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cated a situation of peril that had arisen because of Akwa- 
sia’s attitude. It reads as follows: 
“That night Simi came over to me, and in the course of 
conversation he mentioned that Akwasia’s uncle had met 
her the day before and asked her to return to heathenism, 
and, by the way, he is the priest for their tribe. The girl 
refused to return, stating that she did not wish to have any- 
thing further to do with heathenism, but wanted to remain 
on the mission. He then is reported to have said, ‘Well, 
your brother has asked me to tell you that if you do not 
return to us, and he meets you anywhere on the road, he 
will murder you;’ to which she replied, ‘I do not care; you 
may kill me, but I do not want to return to the ways of 
Satan; I wish to remain on the mission!’ ” 
The sad sequel to this threat was learned by Mr. Ander- 
son, while still away at Batuna, through one of the students 
at the school who received the following letter written in 
the Ranoga language, which was first translated into the 
Marovo language and then into English. It was written 
by Hite, another native teacher at work in an adjoining 
district on Malaita: 
“S. D. A. Misston, Loxar, Uru Harzor, 
; 19th May, 1929. 
“DEAR BROTHER ZONGA ONE: 
“You listen to me and I will tell you something that has 
happened to us here on Malaita. We are very sorry indeed, 
for on May 15, about four o’clock in the afternoon, Onge 
went and killed. Akwasia had fever and was in Simi’s house. 
She was a girl that obeyed very well, and her life was good 
at the mission of Mary and Simi. While she had the fever, 
Onge went into the house and closed it and took a small 
knife (about 12-inch blade) of Akwasia’s and stabbed her 
under the chin and in the neck four times. 
“When Simi and Mary, who were in the garden not far 
distant, heard the screaming, Simi went to the house and 
