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principal agent at the Dutch factory, who gave them shelter and 

 clothing until another steamer could call for them. 



This was utterly indefensible behaviour on the part of the 

 natives. The steamer was not trying to land or embark goods 

 away from a port of entry, and the natives plundered not only 

 the derelict ship but the unfortunate shipwrecked passengers. 



75. A LIBKRIAN HOUSEHOLD 



The British Government dealt with the matter in a conciliatory 

 manner, and the Liberian forces under Major-General Sherman 

 inflicted more punishment on the Grand Cestos people. The 

 Senegal was also wrecked on the Liberian coast and plundered 

 in much the same manner by the indigenous natives. 



The 'seventies of the last century had not been a happy period 

 for Liberia. Besides the loan and the Monrovia uprising there 

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