hungie, and the body was brought back, and laid upon some mats before
the huts. Twenty heads, also, were placed upon long spears, which were
stuck up around our huts; and nearly twice as many bodies were put to
the fires, to be cooked in the accustomed way.

"Our party continued dancing and singing all night; and the next morning
they had a grand feast on the dead bodies and fern-roots, in honour of
the victory they had gained. The name of the chief whose body lay in
front of our huts was Ewanna. He was one of those who were at the taking
of our vessel. His body was now cut into several pieces, which, being
packed into baskets, covered with black mats, were put into one of the
canoes, to be taken along with us down the river. There were, besides
Ewanna, five other chiefs killed on our side, whose names were Nainy,
Ewarree, Tometooi, Ewarrehum, and Erow.[CC] On the other side, three
chiefs were killed, namely, Charly, Shungie's eldest son, and two sons
of Mootyi,[CD] a great chief of Sukyanna. Their heads were brought home
by our people as trophies of war, and cured in the usual manner.

"We now left Kipara in a number of canoes, and proceeded down the river
to a place called Shaurakke,[CE] where the mother of one of the chiefs
who was killed resided.

"When we arrived in sight of this place, the canoes all closed together,
and joined in singing a funeral song.

"By this time, several of the hills before us were crowded with women
and children, who, having their faces painted with ochre, and their
heads adorned with white feathers, were waving their mats, and calling
out to us 'ara mi, ara mi,' the usual welcome home.

"When the funeral song was ended, we disembarked from our canoes, which
we hauled up from the river, and our party then performed a dance,
entirely naked; after which they were met by another party of warriors,
from behind the hill, with whom they engaged in a sham fight, which
lasted about twenty minutes. Both parties then seated themselves around
the house belonging to the chief of the village, in front of which the
baskets containing the dead body were at the same time placed. They were
then all opened, and the head, being taken out and decorated with
feathers, was placed on the top of one of the baskets; while the rest of
the heads that had been taken at the battle were stuck on long spears,
in various parts of the village. Meanwhile, the mother of the slain
chief stood on the roof of the house, dr