204 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS 
said, ‘Who is killing a woman in my house? The man 
hearing the noise or voice, opened the door and came out 
and took of an old Snider (rifle) that was standing near by 
and walked toward Simi. Simi hadn’t anything in his hand, 
and did not think that there was anything in Onge’s mind, 
but when he came near, Onge dealt a blow at Simi’s head. 
Simi turned his head a little, and was struck on the shoul- 
der. His arm became useless, but so heavy was the blow 
it sent him almost stumbling along the track. 
“He went back to Mary and said, ‘I have been hit with 
a gun by Onge. Let us go to Tom at Fawoge,’ and walked 
on, and Mary ran after him. Onge, seeing them both flee- 
ing, sprang from Simi’s house and pursued them, and over- 
taking Mary, dealt her a heavy blow on the head with the 
gun. Mary said, ‘Oh, oh, Simi, I am killed now,’ and two 
more blows were dealt her. 
“When Onge was close to Mary, she cried out, and Simi 
heard her and turned back, and Mary fell at his feet and 
did not breathe again. He said, ‘We will die together,’ but 
does not remember any more until he came to in deep water 
out in the harbor. 
“At that time he thought, ‘Why am I here and my wife 
is dead on the shore?’ and with the arm not injured he 
waved to some people in a canoe, and they came and took 
him to Uru and assembled the people there. Other mission- 
aries they went to Alai, and in Simi’s house they saw Akwa- 
sia, who was still alive, but everything in the house was cov- 
ered with blood. Quickly one boy was sent to Abulo to tell 
us, for they feared the murderer would come and kill us. 
“On coming to us, Tomatari gathered together thirty men 
and ten women. Fifteen men went before us and fifteen 
men behind us, with Tomatari along side of us. Together 
we all went down to the government tax house, where we 
got into a canoe and went across to Lokai, where the burial 
took place. Zarazope, Simi, Vakukana, Gomi, and Miriam 
buried Mary and Akwasia. It was about five o’clock in the 
