The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

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AFTER eEht lass q preparation It
Ill IAN" 81 N.iA Islands ,ue party.
consisting II Mrs Brown. tar-e Whit.
men Whp wer- ~ re station. tie
t.-eaeT~ s~I j b.at from Fort W,,.gv.
VI h a native crew. started t.r New
Britain. lav.l ndmaer, were IN
creased the naNt Ias and additions
We're received ou Tie xaN. and a CORES
q considerable strength wa- r,siS IL
n4r.n. lAr mann party took one SIDE
81 .4e island, while MIR. Brown. with
w. other whites and = samoan teach
tr. went ouH to tar north coast. on
taeir Nay the smaller pArv learned
thu. Bullla.a and he other Cticts who
hal been engaged II with
them had been ttmperrd win and had
not done wha, they hal agreed lo Us
IL vas necessary IL D- g4a tUu~. I'll
the oe lCh Were fiSt hundred n4.I4e~
praieSsrdly friendly. bL; unwilling L.
oluMlt themselves bN any positive
act After some little parlcying these
IA ives were induced 10 loin tire
WHITES, "anu they started away at once
IL pursuit OF Tahli. and KILLED three Of
his men that evening. We tEen went
back to TaiIll'S house, and our crews
burnt il and destroyed ms canCc, afgee
winch We laid az our anchors close III
shore al day. waiting tor the B.r
party To come down hut a Ne heard
II thing from them We left AT night.
slept at Nodup, caIne back again next
day and stayed untli Saturday. when
/ received a note from Mr.. Powell,
telling me that they had rcturnt IL
hatHpIt and We're awaiting Ms there.
We started III once, and AT night reach
Ell the island, and were glad indeed 10
ind them all safe and We'll after an
arduou but successful expedition
Ihey started from Nauupit soon after
midnight. landed on the mainland,
travelled by the moonlight. and before
dawn We're we'll up the first range.
Here they rested and waited for the
dawn. All the natives had very strict
orders about c~annlballsm, or any mu-
tllatIng OF the dead. and also against
killing any women or children. There
are no large towns here, but every
family lives in its own little enclosure.
The house are not large. and in most
instances are merely small huts, which
can be put up in a day or two. All
that Were seen were burnt, and about
twenty of the murderero We're killed.
Among the number Of killed were
two or three women. who were
either killed by the natives, or
shot because they could not be
distinguished As such at the distance.
This | was sorry for, but it could not
BE- helped and | tell it to YOU because
| wish to tell 0 all. The natives
themselves, however, have very little
compassion on ONE and state that
they are worse cannibals than the
men, and are always the worst in
urging on a fight and IN mutilating the
dead aiterward. This | also fully be-
lieve, from all have seen and heard
The natives had felt themselves safe in
their inland position, had made no
preparations for an attack and We're
taken by surprise and could make DO
united resistance. Some of the stones
from their sings came with very great
force about the heads of some of u
party, but no one was hit and the re-
turn bullets soon convinced them that
they stood no chance against amusket,
and they soon cleared out. All slept
in the bush that night, another proof
to the bushmen that they were now
dealing with a different people to their
own coast people, who would never
dream of sleeping inland all night.
Next morning they were early aStir,
and after burning some other hamlets
further inland and more to the east
ward they returned TO the beach and
urned the town of keravia, as they
were clearly proved to be implicated
III the affair."
The mex day the bones of two of
the murdered teachers were recovered,
and some of the party thought that
enough had been done: but the town
where the meu were actually killed
had as yet escaped, n 1t was not
thought well to let them 20 free, and
it was decided to visit it. In the
meantime two towns Sent in a peace
offering of payment for their participa-
ton in the c~annibalism. After reach
ing Diwawon, the next place to be
a;ached, Mr.. Brown received q
messagefrom keravia asking him
to go up, as they wished to
make friends with him again.
He went, and after receiving presents
and a damages payment he talked to
them about the unprovOkcd wrong
they had committed, telling them tina
he was now fighting. notfor vengeance
but for self preservation. He d
cepted their offering, gave a few little
presents in return, and told them hat
we would make a formal peace &C,
cording to their own customs in a few
days. This pleased them, and thai
same evening they actually joined oul
party when we burnt the next town D
Diwawon, where they had eaten tn,
native minister At Diwawon a wo-
man confessed that they had eaten the
body of Sailasa.
PREPARATION y RECONCILIATION.
Mr.. Brown returned the next week
visiting the towns that had sent ii
shell-money in payment for their can
nibalism. and on the 18th Of May
reached Diwawon, where he found tn,
natives afraid to meet him, but the,