The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22

launched their boats, some fifteen in num-
Der. When these We're ready all were called
quietly in and embarked with just what
they stood in, but carrying away with them
their rifles. In a few moments they were
alongside of the British war ship, there to
was no safe place for them TO go. Some
sixty of their principal men had silently
slipped into the mission house and con-
cealed themselves there during the follow
ing day.
the move, and the sight of these thousands
of white-turbaned men entering Apia with
a rush just after dawn will never be for
gotten by those who saw 1t. Had the Tanu
people remained nothing could have pre-
vented a general massacre. They saw many
or their houses plllaged and then converted
into blazing ruins, or CHOPPED down if too
all of these operations 1t must be said that
no foreigners property was wil!fuly. mo-
Tested. Some few things were unknowingly
carried off, but when the ownership was
pointed out they were always 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 recompensed.
THE PILLAGE OF APIA.
The Tanuites went alongside the Porpoise
at about 3 a. m. the morning of Jan. 2, MAX
ing fast to the boat booms, and during a
storm that came up were permitted on
board the ship. The pillage of Apia occu-
pied two days. Every native house in the
village was entered and it's contents either
destroyed or carried away. Some houses
were preserved uninjured to be carried to
Mulimni and occupied by their new owners.
Not a single thing of value was left, except
such as the women and children had been
able to take to the mission remis and
INTO the compound of Mr.. Moors. At the
flrst place a guard from the war ship pro-
tected them from further robbery, and at
the latter place Mr.. MoOrs was able to
shleld them by his personal influence with
the Mataafa party, with whom he has al
ways been identified. Every canoe and boat
IN the Apia district belonging to a native
was carried on, as was every horse and
COW, and even every dog, and all clothing.
and every bit of furniture, nothing of value
About fifteen persons were killed and
twenty-eight wounded during the short
nght. The Mataafa forces consisted of $500
armed men, and the Tanu forces. including
a number of people captured in the town,
VINO claimed not to have taken part in the
fight, numbered, In all, 1,004.
On the Sd of January the three consuls
the commanders of the war ships Fake and
Porpoise, and President Raffell met to dis
cuss the situation and it was decided to
FORM a provisional government awaiting the
decision of the treaty powers. Doctor
Raftell was to be the executive officer of
this government, which was to consist of
Mataafa and thirteen principal chiefs. The
government so formed had plenty of diff
Guilty to cope with, for Tanu and Tamasese.
and some others were still on board the Por-
poise, and many of the troops refused to
stop pillaging or to leave Apia until thev
were first surrendered.
A great meeting was held at Mulimni and
it was decided that if Tanu and Tamasese
would surrender, and make the usual sub
mission peculiar to the conquered Samoans.
Tanu might be- sent back to school. and
Tanasese would be kept a state prisoner on
Mulimni, no bodily harm to be done TO
either. Both of these persons having re-
fused TO make the usual submission, are
still on board the war ships. In the mean
time the chiefs have outlawed them, and ii
would now be extremely dangerous for
either of them TO land in Samoa.
After making their humble submission
and signing an agreement never again TO
fight against their chiefs four-ffths OF the
prisoners have been dismissed and ordered
to go to their homes. OF the remainder,
mostly natives, who have long resided in or
near Apia, and who are still considered dan
gerous to the public peace. part have been
sent to Manono. an island some twenty-five
miles distant from Apia, and the others TO
Tutuilla and Manua, with orders for the
people there TO treat them kindly. A few
prisoners still remain in the Mullmni Jail,
but they will likely he dismissed in a few
days, possibly after first removing the bar
ricades which still cucumber public roads
in many places.
The incidents that followed the eruption
have been fully described in cablegrams
from Auckland.