TUTUILA.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 6, 10 November 1877, Page 3

TUTUILA.

I ■ November 2, 1577. V\'i;.i y. 'i by his rtin : in the • ■• following ■ lit of •'■••■ v r til Ttituiia. It is ed from a kind ■•• journal: i " ["tifaila, Oct. ! s.—' ''it arriving hero, f we found th it war had Uou docl j the <ioveinnv ■. : . . ! Lli • ('hief i Mauga, of Pago Pago. 'he vie ws ,„■ ;a are dilicrciit iVoin i itlier ; parties •■; I | olu. He «ihi •to have a . distinct Government of his own, and not | to be united or connei te ! with a • neral . govemm nt of any kind. We anchored ,- first nt l'a :.:■•:. veiy .\ir!y in the mornr { iiijji "I'd went i'ii sliorc in the vessel's .boat immediately the alienor was down. ] We wi re met at'tlic landing place by :i ~ (great number of young feliuws fully , equipped for war. Tliey told us that , Ihey had just come fr mi Pago Pago, and . were going the other side ol the i land i j to Nuuuli, having heard that the Gou-m- ---, I incut party 1 id !• ft L ■ r.e, t i n jenny J j that pin e. We at olio returne i to the | vi ■ >'!, wei .died anch r and ■• iil I I r Li 'b. About .'! p.m. we arrive I th re, .and found the inf rmati incorrect, which j , we had receive iat Fagasa. All the! I I." 'lie, and all the people of the district j had left, and were then occupying . I Nuuuli. The westi in boundary town of : Mauga's district. Ail that were left in . Leone, were women and children, and a few old men. Oct. 15.— T0-day, the news from Nuuuli, was that the opposing parties were confronting each other within j speaking distance, each party waiting i for the other to begin the attack. The! government party had complete poshes- i 1 sion of the town, and their numbers nearly filled it. The party of Mauga i . ' occupied a height to the east of the J village. It was steep, and ditlicult of j . | access from the village, and it terminated i ■ j to the south in a very steep point pro-; •Meeting towards the sen, and nearly into jit. This position had complete com- ' j mand of the town even with musketry. The armed parties on the government! side were forbidden to commence the! •j attack ; the same, it appears, had been j the command of Manga to his party, j : This day, therefore, ami the whole.of the ! j night, alid the whole next day. the Kith, j | were passed iil alternately speeehiTying. | In ti ■• i vi ninjr. In v ever, tiring began on ' both : le .• ii l.i r 1 y mi c nt, er intenti rsslly, an I it was kept up i ii- i.ly durin • the whole ni.-"..;. Tuaiau'a, Miother ui\ isiou of die govern-, ment paity. The retreating parly, how- : ever, ina'le p. stand at every p>lnt : between that of Nuuuli, and the second point inside the harbor on its western si ie. Breast works were thrown up at every point, about eleven of them within two miles. Considerable bravery was displayed on both sides. Le Tualauta, however, carried every point in succession until it came to b'agnsa, the first ! little bay in harbor at its west side. Hero was made the last stand of the retreating parly. It was a brave and desperate one. Courage and perseverance were eminently manife ted, both in the attack, mid in the resistance, such ns is seldom displayed in this country. The attacked party kept their ground till night, when its darkness allowed them quietly to escape. During this continued fighting on the const, a tight took place in the bush, a little distance from the coast, between two small parties; one Mas killed on each side ; the one uii Mauga's aide had his head cut off. In the last, light on the coast there were a great many wounded on both sides. On the shlo of the government, | one mortally, lie died two days after the light. It is impossible for any one not acquainted with the coast on which this day's lighting has been done, to have a correct idea of the difficulty of fighting I at all on it. The disadvantage of Mauga's party from being fewer in numbers has been fully balanced by the advantage of position from the nature of the lighting! ground. Superiority of numbers on the side of the attacking party ban been by Ino menus favorable to their success; it. | lias rather been an obstuele to it. from want of room for numbers to ongngo in.' I Besides the lighting on the west coast I of the harbour to-day, there has been a dcplorablo engagement on the east side of it. DeploraMo on account of the comparatively great number ol killed and' I wounded. Tlie loss has 1.e.-n. olovcll I 1 killer), nud six or seven wounded of the I government party, and one killed, mid ! three wounded on the side of Manga, | This fight commenced about noon. The I name afffiotilty of fighting, or nearly no, i m the narrow m ■ rtt y du i -• awl I ■ u itin il ol t■■ I

