Note 7 — A fight between the Xā′gi-town people and Sand-town people
Reading edition
When they came together all the women went into the woods. After the lines had approached each other for a while they got within a spear cast, and one from Wada’s side shouted: “Bring on the spear-whetstones.”7 One on the other side from among Chief-discovered’s people also said: “Ho, ho, you are not the only ones to have them.” They thought that they had called spears spear-whetstones when they answered. What they really intended was to call out ten persons who were reckless and brave.