Some young men have come in from one of the districts we wish to
visit, and I hope to keep them until we leave; it will be a help and of
great value as an introduction at this time of trouble. We are 1440 feet
above sea-level.
A fortnight ago there was a great wallaby hunt down at Moumiri, and
natives from all the districts round were present. A native of
Munikahila speared a man from Tabori, who died soon after, so now
Makipili, Epakari, and Efari are said to have joined on with Tabori, and
unitedly mean to attack Munikahila. All the natives condemn the murder
of the man, because of the time and place.
31_st_.--Natives all excitement, expecting Munikahila to be attacked.
Every evening the men go armed to Munikahila, and the women, children,
dogs, and pigs to the bush. I am sorry our Keninumu friends should
consider it their duty to assist the murderers. The natives of the
district to which the murdered man belonged are quietly biding their
time, hunting wallaby close by us. The kind woman who assisted me the
other day has a son by her first husband living at Keninumu, and for a
long time she has not seen him, he being afraid to come here.
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