MASSACRED ON INDIAN FRONTIER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 324, 10 June 1911, Page 10

MASSACRED ON INDIAN FRONTIER.

POLITICAL OFFICIAL'S TRAGIC END. The Calcutta Englishman publishes an account by a Nepalese survivor of the murder and mutilation by Abor savages of Mr. Noel Williamson, assistant political officer at Sadiyia Lakhimpur, and his party.

"We left Pasighat," says the Nepalese, "and marched four days along the right bank of the Dihang river into the Pasimiyong country. We crossed the Dihang on bamboo rafts to the left lmnk. This took one day, and the march was resumed for two days along the left bank. "Doctor Gregorson was here left behind with an interpreter, a sick coolie, a sick attendant, and his personal servant. We marched another day, and then, leaving the river on our left, halted for the night near a station. At this place we met 40 or 50 Abors, who brought presents from the village of Riu. The Abors remained in camp all night, and left next morning (Friday). Riu was reached at 10 o'clock. All the coolies, at the Sahib's request, remained in a house placed at the disposal of the mission by the Abors, with their loads, in order to prevent pilfering, which had taken place all along the route. Mr. Williamson camped 20 yards away. "At noon the Abors assembled with spears, bows, and arrows. There were about one thousand of them. They uttered the Avar call, and suddenly poured into the house and attacked us with spears and daos. I cut down three, but after seeing five of my comrades cut down I escaped to the back of the house. There I dropped two elephants' height to the ground, and ran to the jungle, where I joined Mr. Williamson's orderl» There were no signs of the sahib, "t heard only one shot three hundred yards from the village. The orderly and 1 separated shortly afterwards, and I never saw him again. Half an hour afterwards I met two comrades. Keeping to the jungle and avoiding the paths picketed by the Abors, we reached Dr. Gregorson's camp the same evening. We saw a fire, and crawled up close to it, but saw only Abors. We then continued along the left bank of the river to a point below the village of Kebang. We crossed the Dihang in n boat, which overturned, Dut we managed to hang on to it all night. In two (lavs we came to a friendly Abor village, where the inhabitants fed us and gave us nods. Next day we wore put on Mr. Harrison's steamer."

TCenter telegraphs:—"Calcutta, Wednesday.—.A fourth survivor of Mr. Noel Williamson's party, which was massacred bv Abors. ha* reached Saikwak. Tie confirms flic story told by the oilier survivors. Friendly Abors add that Mr. Williamson was suddenly overpowered, bound, and mutilated."

Tim newspaper TCnglidimau states: "Mr. I'rnliiick's police have halted at Pasighait. being too weak to advance further. They can effect nothing beyond collecting news, and the swollen rivers and torrents render an expedition impossible till cold weather cornea."