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Tavita, an elderly and respected native missionary, tells the story of Carter and West, two traders who had married Portuguese sisters, Luisa and Serena, and came to the island known as Peru to set up trading posts. Carter is discontented in his marriage to Serena and bitterly jealous of West, who married Luisa, the sister who had refused Carter. When Carter savagely beats Serena one night the village people rise up in her defence.
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cKiribati,cSouth Pacific, Pacific Region,
- ca. 1880
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