The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-24

augered. The Papuaus threw stones at
the invaders, and when the Malays retail
ated by shooting = few arrows the islanders
made great OutcrIeS, and IN q nt oI envy
they rushed upon the men Of l-akSamana
and a terrible hand 10 hand melee ensuel.
The commander es-ayed with his mighty
voice TO stop the fray. He ordered hls men
10 beat a retreat To their boats, oLt the eu-
ragged i-laudeTs pressed upon them 30 close
~ that they were obliged To turn and night,
and as the numbers OF the natives taxing
part in the melee continued 10 increase,
Laksamaua made signals To- the Heel, that
more men be sent ashore, and then he led
on the battle in order 10 save his people;
The great chief now being aroused, charged
with q mighty shout, cut down the Papuans
with his heavy klewang, like a butcher
s.aughtering sheep and as he cut his
way through the thick crowds Of Papuans,
they cried out a. they fell back, this l. a
god, the red god Of the Malay"
But some Of the strongest Of the Papuans
did not fear L~aksanana, although their
! cOuntrymen cried out that he was a goa,
and they resolved before he got fresh re-
cruits Of men from his ships 10 make a sud
den assault and capture or STAY HIM ms
band Of heroic Islanders, who were all war
riOrs of superior size and about thirty IN
number, were led by a young chief called
Pentat, the son OF GemOk, and he and his
band watching an opportunity, when LAX
SANTANA had left the main body OF his war
riOrs rushed upon him with great SHOUTS
and a furious onset. The great hero was
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batants regardless Of their lives. He struck
them down with his mighty arm until eight
Of the devoted band lay dead around him.
In the midst Of his struggles with foes on
all sides, Pentat with six of the strongest OF
his men had fastened upon the person OF
Laksamana and inpedcd his blows. Ihey
clIuched their hands in his long hair and
clinging To his arms and other parts OF his
body after a IN ghty and terrific struggle,
the herculcau chief was borne down 10 the
ground with more than twenty men mold
ing on to him. Even whilst he was down
and every leg and hand held fast, yet the
terrible hero succeeded in biting one OF his
enemies i'm the throat and inflicted such n
wound, that, the blood gushing out of an
artery, he gasped out his life.
When Laksamana was tied hard and fast
with many thongs or cords of the skins of
animals, the enTaged Papuans wanted to
Kill him at once, but Pentat wOnld not al
low him to be injured. He ordered Laksa-
mana to be lifted up and carried rapidly
away into a thick forest near by, and so his
captors had borne him out of sight before
his soldiers, who had been engaged in the
pursuit of some flying islanders, had miss
ed the presence Of their commander; and
now, when the main body of the Papuans,
engaged in conflict On the shore, heard that
the great chief of the Malay invaders was
their prisoner, they sent up a great shout OF
and ran inland into the forest out of the
way Of the soldiers. Meanwhile the men
of Isaksamana discovering their loss and
full Of distress on account of the abduction
OF their great cllcI, EellelIeu 10 their DOdlS,
got on board their ships, and being dis
heartened by the resistance and feTocity of
the Papuans, wanted TO put to sea and
leave the fatal island.
The loss Of Laksamana carried consteTna-
ton among the solids and .yf2Gj?0Ts of the
Aidy hect. Those from Java, and many
pm Sumatra, wished to return to their ~,
'untry, and before the morning of the -
e next day, about one-half of the fleet of T,
Ir pTahuS sailed away hOmeward bound -
lH the nOFtinn that remained faithful IN =.
had about five thousand men -
hoard, mostly from the island of Mia. ~,
Iese men determined to serve under the -
mmaud of Iuauku, one of the captains of 4
tksamana, and remain at this place called " a.
pa until they had recovered the body of a.
cir chief, whether dead or alive. tb
the captured and well bound tn,
'ro was carried rapidly through the fe,
lex woods, and the limbs of the trees tn,
ratched and hurt his body very much. un
marching about five miles his ca ptors is
at a village or small town composed wi
small grass huts, that formed the four We
les of q square. In the centre of his wa
uare Laksamana was placed. He was ste
und down upon u huge log his feet and to
and his whole body were tied so on
mly and tightly that he could not move sa,
the slightest degree. After some con- .
ltatiOn among several chiefs, it was de- the
mined that there should be a grand inc
the next day, and that Laksa- los
should be tortured i'm various ways fist
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-ay in small strips from his legs and arms me
d eaten by all the people before his yet mi
ing eyes. wo
The Papuans rejoiced exceedingly because sui
ey had this terrible red god in their the
nds, and they resolved TO cut him into as dit
my pieces as the number of Papuans that ere
had slain. And now the PapuanS began wa
drink of their fermented liquor, called iro
and men and women leaped and :
need around Laksamana with savag tina
v. but as night approached they laid sto
to sleep. GenOk, VIC was 4 watch 1t
old chief, placed a special guard of fan
ong men to stand sentry over the prison. las
BY and by this guard also partook of vel
.ir favOrite drink, and soon they all slept, !
4 nothing was heard amid the stiffness of It'd
warm trOpic night but the SHORES Of the seV
opers and an occasional grOan from the Ere
ghty sufferer, who was enduring agOnies the
In his swollen hands and feet and the iih'
.nful position of his body. ous
While Laksamana thus lay i'm great pain IuL
4 yet observant of what was passing -,
,und, he perceived dimly in the semi 80!
rkness n figure moving among the sleep "
Z. This person approached him, and he 5er
' that it was a woman, and evidently -
tie Young, udging from her movements o..
1 the slender roundness of her limbs. H =
2 came close to him, and then he could :. :
-ceive that she had a very pleasing face. lie
e spoke to him in a low whisper, but he ~
I'D not understand one word. She ap- ddf
,ached her face to his, and pressed her IN
sc against his cheek, and rs she did so he sar,
aned deeply. Then she began to undo 81,
fast nings with the help of a sharp shell. ~
2 cut the thongs that bound his arms -,
I hands, and as soon as he was thus UNI 80
seued, the hero took hold of her head e.,
/ pressed it strongly against his breast as ;r5
IGN Of his gratitude and thanks, and in n -
lie while. with this devoted girls help, st
stood up once more free in every limb. 20,
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