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Was taken all further resistance was at an end. The friendly na¬ 
tives collected the dead, while many ran down to a village situat¬ 
ed in the valley for the purpose of securing the plunder, con¬ 
sisting of large quantities of drums, matts, callabashes and 
other household utensils, as well as hogs, cocoa-nuts and other 
fruit. They also brought with them large quantities of the plant 
with which they make their finest cloth, which grows nearly as 
thick as the wrist, and is highly esteemed by them. They came 
also laden with plunder, which the enemy had not time to remove; 
for they could not be made to believe that a handful of men could 
drive them. 
It was shocking to see the manner they treated such as were 
knocked over with a shot; they rushed on them with their war 
clubs and soon despatched them: then each seemed anxious to dip 
his spear into the blood, which nothing could induce them to wipe 
off—the spear, from that time, bore the name of the dead war¬ 
rior, and its value, in consequence of that trophy, was greatly 
enhanced. 
As soon as the party returned, I gave orders for the liberation 
of Gattanewa, who hastened with speedy steps to escape from the 
hill which separated us from the settlement. His alarm had been 
rgreat, and terror had taken such fast hold on his mind, that he 
dared not look behind, lest he should perceive some danger in 
pursuit of him. He had heard from the natives of our having 
taken the fort; and as this was, in his estimation, a place of in¬ 
comparable strength, he believed that nothing could resist our 
progress. He supposed us stronger than we really were, and 
dreaded an ally so powerful. I informed him, previous to his 
departure, that I was now ready to listen to a messenger from the 
Happahs; but the poor old man’s fright would allow him to at¬ 
tend to nothing but his own safety. We had gained a victory, 
which, to him, seemed incredible; and the number of dead which 
they had borne off as trophies had far exceeded that of any for¬ 
mer battle within his recollection; as they fight for weeks, nay 
for months sometimes, without killing any on either side, though 
many are, in all their engagements, severely wounded. The Ta- 
yees had, however, a short time before our arrival, lost one of 
their priests of the greatest note, who had been killed by an am- 
