Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 7

Author: Percy Hall

In: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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Extirpation of Tautu

Te Pou o Tautu e ki na raua ko Mataotane: tena te tumu i te ara te akakore nei a Tautu ia Mataotane: kua oro i reira a Teaukuru ma Tariapureariki kia Vaipae e tiki raua ia Vaipae ei taua no raua e kia oti. Kua oro ki Arutanga e tiki ei taua no raua. Kua tiki katoa ia Amuri. Kua kapiti nga tapere e toru, kua aere atura e tamaki ia Tautu: ko te taua ia o aua nga tangata ra. Kua ta aua nga tapere e a ia Tautu. Kua oro akira a Tautu e tae na atu ki roto i tetai are. Kua uipa atura a Tautu ki roto i taua are ra ei akapuanga no ratou kia tae atura te taua tamaki. Kua putuputu ki te vainga okotai; kua akapini atura te taua tamaki i taua are ra tera te ravenga. Kua tipu i te kikau e raurau, kua raranga, e kia oti kua tiki takitai ki roto i te are. Kua apai mai ki vao, kua kotikoti ora ua. Kare i taia, kare takiri tetai i toe, okotai ua tangata i toe, ki Kaiaa, no te Vaerua kino i uuna ki roto i te pirikopa³ i te are koia tetai. Kua pou Tautu katoatoa i te mate. Ta te Diabolo ravenga kino, i te akananeu anga i te tangata i rou ei te mate. Aue te mate o tu reira aronga tangata, tu kore e rokoia e te tuatua no te Atua. Kua taupaa ki te tuatua ta Paulo i akakite i roto i te Ephesia pene II irai 12 e manako anga kore, e te Atua kore i te ao nei.