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me. On going- to Jackey, he said, " That fellow/' 

 pointing to the one named, "is the fellow that 

 speared Mr. Kennedy ; I gave him a knife, keep 

 him, hale (don't) let him go. All those fellows 

 threw spears at Mr. Kennedy." This native was im- 

 mediately secured. He struggled hard, and it was 

 as much as three men could do to secure him. The 

 other blacks in the canoe now jumped overboard, 

 and observing now that the native secured had a 

 part of a bridle round his arm, and a piece of 

 sinew, or tendon of a horse, and Jackey being so 

 positive as to identity, it was determined to 

 examine the canoe, and an order was given to fire 

 over their heads, whilst they (the blacks) were 

 endeavouring to recover their canoe. The ship's 

 long-boat was sent after the canoe, but in the 

 meantime the blacks had recovered it, and a hard 

 chase took place, the blacks paddling away towards 

 the shore. The boat overhauled them, when a shot 

 was fired from the boat, and as the boat closed 

 upon them I saw the blacks jump overboard again, 

 and afterwards the ship's boat bring back the canoe. 

 During this time several shots were fired over them, 

 and near them, from the ship. The boat returned 

 in about twenty minutes from the time of leaving, 

 with the canoe. Barrett said to me when alongside 

 that he was speared, and that he had shot the black 

 who had speared him, and who was now in the 

 canoe nearly dead. It appears that one black had 

 stuck to his canoe, and on the ship's boat nearing it, 



