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was wrong; but an Anauunse man who was with them, 
probably the same who had conveyed to them the message, 
told them not to be afraid, but just to go and sit down in 
the chief’s yard, and no one would molest them. Nalakiang, 
the chief, was not to be seen; perhaps it was part of the 
scheme that he should keep out of the way. 
“The Anauunse man left them, telling them he would soon 
be back. Before he left they observed him enter a house 
(the chief’s, I suppose), and take out a spear and a club. 
In a short time a number of armed men appeared and sur- 
rounded the inclosure where the young men were. It was 
now evident that evil was determined against them, and that 
their only chance of escape was by flight. They made a 
rush; two of them reached the bush and escaped, the other 
two ran to the seaside and along the shore, pursued by the 
treacherous savages. 
“Waiwai, the lad who was killed, was first overtaken and 
struck. His companion, looking round and seeing his danger, 
ran back, and throwing his arms round him, endeavored to 
shield him from the blows of his murderers, and in so doing 
received some blows himself. Waiwai was killed in his arms. 
The brave young man who had jeopardized his own life to 
save his friend, now said, ‘You have killed him; kill me also.’ 
This they would not do, as he had relations in the place whom 
they did not wish to offend. He asked them to let him have 
a canoe in which to convey the body of his murdered friend 
to their home. This request was treated with ridicule. The 
young man now tried to carry away the body on his back; 
the savages, however, took it from him, and bore it off in 
triumph to the oven.’ 
In the month of a 1852, another Christian fie was 
murdered by the natives of Aneityum. The victim on this 
occasion was a young man belonging to Aneito, the native 
place of Waiwai. 
“He had been for some time at a place named Anawunai, 
teaching the Christian party there to read, and at the request 
