94 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS 
on deck, and erelong he was strutting proudly around in red 
shirt and colored loin cloth that Mr. Williams had given 
him. 
This chief assured Mr. Williams that if a teacher were 
landed, he would be kindly treated and the people would 
give him “yams, taro, and sugar cane.” At last, having re- 
ceived a knife, a mirror, some fishing hooks, and a pig, he 
left for the shore, delighted with the gifts of the white man 
and eager to exhibit them to his fellow savages on the land. 
Mr. Williams went with him to the beach. In an instant 
they were surrounded by curious people who, however, 
treated Mr. Williams civilly. 
Thus encouraged, Mr. Williams sailed away, promising 
that he would soon return, bringing teachers with him. Three 
days later he met his death at the hands of the cannibal sav- 
ages of Erromango. 
One year was permitted to elapse, and then the “Camden” 
returned to Fotuna, bringing two Samoan teachers. These 
men were Samuela and Apela. These two brave men erected 
a church building, and visited the chiefs throughout the 
island, encouraging them to abandon heathenism and favor 
the “worship.” 
For a time the teachers were happy, and the outlook was 
promising, but toward the end of the year a terrible epidemic 
swept over the island, and carried off scores of the people. 
The superstitious savages blamed the teachers for this, and 
decided to kill them. One day, as the two men were work- 
ing in their gardens, the men of the tribe came armed with 
spears and clubs, and shouting their war cries, attacked their 
defenseless victims. Samuela was speared in a moment, and 
in another both he and Apela were clubbed to death. The 
savages then hastened to the teachers’ houses, and finding 
the teacher’s wife, she, too, was killed with the club. Next 
they sought the little child, and even she was not spared. 
She was clubbed to her death. The bodies were cooked for 
a cannibal feast, and the bones of these unfortunate mission- 