- -i :.;•■ it. "i numl* I ■ tones • ■ •... en 1 • fannnai, when and Ana, where is tin i ■ i liiel ?i rttvss of Man a ai tl I The disfmce i,-iw.- n tl ': ..i'out hj id ■ i ■ ■ .:.<:■ V. ■■:'• ~*;■.:. and secon ! del nees wi re ear : but u ithout i uch hurt to eith t pity Che third il •■■ •...• fo'utl 1 I ibe mi ii ; ; ( : i :nl( Tl : • ; ■ tliere was u 'a ai.r sj aie fir act in;, here, than was In fore the p : n already carried, halted, and di force. One part went in! > the bush ivitl the iuti ntioii . f taking the eiiumv ii j think, the other pus remained in' tie | main road in fi ..ait of the I n nt-work ; This was a fat ,1 mi !i! e. 'i ■ em my [lereeived ti..' plan, and il ul tli , th' i error, and ili«-p lof tin i■■ i >n-e so iit ' take e ,mple:e advant i;e of it. The m sailanti uccecucd in ting iut i tin bush, and in making their II ink char -■• They displaye I gre it coma ;i but il wi : rash end unavailing. They wei ■ takci lin front, tlaik, and rear. Jt washer' that the eleven were kill I. ... .or seven wounded. This di tin I day. The government pirty r . uid ; unmolested to the pia ••.• where they commenced to fight at noon, taking with j them four of their killed, and tin ii ; wounded. The oilier seven had theii hc.vJs cut ii • i • v . tors. Had not the victors been in such it ' hurry to display the trophies of theii victory, it is probable that the attacking i force would have been annihilated. Before closing the account of thiI day's disastrous operations, 1 may, 1 I think, without much impropriety, say c j few w irtis about what \'. , as taking place : within Maugah chief fi rttess during tht time that the fighting was going on witlv 'it it. The fi rces of Mauga had ; all left this strong hold ; part to fight at j the west side of the harbour, and parr, to j light at the east side, as above descril ed. j Was then the i'ort left undefended ? The report i.-,, that it was not. it. has been stated, tl at during the time the ' natives' ■ were lighting without the fortress, three i gentlemen of another ' race,' assisted by some of the British schooncrCanteibury's I crew, were nc-lively exerting themselves i within it, not only for defence, but for :vsi ■ nice if attacked. They are di s- : cribed as having been mo''l energetic in ! laying planks for rilling i aim n in, drag! ;; , cannon to and I'r v and fi am one j to an thcr, -.:.-! ; ".tti:i ; ;' ■■: ; in ;- --iti .ii. 'ii.'.s ' ■■■•.. '■■'. has : tr.'iig i hou'ri ni' inaiotesicil in a iii:!' r nt ! inai a than i . after eiviug them 1 cf.ti'iiii■ t w.iidd be far m. re humane and ; irieii'tly, even to Mauga, which would pers-iado him to yield tor the present, at the least, to force of circumstances, for although by dexterously using and ; steadily aiming his guns charged with grape and canister, great numbers of ids 1 enemies might, fall, still the probable result would be the utter destruction of himself and his party. There are now arrived against him, three-fourths of i Ttituiia, headed by six other chiefs of the island, his equals in rank. I intensely wish that some friendly power would come to this island, and by persuasion, or determined intervention, put a stop to i the deadly conflict which is soon likely to take place. But,alas! I fear my wishes, are not to be realised. The desire for reven ■. i, among the most numerous party, is glowing fiercely, and they are dailv drawing nearer to their now hated foe. The day following that of the eve.us which have hiim above described, the western divisi in of the forces against Mauga, encamped at Fagsalu, at the west, side 'ol the harbor; those of the eastern division encamped at Liulii, a little to the east of the harbor. Up to this date there has been no more lighting. Several letters have passed between the Government party and Mauga?. The Government party insist that Mauga must yield, and come to them, and he and his party give up their arms. This -Mauga refuses'ti'i do." Leone, November 1-. 1377. To-day, there was some more killing done by Mauga's party. It was done at Nuuuli. The Government has ail along treated this place as neutral, on account i i some of its people professing to hn on its side, hence part of them calling themselves " Taofiga neutrals," have been permitted to remain there unmolested. Among them are the wives and families nt se\ nal who are with Manga, fighting against the Government it appears, tint soma of these have two or three times It it. the lori al Alio, crossed tin mo ui'ai :i, the l»ye-p itli of which they arc all veil acquaint'-! with, and have visited their wives and families, Tin jj '■'; tint ml pm-t-. not i ■ | it of tl knot

I ' i Iter youm "■ man 11 dly, and ■ '■ ililei for 1 ■ " ' ■ ■- Nuuuli at i'hry I ": ■t i ■ In the m mil • v. : .• '■ . ■ ■ inn Kind of ■ it.-di, which are Rbundaut at Nuuuli, e went to Ii ii for tin m. Th" two lads ■■ ■ I with the ii. I:. v had scarce :■ i g to the tl tliey •.'.• re .- : is The held of one, mid . n - ar of the other ir were cut oti' i • igtn of the war an t !. vict iry. Th' old n n, tlie father of one ii oi the lads and 1 In lieve tlie uneleulthe e other, ran to the pia.a- win lice tin mi ;i ne. Ijofore ot where y j the j itli « re, I■a! 11 was shot ■ and an ear Was eut oil'. All this was .- by a i arty who came from Ana " , yesti: . .;. ! . Ii pt with their ram ii - ; i: di ■ I •■ i . ;ht in ,; ■• same town, and ■ pretty near th. -.<• whom they so cooly dered in tne morning. The murdernjing ptirty had brougtit with them this '" time i i re tli n liad eoi ie I fl'ore. so thtit x I we is., r tli ■ mi hid of thi i kind was e d • rmine.: in the fort. They took i j advantage of the money of the Govt rn- - nieiit. t)n their way back to ihe fort Ii I with their trophies, they were met at r Pago Pages coining from the mountain, rhea t. w Leone men. They were quickly fired into, the one who had the a !liead in a basket was shot in the r shi llldcr, - . he dropped it and his ■ musket, an 1 he and his gang scattered in double quick time in the bush, and . escaped. 'The Leone people had to be . content with the head retaken, an.', with musl: is, a sWord, an 1 s line . i rt- ' r; igi : found. The governmi at scouts have had p session of' Pago Pago, Mauga's "I'iit tl, evei v ii ' v during lasl wi ek. : ; Til y have 'done' v-ry little damage. ' They even allowed the women of the 1 enemy to got food wherever they could ? find it. and take it to their f. rt." After L what has hapijened to-e.av, it is not '' likely that ll»v will l-,. .-.. iiiudly to anal '' : will j ,in Manga', party, and go t , tim M. flfstuv