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cended into his canoe, but remained alongside the vessel 
and gave some quiet instructions to the great number of 
natives who surrounded the vessel on all sides. One by 
one these canoes drew up alongside, and their crews, under 
the pretext of trading, gradually managed to get on board, 
and sit down upon the deck. After breakfast Captain 
Thompson ordered two boats to get ready, and left the 
ship under the guidance of a native to look for spars. 
Presently Te Pahi, with the utmost calmness, ascended to 
the deck and surveyed the scene. Satisfied that the proper 
moment had arrived for his bloody purpose, he gave the 
signal. In an instant the apparently peaceful natives, who 
had been sitting quietly upon the decks, rushed upon the 
unarmed crew, who were dispersed about the ship at their 
various employments. The greater part were massacred 
in a moment, and were no sooner knocked down by blows 
from meres (clubs) than they were cut up while still alive. 
Five or six of the crew escaped into the rigging. Te Pahi 
now having possession of the Boyd, hailed these with a 
speaking trumpet, and ordered them to unbend the sails 
and cut away the rigging and they should not be hurt. 
They complied with his commands, and then came down. 
He then took them ashore, and afterwards killed them, 
The master, who had gone ashore unarmed, was easily 
despatched. 
The names of the survivors are : Mrs. Nanny Morley 
and child, Betsy Broughton, and Thomas Davis (boy). 
The natives of the spar district of this harbour (Kororareka, 
Bay of Islands), have behaved well, even beyond expecta¬ 
tion, and seem much concerned on account of the un¬ 
fortunate event; and dreading the displeasure of King 
