ipangohinsl ogee with Kengo? Our Informant could give few explanation ot this One sory legs tha there was an agent provocateur among Hider plie 2 man fom Pepe ‘amd Wala, whorstigated he shootings eng for the esroton of Pepeawere; we ill lok at tis try ter. A more rsghforward "planation wn iver y Bom, ha spate te patel misty hough it was ner aac “ihe they broke camp and moved towards Pepeawere, we Ke and ur ales thought we hl seen the ls of thr. So we res Jublations ener the ling of the enny Rakin Henig he cs of fn ooo the pata mess hae though ios boost be stacked, for ic tared back towards Wats” and le peng ae many of is, a ltr alo killed Ket. iowere,the Kea themselves were notated with his explanation, for they tepeatedly stresed that they tether displayed nor entertained gers tenon owaed the pal bu wee et of her ay show Fendchi. ‘According to Hides, the patrol was in et of fot forthe funey cos the mestone baer Is pombe, rexing no clans nthe “grass basin ahead (he devastated round around Pepeawers, he wrhed [bck to provision the pat re the ares ofthe Kayan pele Jnchad jut fe eshaps the sigh of Iptangos pipe wae to eh for the famished police who, craving mit, sng torn tack to kl Some of thom, Whae Hides hist war doing thre sce In ary eases pen they were sealing food, Hide ad god rswn a expt tack He ws table co se the vile ort haben from the place were be stood because ofthe high rae When the yung commence seemed to him he was hearing warsors closing. When Ipsngeappesed onthe pinnacle yling about i igs Hes thought he ma ciecng the ack fd shot him. Acording tthe Kew pang dd mo “sey aay: hws i beeween the eyes sled ital Soul, when Kerang ‘an towards the ple in shear or and conkson, he ao wa led tha tee, then Hide’ oy Idec ‘Wha hen sae going om ere? Why shuld Hides forcibly take fod from tricaly poore who had tented him hospiay? An why would emake appear in his report that hoe be teed n shi way wee an untidy group fatter down the wack? ‘Both he and O'Malley had teen shaken by their experience om the Nem teu and by mom, sik ar exhaute were very esl arn | by the sound of yong Th police for heir pars had bce ll oo ready to deal wih cals ile. Hides believed that by shoosnt 3p tang he was premping an atack. On the Nem Patents woe hve been understandable, or there the pal was afl surounded th rwRouGH EWA COUNTRY as ‘Shoaring wartions. ns prt ofthe Kora cour, however, even by his tum account the peop Bad no Beam ating proves) rom the Pl anh expressed na aggresive ierons eel apps thats {hs oin Hide denen was becoming conksed, and he was close losing certo of his pie This i forte sggeted by the eres ofthe following day: ‘he Kagapore/Kanana Incident “The next morning, May af, the patrol arived at small garden at the foot of the imestone bree Sener women boled sn they ‘shit ofthe stoner but an mam apache ond ws ey “Through sign he communicated to them tha the wack over he stone bare yr the ouvest an then ited them oy hee they mee forthenight Pes mathe 40 meneame apy snared except forse snes and afternard hil the pata was erecting olen, eers aed ‘ringing sal amount pater and bannar Hider was ery sick and lay exhausted onthe sound. Tat up ea rcive ere presen (fod, only be tld, weve, that we could not havethem unles we pve a ae n exchange. One ae or andl of foo ws too ch; we oly hada few aes Te and a8 we nese thera Ina sch an exchange we pose ld ther 0, But they shook their heads and indicated there would eno fod without axes, One man ‘holding sl clasterof banana beckoned forward T hi led explain tht we were il sek peopl, tat we wed food for stength Sand to cary ts ore le barrier andl indicted hat he het ive food fey becase the had plenty and we had none” (PR: a9) Hides scm have ee hae wa ppeting to common compassion sd bumsaitaranfecligThe fre tie moval imperative, ower, “dno impress seo the man. He sew the banana t Hider and made of “Hides ten appealed te old man sey bad encountered es, oleing him an axe and ating fhe could ig or sweet pottoes inthe garden| lew Hides epre dat he wat o eo understand the iaton prope erly and so had O'Mafey dei the serge, Bre constables nd ght {tries ogo with he old man, Shoal they be tacked the expan tory to sat he ass of by ing in thes ill ie was heed only went nts ser hey le O"Malley started nf enero