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posed letting them all go, whilst others contended for having 
them all put. to death; and, after a long debate, it was de- 
termined that one should be set at liberty, one taken 
prisoner, and the other killed; that immediately after 
releasing the one, they commenced beating the other on the 
head with their large sticks or clubs, and, supposing him to 
be dead, went off towards home with (him) their prisoner, 
and that he saw nothing more of his companion: but, as 
they were proceeding, one of the company on looking back 
saw the body move; upon which some persons were sent 
back to cut the sinews of his legs and feet. 
The men that accompanied me dug a grave, into which 
we put the body, and did what we could, by laying large 
stones on the top, to keep it from the wolves. ‘Thus an 
active man, little more than twenty years of age, who had 
very recently been married, and yesterday was nimbly 
moving towards this place, to ask a wedding present of his 
uncle, (one of our members,) is no more, but is numbered 
with the dead. Surely the habitations of cruelty are around 
us ; but the news we proclaim is, ‘“‘ Peace on earth, and good 
will to man:”’ this, and only this, can reclaim the inhabitants 
of this long-forgotten and deeply-degraded land. In the 
midst of all our difficulties we are encouraged, knowing that 
«the Gospel is the power of God,” and that it “ is mighty 
to the pulling down of strong holds.’ ) 
Sunday, August 4th.—Early this morning, shields were 
seen moving in all directions; and upon inquiry I found 
that Umyeki’s men were following the foot-marks of cattle 
they had lost in the night. Fearing the consequences 
wouid be serious, | considered it my duty to interfere, though 
it was the Sabbath; and therefore, leaving the school to the 
care of Mrs. P., I rode, accompanied by the assistant and 
