THE MASSAORE OF COLONEL STEWART’S PARTY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1287, 8 January 1885, Page 3

THE MASSAORE OF COLONEL STEWART’S PARTY.

Referring to the massacre of Colonel Stewart and his party in the Soudan, the special correspondent of the Morning Post, writing from Dongola on October 23rd, says : —“ A concurrence of reports appears to enforce the conclusion that the whole party, expecting two, namely, an interpreter and a Greek merchant were killed, and the earlier reports, according to which the act was a massacre easily effected by means of a treacheiona show of friendliness, are substantiated. A lute account assigns a terrible part in the tragedy to the saved interpreter. The half of the party who, leaving the steamer, had gone to rest in the village, included the interpreter. When these w’ere killed he was spared, being promised his life if he would go back to the steamer and entice ashore all who remained on board, telling them that their comrades were enjoying good treatment in the village, »nd had sent for them. The wretched man fulfilled his bloody errand, and gained liis life. The Greek merchant is said to have been spared because lie was known to liis captors, Tho sheikhs of the village are said to have induced the men to leave their arms behind by representing that the villagers were frightened and would flee, taking with them the camels which the wrecked party were trying to obtain, should armed men land. There is a tale also, somewhat vague, but apparently well founded, of three women who did not leave the steamer, and were afterwards killed when the steamer W aß one of them being said to have defended herself, and to have cast boxes ot ammunition overboard. Of these one wast a negress, and this fact, il fact it is, seems to imply that the other women were Europeans, for the negress would be a servant,”