sete berth eel Kapp, bee el decd pme cf eis bt Hie ppd bin ae bid he woo we tera crt When the pe vr en mes he fein cpl toy haben “sce aed wie aon Fomrtathey td eclyheoldna dae Bngy ‘theatre fad ben ompeed op hoy ng eyo he Sonos none mes ad berysn (PR oo) Te aeponon {She enn gin Ro ew el erg Oe 00 temo fe hi kw Take Ag, Dead, as ad Koi On we tuk and some carr Me Hides sno ad ok for fon {Te poopecone mab tone and atowe nt short sbove et pee “ord and pone and one man mie) si “Don i shee cn ie: me teh hd bd "Roy ot ere coms one headers ane No, not tere come sn hve andes dig eee soe end Weve “Tindothe pote ‘Look oh might Be dng something ae reo sme! fee Inked an sweetened by red Mian ee de Nut soy cana wd he pst ee 1 Mester ic gh ine a ey Saunt se To ress ie de sd Enoagh One ‘oma a waging fren gnc nen Agno shoe thm oes cme ik aw shox heh sea st two, Dead shor one One man ery rng, Raed oe {nnn tas he meweped aw mee Ba," ‘Toor sump you wf ded Bn pr ster hg ad ie Caatge ged poe: once ou Surges conv om Sermon he mon dnd hen they oped Sips osu Leech Used Bn bo 9 te unineme, We pt some ports ad he panded et EXamalte men wate we sl hr pat th cnp Yas fed fr me hex He ws ling se 1h ty rege Tada i iin hat Sewer men al eal ttn dere {gue eh hat Thad wp shin them eed men he nd hoy tomo, pote one seg Me Heed, eyo Bemis err, Tb Tes Tasha we shorten tine ia he lot know fr se wat pene Hi rowed srg eh teleport" it poi and know Sree Oral a fas co coma man nT cpt hie word unreservedly” (R10). From our informants ne got the fllowing composi son. The patra ‘cone don towards Ti fom the Puawimals bash Berean Tp and Tepeaere and made cmp a place called Kagapote Wapans, an Am bbrops man, met them mhen he went to hi garden and shoved back the meage to toate 3 Kenan “Remo epapa”(ne pos are ‘coming Using ng language, thee nrangcs give he 0 uated that hey wanted ond. The cy os again relayed to Kanan and people from Amborup,Tangcepe,Ptepe, rv Kania ies, a5 wells bbe, «ame bringing Banas ef tobacco, gees, an swecporaties Lom tora, another Amborupa man, brought» bunch of Ranans on which he sade ping movement, indesting that he wanted 2 knit, When the ‘whee man feromtated ith iy he ehew the bananay at his cheat Sod bolted Via Uando,an Ambra inna cote the try Seti "The wite man inthe shite [O'Malley] spoke to the pie. | don't know what he sib hs oie was strong the pli std to arenton, td we lacs wee ats Se an ff tothe Yaw sean, rome to Kale ‘pay and other ran around cles n dee tro. The pbs Bed a fo thors oer or head andweranoffn al decom. lipped oer ste and hurt myself Maia lon op of me. Tran down to Kananda were fhe Bats ond starts an climbed lle kl an Tooke down. see ‘he police ing down ts ile rack aware The peaple of Wsprp te ard tate patos aking for fod sd dpsting medicine, they were coming up thi road wit he egetables andthe sick, They taeda’ ard hat the pce were now ching te, Skolop's hee sons ‘Aeshna, Ala, ard Kua came ft with Lapa, A for mere aot desd iy the pice as hey care up the Poware oad. Te poie ten wen back towards Kanands wherethey led Walap, who war Lomors' brother, td Epo, who ws his san. They also kfled ala. Yapea, the brother of {aps si ab he anand ha is apron and ese sof, Bu be survived as did Lian ad Raps who were wounded.” “All he castle wem Amarupa men. When arked why the plice should have nated shoring, Yi, who war abot sateen a the time, kd lid not know, perhaps they were fai asthe locals wee, but be stressed that those kledhad wot been seed! ‘eh vgs and ap we a Ng oe ims Ta Mah eh aden en be sn eh ee names ted aes be ohn ered pigs Roe Tea ee Roepe Yo SORSUSNTaer tae aca ab o Revs nee Resor ‘Yi’ account sugges tat Hide did no grap the impacto inary ‘ata beiaior om he cal pop: The omine recee of dein Police some dty was rgheing spectacle to people who ad never Seen iter, were noe fair with che authonyobediencereationshig tempi and id nt grasp the meaning of what was unflling be- fore ther jee They could ne ir dramatic nepcte on the usiy of ‘tmmand ithe whe vice andthe taied pobcemen seapring erameqion Als followed an svete where theses an teen deplssed by ce offer Ktamen, Thy ak wot ended what this ital mean ded that purported them no good Just ele this, Lambora had ated towards Hades in 3 mamer reminiscent ofthe Inset behasor of the Wols