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protection, had been warred against for some time past by 

 Warres-Nangre, his luicle, and by Kaiiiau. There is a 

 cessation of hostilities between them, and a truce, they say, 

 for a sliort time ; but it was reported that, as soon as their 

 fighting was over, they intended to come down and kill all 

 the Whites.' 



I heard that one or both parties had had a great feast 

 lately. Sir William got the Missionary to send for the two 

 hostile chiefs, but they declined to come. Mr. Henry, alsf), 

 reported that a white man belonging to a vessel that had 

 gone to the other side of the island, had been killed by the 

 natives. 



The next morning the master was sent away to the 

 northward in the cutter to take soundings in the little bay 

 in front of Sifu, a village with sixty or seventy jieople in it. 

 The master reported that he was fired at, while sounding, 

 by a native with a musket from the shore. 



Mr. Gordon was sent again early to tlie two chiefs, but 

 they would not come ; they seemed to give sorry pretexts 

 for not coming : one said he was not well, tiie other said he 

 would come if the other would ; and therefore, as neither 

 would come, the Commodore resolved to go to them or 

 their villages roimd the point in Elizabeth Bay. He did not 

 wish to do them much harm, but he thought it well to give 

 them a little lesson, that they might know what he could 

 do, and that they were not to fire with impunity on the 

 crew of one of Her Majesty's ships, which alone was a 

 sufficient reason for firing upon them. 



