Cries From Fiji And Sighings From the South Seas Crush Out the British Slave T
Cries From Fiji And Sighings From the South Seas Crush Out the British Slave T
Thomas Prestwood Lucas
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' '" Curio, " the boat steerer, and two Fijians from the Taviuni were killed at Santo, and on enquiry before a Deputy of the High Commis- sioner, the strong presumption appeared, that the incen- tive arose out of Curios tampering with native women !' ' A second case of the foolish use of firearms took plac« on board another vessel. In this instance, though several native women were greatly frightened by it, it was satis- factorily established that it was improbable ( ! ! ) that any more serious... result had been occasioned. ' Now these three reports put the thing very mildly. The use of firearms simply to frighten a few native women! Perhaps one woman killed ! Simply Curio's tampering with the native women ! 84 CRIES FROM FIJI At all events, it tloes allow that with all the legislation, with all the supervision, lives were lost by violence. Murder was committed. The poor captives did try to escape. And no doubt this is and has been oftener the case than otherwise. And to render the thing much more terrible and dan- gerous, a bounty has been giren in the shape of a musket — and the wages of the men have been paid by a musket, an axe, and a few minor trifles — and so a number of fire- arms have been gradually introduced into the recruiting grounds, until the natives have felt strong enough to attack inland tribes, and even to fight the man stealer and pirate.
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