“The Kurabus are just the same, are they not?”
“No; the Kurabus are big fighters, but they do what they say.”
“Do you know anything about the Osagas?”
“My wife Osaga; she was Osagas people. Osagas good, but like to fight.”
“What do they fight about?”
“Kurabus want more land for hunting. Osagas got best land. Berees and Osagas have best land for hunting.”
“In whose territory are the big forests to the west?”
“The Berees have the forest, and they have the big water, and the most trees with nuts and stalks like this,” and he pointed to the wild barley.
“Are the Berees good people?”
“They good, strong fighters; old chief; wise man. All like him but Kurabus. I take Berees; let him go; Berees take me; Suros let me go.”