aves Hungama fe neck before {Chapter 5) He demanded a high recrn for smal elerng a, when sear nt focheomingy thre the fod 9 the patel fie Hee there ma let of oom for misunderstanding of tetons. Lon bora had plucked p courage tot to find out what kind of Geng Hides sian and eats fen elation by offering an exchange fod for ake: Hides thought he was demanding 2p sxe 36 an exorbiat ic forthe fod and ees. Bat to rhe Kea, where tes fre [rity isthe chasers of nenemy,a witch or spi, Hides ion ried impiccion of malevolence sl danger Lenora fs te the bananas at Hides inset he wan't refixing and wade of 0 {ste What relly happened fer Hides and O Maley des the pie to gt food ot totaly den, fr nie cer appre accompanied ther, bu the ea asa ner of Kewa kil by pli out o sight ‘ofthc offcen) under questionable crestanes. aes that i this fncounee Hides’ ability tases the stwaton deserted him. He should Inve sospected by ow that the police weld shoot people when they go the chanel shld never hae le them ow of i pi. Wht i ‘ears that Hides was obsessed with worry oer he saey of hs en. He hnad'twooverselming fears: est that ieanyone was wounded and had tobe ated woul reat eluc thei chances of geting ough ahd, ‘cond, tha any Tack offre ot rescaion onthe pat ofthe pata ‘woul geet wesknes to thelr adverse, whe woul then stack ‘a ah ee ea haa So SESS ines is ces ata Sk ceetirch neler hepdng opens nee see fee hte hit lm ed at i binwe thr ama tows adednnneite Seeieasee Ra hc eign ee “Thetchavior ofthe patolin the Kea conery wasnt oly dssro4s tu sn puting. The fern fking of oo em the ey pone 1 Keyanapo a he ili of Iitange were ot of chaste fr Hie ‘Why the pce should hive opened re on the people st Kananda who, sccrding othe Kee, were monies i equally dif expain, ‘Aris ists eemove te sory i anything bt ca ‘What is lest i tha hey Hides and O'Malley arsed in the Kews oun. the pol had ben avn cominsonl for aos sx months, Su everyone wae exhausted, arn a Hh hie we, Hides ha realy conclade that te Kea were “tae Rercst savages have eet een though this was bed primal on what he had seen of he cee ‘owialdes and woden shied atthe vic eer Rapala is "ae of mind st Koyamapa may perhaps be paged from 2 ther fa {ony that lows hin denepoon of shonin Isang onthe livestone Pre imagined heebigblack Papuan, with bos tsk though ir ous, ling ad ening nd ving the weskerpeope before them, fet 98 pasty they di fe fightskinned Tsar, bonded pers ‘howrne-of yar ag. Thr ere murdering aces would be eee, {or thy would show no mete on he hes of the weak” (PW: 176) This oncrrght steve wo etiely prc of Hide og ration, for by hiro aco, uni Ian shouted ron dhe pinnacle one of thelecal peopl id done anything threatening towards the pt esems to eit sens of violence an danger ou of prperton tothe Feit ofthe stato, fle by sity abou the eyo i party, fis aecting i dene” tie apparent tha Hier had a unetyconscin aout the two nc ens inthe Kews county, foe spate eer he odes his count ‘oma appear toe hind atRayomape seared wth dierent teopl in anihabie roan mound Popenwere tn is bok he omits "he Secon of the polickiings at Kanan ently skipping thee day? ‘evel, sot looks a thee the pred meved direct fom epeawere to the Brave Rive. The events in Keyamapa and Kapapore Kanonda ‘dubtedy mak the lowest pnt of the pol en ikl that there Inches wee cual blunder and Hides knew Bethe wanted o cover ‘hem op “Tha ight the patrol slept at the camp in Kagapre. They wete not 5 es pn nt py ee of mig i gn wf en, ol wm were whe he ings. isthe. Afr suring so each damage, the loca peopl Kops a “The alowing mein the patrol made ay exci nt he Ra fc spd sept there then rrned southmest o Ur wee they made camp fn Map 3. After tha they pased ot of the sowhern Kea county, ‘Ourinformans new that they then went onc ave and camped onthe present ste of the Catolico ‘Local Explanations: Wala as Agent Provcateur ‘One ofthe most iteresting aspect af or investigation eto the Sick Janda paral was the appearance, in several rma coun, ‘ts man named Wala who war aa eo have been strom in the Kilns of Ipitango and Kengo 2 Koyamapa an le ofthe Ambarops| ‘men at Kagapore Kanan, He wis mone by sine informants ont of ‘eveneen and most ethers ia hard of hima hey mere mot lays fre how he ted into thei soi, The most complete astunt tae ‘Wels