Dictionary and grammar of the language of Saa and Ulawa, Solomon islands . as much as the whiteman does. Many attacks on and murders of white men have beenascribed to treachery on the part of the natives, but it is only fair tocall to remembrance the awful indignities and atrocities perpetrated onthem by the whites and to put these in the scale over against the accu-sations of treachery. The native certainly at times acts wickedly eitheron the impulse of the moment or for a wicked end, but in most cases ofwrong done to whites in Melanesia there has been some antecedentcause, some evil associat
Dictionary and grammar of the language of Saa and Ulawa, Solomon islands . as much as the whiteman does. Many attacks on and murders of white men have beenascribed to treachery on the part of the natives, but it is only fair tocall to remembrance the awful indignities and atrocities perpetrated onthem by the whites and to put these in the scale over against the accu-sations of treachery. The native certainly at times acts wickedly eitheron the impulse of the moment or for a wicked end, but in most cases ofwrong done to whites in Melanesia there has been some antecedentcause, some evil associated with a white person somewhere. The occa-sion may have been remote and the connection faulty from our pointof view, but in the mind of the native the provocation was there. Withour notions of direct justice and of the necessity for the punishment ofthe actual wrong-doer himself we can not understand the point of viewof the native, which is that justice is satisfied so long as some one of thesame people who did the real or fancied wrong is made to suffer. IVKNS PLATE 1. SOME HISTORICAL NOTES CONCERNING THE MELANESIAN MISSION. The founding of the Melanesian Mission was due to the vigorousbodily energy and the apostolic fervor of Bishop George AugustusSelwyn. The fact that the founder was a Bishop, and as such pos-sessed the power and authority to insure the success of his plans andideas, and had in addition a certain assured sum of money at hisback, caused the Mission to be stamped from the outset with a definitestyle and imprinted upon it a traditional method of work. In consid-ering this style and tradition, we must remember that the founderof the Mission was Bishop of New Zealand and was thus debarredfrom settling in Melanesia and leading the attack on its Heathenismfrom within. Since his home and his main interests and his moreregular sphere of work lay outside Melanesia, and since also the carry-ing out of the work at all seemed to depend on himself, it is obvious thatthe
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