The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-22

in their cellars. and the men of the fam
lily We're cautiously and curiousiy
their verandas,. ready to get back into
place of safety as soon as the nrst snot
was fired.
out from the Ma1aafa side stepped -FOUR
old men clad in white flowing garments,
each carrying stick about SIX feet long
and about the thickness of an ordinary
cane. With these they advanced. When
, a talk is desired an orator advances,
leans on his stick f and a at
up to the little bridge which alone sep
arated them from their foes, and de-
clared that those who wished to live
should come over to their side and sur
render their arms, or they would soon
all be headless dead men: While they
of their fort and slowly, almost imper-
ceptibly advanced against the thin line
of Tanuites. who proposed to defend their
works. Finally Fola and Anane, two
chiefs of the Tanuites, jumped over the
wall of their fortress and ran to sur
render to their white turbaned enemies.
Several others followed, giving up their
guns as they reached the lines OF the
Mataafaites.
Meanwhile the old men kept advancing
that life was safe only for those who
SURRENDERED to their rightful King. the
and receive them again as .erring chill
dren. Suddenly with a rush the Tanu
bred Mataafaites marched up the street,
after disarming their prisoners and send
ing them to Mulimni. Several whose be-
lieved perjuries during the trial gave
great offense came very near losing their
heads during this. eventful journey. Be
hind the Mataafa forces and in the
shelter of the houses a number OF whites
had congregated to see such of the oper-
| ations they could with safety. Among
these was the German Consul General,
whose veranda was very favorably To-
Gated for this purpose. When the first
rush was made and the first line of in
trenchments taken without shot a num-
Der of these whites followed up the adj
vancing warriors Mr.. Rose, the Ger
| man Consul General, seeing this, mount
ed his horse and rode up among the
! quired what it all meant, and was told
that it looked very much like sur
render.
Chief Justice Chambers was at this
| time in the Tivoli Hotel but whether the
! natives knew this or not none of them
even went upon it's veranda. A few
! passed it and commenced to get ready
! for launching some of the boats of the
Tanu party, which lay in a bunch few
| yards beyond the hotel. The story that
| the German Consul General attacked the
Tivoli Hotel at the head of 1000 armed
the smallest atom Of. truth. j1e was
| merely an on-looker like many others,
and was not seen or heard to address
single word to any natives. Neither was
the hotel at any time threatened.
At the ,TivoIi road the Mataafaites
turned inland to meet their friends adj
| Seumanitafas house they captured TUT
| Samoa. chief of some note belonging to
Falealili. It appeared for the moment
as if the Tanu people We're to give up
without firing shot, when suddenly
the roar of musketry close at hand told
different tale. The Mataafa people, who
taken by surprise. With rush the main
body of the Tanu army emerged from
the trees and native houses, and sent the
Mataafa men back on the run. Though
! the Tanu people at this point were in
| ferior in numbers they boldly COM
menced the battle, driving the Mataafa-
| ties before them as far as the Tanu fort
which had first been captured. There
a stand was made. The Tanuites adj
building, and Immediately the battle be-
came general, volley firing being heard
across the Vaisgano and in the neighbor-
hood of Mootua-tua. and also at other
| points A number of whites who thought
| that a general surrender was about to
| take place Were mixed up with the Ma
menced. and. after the first alarm. they
were very fortunate in getting behind
the Tivoli Hotel, which was pierced by
several shots.
| After dark little firing was done by
| either. side, both doubtless saving their
diminished supply of ammunition. The
| trating in the neighborhood of their boat,
and the Mataafa people following them
foot by foot. During the night. it rained
heavily, with an accompaniment Of
| thunder and lightning of an appalling
character. Only scattering shot was
heard.
! About . a. m. word was silently passed
| along the Tanu lines. and a part of the
warriors returned to the beach and
launched their boats some fifteen in
number. When. these were ready, all were
| called quietly in. and embarked with just
what they stood in. but carrying away
'f theY Were aong sd In Of f flew R3
| ish warship. there to beg for protection.
for in all Samoa there was no safe place
PRINCIPAL men had silently slipped into
| the Mission house and concealed them
| selves there during the following day.
| At daylight the Mataafa forces We're on
! the move. and the sight of these thou
sands of white turbaned men entering
Apia with rush lust after dawn will
| Had the Tanu people remained nothing
could have prevented general mas
sacre. They saw many of their homes
pillaged and then converted into blazing
| ruins. or chopped down if too close to the
dwelling of a white man. for in all of
Was w ffu na moo no
| Tested. Some few things We're unknow-
| ingly carried off: but when the owner
restored, and one of the first acts of the
| victors was to declare that if any white
man had suffered wrong or injury at
their hands he should be properly recon-
pensed.
The pillage of Apia occupied two days
Every native house in the village was
entered. and its contents either de-
stroyed carried away. Some houses
| We're preserved uninjured. to be carried
| to Mulmni and occupied by their new
| owners. Not a single thing of value was
| left except such the women and chill
| dren had been able to take to the Mis-
sion premises and into the compound of
| Mr. Moors. At the first place guard
| from the warship protected them from
| further robbery, and at the latter place
Mr. Moors was able to shield them by
his personal influence with the Mataafa
party with whom he has always been
| identified.
/ Every canoe and boat in the Apia dis
| trict belonging to native was carried
| off, as was every horse and cow and
! even every dog. and all clothing and
| every bit of furniture, nothing of value
| being left.
About fifteen persons We're killed and
| twenty eight wounded during the short
| fight. The Mataafaf forces consisted of
| $500 armed men, and the Tanu forces.
| including a number of people captured in
| the town who claimed not to have taken
| part in the fight numbered in all 1004
| On the Sd of January the three Con-
! Suls. the commanders of the warships
! Falhe and Porpoise and President Raj
| fell met to discuss the situation, and it
was decided to form a provisional gov
eminent awaiting the decision of the
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