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natives advanced and massacred every man except 
one, who was wounded, but exerted himself so far as 
to reach the sea shore, where he threw himself in 
and was picked up by a boat. He was, however, so 
much exhausted with loss of blood and fatigue, that 
he died shortly after. 
As soon as this melancholy affair came to be 
known at the Mauritius, Governor Farquhar sent a 
deputation under the command of Captain Legatt, to 
make enquiry concerning it. They soon learned that 
Chichipi was the only chief implicated in the busi¬ 
ness, and that his infamous conduct was so far from 
being approved by the rest, that he vras obliged to 
abscond with his accomplices, and for some time 
subsisted in the woods, not daring to appear in 
society. He was shortly after apprehended by the 
natives, and having undergone a regular trial, was 
condemned by the tribunal of the country, and ex¬ 
ecuted upon the spot where the massacre took place, 
although nearly allied to several chiefs. Two others, 
who were principals in the business, and whose names 
vrere Samireci and Caesar, were condemned by the same 
court, but they found means to conceal themselves so 
as that their place of retreat was not discovered. 
Governor Farquhar was so well convinced by 
these proceedings, of the friendly disposition of the 
chiefs, that another party was sent to establish 
themselves at Louquez. As soon as they arrived, 
the neighbouring chiefs voluntarily came forward and 
tendered their friendship and alliance. Nor was this 