one ofthe conmabuley accompanying the perl Asche Pisa he wos he som of a man named Yenge of Pere dan and oy, ha one ty wth hs other's ser Samberg ate hen om toe ‘edge of gvernnet infloeec). Whe sil young he followed» per Inet patel Kiko Stain and was Brought op there by local ofa Evenly be became a policeman and acconsparied the Seiklan Pura pl ack wo the Kes eoumry There, akhogh he spoke no Kev Ssjone he ws recognised By people Yalapaa by sent between i oes ‘Wher the pol rived at Koyamapa, according nhs eco, Wall eared that i lan, Peep, had Neen eft in ate and den ro ‘hei lands around Pepenwore bythe Yala and Tepnnnvp At 8 “re rnd kiran ae shots ae rtrd seen) way Wall to-avenge them, When the people of Keyamape oa Yala and Tepe rviepa enemies of Peep ened ther Woy cekbatons dhe net ‘morning, Wal cold the white mon thi he wae erie ofthe ler srere directed athe paral and that they would e kill Hf hey spent ‘he night shee. was ths treachery that was alleged to Be esonble for the dente According 19 Agila, Wala tasted Ipeangs pes space his pigs into a sree to tack howe wh were buchen he 0 thatthe white man shor kin: Thowgh none ofr intrmans tal 9° ‘who killed Iptongo and Ketango, igle insted that was Wall wh rad stack his ayonet ino Ketango because ofthe enmiry ove epeawere ‘Six formants at mention Walling vlved nthe eine Kegapore/Kananda simon She Amburope pone the net doy. The Ar barop were ofthe Vala and Tepeartepaagnng Perepe Pisa Sid hac Waa wa sill ono avenge she Peep by causing miei between {hepa andthe Ama. Those she Lmbora ed make "he white man anderstnd that he wanted a Ke forbs bananas, Waal ‘eld the white man thet Lombors wanted bl Hm ith bi ase. The sthite man then sapped Lomors tron the face snd wenn is tent ombora teed, but Wal shot and killed hs beotber and his es ‘om both af whom wee standing hee isn hel dl not se this Ba ‘Snined that other wesc drt, He tlle hat Waa eae ‘Sting withthe permison ofthe white men wh ali he ol ete Shy vere be aed. "Wal then killed the oter fe wen in Kanan and ler plated poste figare put togeier ose the years fom stoves ofthe activites of fatal pice shat rated around the Kes ares jst Belore and shee tne ct he rine reer ei et ml the Second World Wa (see Append A). Whats important fo the Kew isthe te stry of Wal made chr exposes with Stklant are parol coraly meaning. Whether ae folk hero ov ticker Rare, Wala made his violet episode comprehensible to thom and vale ‘hem ators eve ther shan se evs > ss he tong ite people became important ony a they emporsered Waa ose ew blows forthe Perepe i the "wat over the pg Bell” Hi “The Keon wee impeesd thatthe pal hd ppc sot of he ‘ue. They had had hit af he exenc ofthe teste em the rents snestors, who normaly passed al hare wo be nr [Recording Sip, old Kose man, "We didnt kw where hee reatresesme fem te wondered they had come fom the shy om ter the ground, or from isd the water We tought they mg be mo, but we had nener sen em bere toy ae mt normaly wesc ‘ie were very seated if tem sd sought that cverly may of hem woul come bic and fin al of Yet athe same tine we kd the ‘ad hg hyd ro ih she ack mache al hs The Kev fund no ens nay to incorporate thee range beings to their cosmology. bos of the tne, informa tleed othe pal “the remtine” Ae host the der merch by tei sto they did nor normally ppen ising people on broad dash Aah people whe passed «burl site ra open space might fe something ‘brushing against them and inept ree. More often ones em in dreams where they appeared to warn the leper of some impending il Unlike Neri and Wa host ofthe dea, Kees ramo wee ot il er maeolerr spits though th sve epee The Ros ‘meray onl fered reno the een dead-—apd aly ee 2 eal of sweks for example, ung nother de ber bud ap i eles ‘Would dal ery eld ejle er chen mot cr they cane the ‘other’ ghost to think they were nels nd so cme ey he {te this tie the remo suntly eo ere det nthe ‘ofthe ving ad would evetally be compe ote Ig etegoy of “ncescl shades, rin, which te honored colle bythe Kew ‘Occasionally Kewa aso elered to patrol wenbere a oil These “Betoun: alt kiero Sr cee eck en a Non ip loo MeO ig see es leas wigs a des pac gba, se Clark (etter. fe ae mais sprites who have neve been human and ate not bound by ‘ror! lw. They can ue ay shape and Sigh in wing home ‘ge