South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-24
slaughter on shipboard.

A passenger by the Strathnaver, a
labor vessel, has furnished the FIJI Times
with an account of a dreadful massacre
in the Sandwich Islands, on board the
Fanny. The Fanny had anchored at
the little island of Ekpeli, ten night be-
fore the arrival of the Strathnaver, and
had landed some return labor from Kad-
avn. Upon the morning after the Fan
ny's arrival, a number of natives came
to the beach and made signals to the
vessel for the crew to come on shore.
The Master, the Mau man, and n Fl
ian went on shore, and afterward took
on board seven men, who saidthey want
ed to go to Fiji as laborers. Each man
carried a long-handled tomahawk. The
Master, instead of returning to the
town, as requested by the natives, sent
Jem into the boat with two natives who
had accompanied him the MASTERY, and
went and lay down in his berth, as he
had a bad headache, and fell into a doze.
Alick and two Of the native crew re-
naming on deck. About moo the Cap
tain was arousd by cries on deck, and
at the same time the mate rushed into
the cabin, crying, "Oh, oh" and hold
ing his hands to his jaw, which was
nearly severed from his head. Selling
two loaded revolvers, the master tried
to rush on deck, but Alick pulled him
back, and the Niuta men having killed
Tommy, and severely wounded Levi,
who fled into the hold, rushed back,
and, sliding the top of the cabin over,
stood upon and around it, waiting to
tomahawk the master if he should sue
coed in getting out. Others, with a
heavy American ak, cut the cable, and
the vessel drifted toward the shore of
Gum. The master tried to force the
hatch back, to cut through it with an
ak, and then twice attempted to blow 1t
up /; but without avail. As a last des-
perate effort, he emptied several pounds
of powder upon the cabin table, in
hopes to raise the whole deck, laid Alick
upon the cabin floor, out of the way,
and stopped with a pistol In hand to fire
it, when the vessel suddenly heeled
over to starboard on the reef. A yell OF
triumph arose from the savage fiends
who thronged the beach, as they now
thought the prey was in their hands.
She could be fired into from the shore,
a distance of thirty. yards, with security
to the natives. The master now bound
Alexis jaw, the Niuta men keeping up
a brisk fire upon the vessel, until night
brought a respite. The position OF the
two men wa indeed pitiable ; their YES
sci stranded, the crew murdered, one of
themselves badly wounded, and without
a boat, and the shore swarming with
wretches who thirsted for their lives.
With morning light came n renewal OF
hostilities, the natives again keeping up
an incessant fire /; occasionally the mas
ter had an opportunity of replying.
Night again brought a cessation of hos
~tilities, and the two men determined to
quit the vessel, in hopes of getting to
the mission station, where they expect
ed to get some assistance for Alexis
wound. All the powder and ammuni-
ton was thrown into the water, and,
leaving the trader and Tommy's dead
body, they went on shore. They reached
the mission station, where the teachers
were in a great state of fear and per-
plexity, as they were without the pre-
sence of the white missionary, who was
away at the time. They gave Alick wa
ter with which to battle his wounds, and
then provided the two white men with
food, hat theymight lie in hiding in the
bush. Meanwhile Jem in the boat had
pulled down to the town the master had
been desired to visit. He declined to
go ashore, and the boat received a volley
o fmusketry. Sinaduali was shot through
the breast, and leaped overheard, fol-
lowed by the Mau man, who, from
fright, probably, swan ashore. Wata,
a young chief, walked out into the wa
ter, took him by the wrist, and begged
his life. The last this man knew of
Jem, he remembered, in a confused way,
seeing him cut the warp, and endeavor
to pull from shore. The firing on the
boat was kept up after the Mau man
was taken into the house. Doubtless
Jem was wounded, and the boat being
leaky one, had probably swamped, and
drifted away with the c%urrants. Alick
was discovered by the natives in the
bush and killed. The crew of the
Strathnaver also found the body of a
white man lashed to a pole, and buried
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