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The Government launch Kimanis arrived at Sandakan before 

 daybreak on the 15th of May, from the West Coast, bringing the 

 most sad and unexpected intelligence of an emeute in the Kawang 

 river, in the vicinity of Papar, resulting in the loss of valuable lives. 

 It appears that on the 10th instant, Resident Davies, Captain de Fon- 

 taine, Dr. Fraser, Assistant Resident Little, and Mr J. E. J. Wheatley 

 with a parfy of constabulary arrived at Kavvana, which was selected as 

 the most direct and convenient point of departure for an expedition 

 to the village of a Murut chief, one Bandurong. Messengers were 

 at once sent to Papar to bring in 50 Dusuns to act as baggage 

 carriers for the party, but only 30 came, and the Bajow headmen 

 of Kawang were asked to supply the deficiency. The headmen 

 relucantly promised to use their influence, but it was plain that 

 the service was very unpopular with the people, and thereupon the 

 Resident announced that a fine would be imposed if the requisition 

 were not complied with The Bajows of the coast are noted 

 cattle robbers, and the Dusun carriers from Papar recognised 

 a buffalo which had recently been stolen, and laid their case before 

 the Resident, who ordered the buffalo to be returned to its owners. 

 This action, though of course unavoidable, had a tendency to 

 further augment the ill-feeling brought about by the demand for 

 baggage carriers. Amongst the Bajows were recognised the noted 

 cattle thieves — Sahat and Bagul Puteh. Orang Kaya Awang, an 

 agent of Pangeran Roup, who has been influenced against the 

 Company's Government by persons in Brunei, was also seen going 

 about amongst the villagers. He was an inhabitant of the Kina- 

 rut river, which is not under the Company's jurisdiction. On the 

 1 2th instant, as it was found impossible to obtain the required 

 number of baggage carriers, it was proposed to defer the departure 

 of the expedition pending further communication with Papar. 

 The stores were ordered to be put back in the house of the Datu 

 of the village, and the men of the constabulary were " dismissed." 

 The Europeans and the officers of the constabulary were standing 

 about under a tree in a large plain near the village, when two men 

 came up, with muskets in their hands, and entered into an ap- 

 parently friendly conversation with Dr. Fraser. Without any 

 warning, one of the men suddenly discharged his musket killing 

 the doctor instantaneously. An alarm was occasioned. Seven Ba- 

 jows, friends of the two men alluded to, and including Orang Kaya 

 Awang and the two cattle thieves above mentioned, at once amoked 



