ANOTHER ISLAND MASSACRE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 10 November 1880, Page 2

ANOTHER ISLAND MASSACRE.

(by telegraph.) Auckland, November 10.

News via Noumea states that the cutter Idahoe, engaged recruiting for labor at the Island of Sante, has been attacked. On the evening of her arrival at Noumea natives came on board, and promised to return in the morning with recruits. Two canoes, with about a dozen men in each, came aboard, bartering bananas in a friendly manner, and most of them speaking good broke}} English, flje ship's boat, iri charge of a native crew under the orders of a native named San), made a trip ashore, As soon as she had gone the canoe left the cutter for other canoes to get tomahawks ajid returned to the vessel armed. They gradually surrounded M'Millan who was at the stern of the vessel, cleaning firearms, and suddenly split his head open with a tomahawk. There were no other white men on board, but there were three natives and seven recruits. These were attacked. Of these two were killed and a boy wounded, and pitched into the hold where two natives had sought refuge. These two men, seizing muskets, menaced the nativ.es who cleared out, plunging into the sea. Simultaneously the boat's crew was attacked' and all killed save Sam and Santo Charlie. _ As soon as the attack began, Sam jumped into the sea and made for a distant point of land, where he concealed himself in sight of the, vpssel until all waa c^uiet,

He then swam off, heaved anchor, and sailed the vessel as best he could, aided by the two men left of the crew and recruits, for several days. She was then sighted by the Lady Belmore, 140 miles from the scene of the outrage.