THE MASSACRE OF A MISSIONARY PARTY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2412, 24 December 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE MASSACRE OF A MISSIONARY PARTY.

Ahvicks from Sydney give particulars th-- mis -aarc of the mis-i.uiary party at XI .it it Mulu by the native tribe of Morininns, who, however, were piim-hod hy a I’.ihisli expedition, who killed 11 of t he imirdet-iTs. Tii” missionary party numbered six persons, viz., T’.iiiki, tec native teacher, Ida wife and child, and three as-si-tunt.nits. From the information to hind it would appeal- that the missionaries were in a boat, when a horde of natives made an attack upon them. Tim natives came in small can ies and surrounded the small p.-uty. The men wore armed chiefly with hows and arrows, and sent the latter in showers into the midst of tho missionaries. The teacher himself was shuck by eight ot the weapons and killed. A similar fa'o hotel Ids child, who was pierced by two of tho arrows. The three male compact ns of Tariki were also slain, but strange to say his wife wasmt killed, although she was wounded in no fewer than seven places. When Her Majesty’s commissioner, Mr J. Douglas, was informed of tho massacre, lie organised a force to proceed to the island and puui'h flic natives fur the crime. Tho ”xp”ililion was fortunate in coining up wall the Morinians, and in the encounter killed 14 of them. Tito natives of Motu Molu have a reputation for being treacherous, ami it is thought tho punishment so prompt and dw-i.-ivo may have a wholesome effect on thou:.