Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . ed, with , and became engaged in our observations. In the afternoon, Iwas congratulating myself that I had now finished my last stationof the survey, and that my meridian distances and latitudes were allcomplete. We were putting up our instruments to go on board, whenit was reported to me that the three boats were in sight, coming downbefore the breeze. So unusual an occurrence at once made me sus-pect that some accident had occurred ; and on the first sight I got ofthem, I found that th
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . ed, with , and became engaged in our observations. In the afternoon, Iwas congratulating myself that I had now finished my last stationof the survey, and that my meridian distances and latitudes were allcomplete. We were putting up our instruments to go on board, whenit was reported to me that the three boats were in sight, coming downbefore the breeze. So unusual an occurrence at once made me sus-pect that some accident had occurred ; and on the first sight I got ofthem, I found that their colours were half-mast and union down. Ineed not describe the dread that came over me. We reached the vol. in. 70 27 S T Y E AND SUALIB. tender only a few moments before them, and when they arrived, Ilearned that a horrid massacre had but a short hour before takenplace, and saw the mutilated and bleeding bodies of LieutenantJoseph A. Underwood and my nephew, Midshipman Wilkes Henry. The boats were taken in tow, when we stood for Malolo, and, asthe night closed in, anchored in its eastern FEEJEE ARMS CHAPTER IX. CONTENTS. PARTICULARS OF THE MURDERS AT MALOLO—BURIAL OF LIEUTENANT UNDERWOODAND MIDSHIPMAN HENRY —PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK ON MALOLO — CANOESINTERCEPTED — OPERATIONS OF THE BOATS — ARRO BURNT —OPERATIONS OF LIEU-TENANT-COMMANDANT RINGGOLD—FORTIFICATIONS OF SUALIB—ATTACK UPON SUALIB—SUALIB SET ON FIRE, AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED — RETURN OF LIEUTENANT-COMMANDANT RINGGOLDS DIVISIONS — LIEUTENANT EMMONSS ACTION WITH FIVECANOES —OVERTURES OF THE NATIVES FOR PEACE — MESSAGE TO THE NATIVES-SECOND LANDING ON MALOLO —THE NATIVES BEG FOR MERCY —CONDITIONS IMPOSEDUPON THEM—CAPTIVE CHIEF LIBERATED-REMARKS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEMURDERS, AND ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PUNISHMENT INFLICTED ON MALOLO— THE BOATS SENT BACK TO THE SHIPS—THE FLYING-FISH AND PORPOISE SAIL FROMMALOLO—NAVULA REEF—NAVULA PASSAGE—THE PORPOISE DETACHED T
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