Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-11-06
South Sea KIdnappsrs.

at the Water Police Once at appears
that the brig Carl left LeyukA on the 4ih
of July, 1871, for the New Hebrides
group, her mission being labor and q
search for lands suitable for n cotton
plantation. The crew consisted Of the
captain, ]. Armstrong the mate, Charles
DGwden; the cook and steward, Davas-
cove also George Heath, William Lewis,
and two natives Of Somoa. Besides these
the following gentlemen accompanied the
vessel DIR. Murray an intended sharer
in any land or cotton growing speculation
that might be ayailable) and four others
Mount, Wilson, Scott, and Morris. The
vessel arrived at AT without taking any
men or being successful in exploration,
but a block Of land was purchased from
the natives. No whites were on the
island. Vans in large quantities were
purchased here, and all went well. The
natives came off in large numbers to
trade with the people on the ship. While
trading, however, boats crew was sent
to sound for an anchorage, but the boat
was fred at by ether natives. 1t is
alleged that this conduct so incensed the
crew and passengers that on the return
of the boat an attack was made on those
trading. Some dozen men we're captured,
and some few were shot. Every one
joined in the outrage. They next sailed
along Espiritu Santo, not touching, and
sighting Cape Cumberland. They stood
for the Solomon group, and at the lslet Of
Santa Anna many natives came to trade.
Here, when the canoes came alongside
they were upset, and the vessels boats
picked up the natives when they were
attempting to swim to shore. On this
occasion there was a native shot in the
water because he happened to be armed
with bow and arrow. About twelveimen
were taken. They then sailed along the
coast of Maylayton. No men were obtain
ed here. They proceeded to the Straits
of Maylayton and Ysabel Island. Natives
came out, and having traded with them for
some time, their canoes were captured
and broken in the following manner.
Either (when their canoes were alongside)
number of the men jumped into one OF
them, and so by their descent upset or
sank it, or else heavy weights, such as
pieces of pig iron attached to a rope,
were suddenly thrown down, and thus
the canoes we're broken up. The natives
invariably took to the water, and most Of
them were picked up by the ships boats.
Several natives were taken on this oc-
casion. There were no lives lost. They
then proceeded to the Florida Island
shortly after the scene of the murder o.
the crew of the Lavinia schooner, o
Sydney, as detailed below, when one o
the boats took three or four men, th'
number being uncertain. No violence il
the way of shooting occurred at tlorid'
Island, as no canoes came out except ii
the case of those taken. The Carl re
mained but O short time there" Th'
Herald adds The scooner LAWNS
arrived in port few days since from tn,
Solomon islands. During her cruis,
; among the group a terrible catastrophe
occurred to a number of her crew, insti
gated, no doubt, by the outrages tina
have been committed on the natives b.
vessels in search oflaborers. The follow
: ing particulars of what may be termed
: massacre are taken from the log of tn
, Lavinia, and have been furnished to US b.
captain Brodie "On the Goth of Apri
we anchored in q small blight at tn
, eastern end of the Florida Island. W
fished here for ten days very successfully
the chief Domo rendering his assistanc
f in keeping .order among the natives o.
shore. 1t was by his advice that W,
shifted round to Moboli Harbor, abou
5 four miles from where we then were
: On Monday the 9th of May, we arrived a
5 Mobon, and got our house up, ready 10
: curing beche-de-mer. The natives q
e that place indicated treachery. Frida
+ the 10th, everything looked very quiet O
t shore and not many natives about Afte
r we had our breakfast told Louis Nixo
3 and five natives to get into the whale
q boat, as was going away to look fo
t another harbor. Before getting into th
0 boat particularly told the three men o
$ board the steamer to allow no natives o
s board. We started with fine bree2
a right aft. After we got away about fou
miles the wind begin to freshen into
stiff breeze, and / begin to be aftai'
/. if we went away any further, the native
y would not be able to pull back, so [ turl
e ed round and made for the schooner
= When we got about 600 yards from tt
> vessel we heard shrek, and, lcokir
! toward the shore, we saw native SWIM
. . ing off to the boat. We pulled towart
y him, and, to our surprise, found him to
. one of our own men, and, from what "
: could make out Of him, and seeing I
! movements on board the schooner, Y
q pulled along shore. The Florida nativ
- were Yelling and brandishing their spea
/ at us, and l surmised their must be som
4 thing wrong. AS we pulled up to Il
q q schooner we all got ready for boardin
i. and on getting alongside we jumped
h all together. Seeing no natives on dee
e we rushed to the matches to see IT thu
,e had got possession, but there were not
ar living soul on board but we saw one
o the most horrible sights imaginabl
IS James Shearer was lying alongside T.
AZ windlass with his head split open, al
AZ several wounds in his side. Charles W.
10 was lying amldships, with his head bate
ID cd in and his brains scattered over t
a. matches. George Sellers was lying wi
ne his head nearly severed from his bod
e. think, from the appearance of the bodi'
IN that Sellers was the only one that had
of struggle with the natives. Shortly aft
M we got possession of the schooner o
at own natives rushed out of the bush in
be the water, and sent the boat and pick
OF them all up.
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