cing aptly fond of tkng the frm of hen dent ‘whoeneare young men este the reference the ptr “thermo Hie (tran, the Kewa were not nee coainel by tat nterpeaton, Neverthe ‘may took pecan sat know en prope for seating and ‘caprne y borying slvsleposeons ond adn young women {who wer bevel to bm peeicdardage fing cad a on ld hide One young gn scaly den by he mshi the bln ‘fae ther fate ae el he hat thermo had gone. “Te ancersngy ast whether the pata members ete relly eons ic reflected in the dnp sscome Of Row the bodies of tango and Ketango were dpou One norman said the bode were amcared with ce lamb) nd bared in swampy gran, abd thee namer ld ox be epoten for song tne: Kew customary oN speating {he mmes of the dea, bt hey rate sap bral ony nese hen the victim is bleed tone Been pt to det by 3 remo, which they fear mig ctor othe ile Bria rsd an nf misc ‘Another informant devil hat an mprtant mani pang woul have safe the init ofa swap bi bt conceded hat is Boxy. prin the me's hos fo only two da stead of the ul fue ot fe) and wor watched ec nl hyo ne, A he yeu nen were set {ost inthe bush a acne in rd to be ae os remo Whether the dead wer bred na swamp oath made of dos dbo follow the upeal acc, Kew marry es and aeendae pac ter are based on the mine of deth an eral the ation ob taken {treatin The espe f for sled pero ar expressed i wate Sentiment of reve, ot oly ecu he ned fesse 353 Kinsperson burbs is avenged spit oo] ere Bt ane Gira Bowne ae aie here eal bem queso ol pei ‘When his happen, meruary ete ate med, and the ead ee lapel of lly in the hoe that the acest wil be plaaed bn is ‘ase the Kewa were note whether the ptr wee romo oe nt. Hence the coasting dan ewe he gps of ite, for thee cold ot best fed io he be In any ase perfoncrocy fea _e estat when no ston proposed to low the kl Pom rd “eranony nthe cctreances wher the deceased's ramen oth do rb to take revenge sold mer reveal tr epee nd export theme de How then di the patol nt fc Kew cosmaoes, appease Aksoy 3 set wpreared fori Not ery eas The Kea ere csr fally comfortable with consiging the pol to the rea of vem, The subreqerly fbr sere a Wala repre one fhe polit the hu snes order and in thr way find» ore stitectory place fort in the oes she of ings Throughout or dscrons with formants nay sa yeast oe of thee recerng question wa tht of reeponsty, ebony, and Gods fatice. Wasitrigh, war itch to haved hse people? Who was reap for ths lings? Wok they ert Ke span th serie? Wise the ler men endo nar he evens witha ing ‘moral jment cr corment the yomger mea (wh had no hc bor the te eresesd open racemes th killings, They grated tat Lombors at Kagapore may have given sore provccion Bu or eno toes inthe tinge Thay cane webs that the Rew ere ‘teed adh they dno aac the pt. The overwhelin eng siz hat they had been killed for nothing, ond the hapa (government s} were fo Blume These yng men were pots of changed ‘wet and col cree with they of Wah In eating hsp the kilns, hey eemdered the inant one in which teers ware Prisve veto evo tey did compehed A rimber of informants eed the svt fhe patel by descr ing another even thar happened fee ment Inte One day tere wos 2 oad basing nis whose source and Gr they cml tot et Some sds wae a hob (oO invmbe the nrg fom te period The sky bier beled which ee nly doing eng The Yala by then defeated 3 Wats sa niouringin telus in Wap, sxspected his range vote was the vemo reoring The em hod Kd rvemies af only the Vsl,Tepenarteps and Amaro res, 0 they sere returning on, st et fn them a Mth soul way omen. From snide the prong hse teenies dee go ewhere to Bib forvwhatevrit was weal pa thc elev to have th horns undergo anit plain The sound they had had wae undoubedy an arr. Several months afer Hides had psied through the ese, fan Champion flew over on 4 ‘audy dy, econnitering the route forthe Bat ure pata of 1936" pl ha er Rr we So the plition here as Shared ing Do these for ln and ol police ts tha yA heme athe {hearer men Een Own AFTERMATH (LISEYTE JOSFPHIDES AND, Mane Senitra) Following their condct with the SucklandPorar patra, ov nor smn me he Kes eps natured Si eh es fonhow thenscles open to ater ptr thin wae fr Sob were was not he ene for Ken " "The elon sound the Kops, Sup, and Eve valys as marked by

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