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ty years of age, ran him through with & 
spear, and finished him with stones ! 
My protectors, for now they were 
truly so, shut out the scene by laying 
down upon the top of me, to hide me 
from the view of the merciless foe ! I 
was however discovered, and one of 
the natives attempted to get a blow at 
me with a handspike, which was preven¬ 
ted by them; when, after a few words, 
he hurried away. 
As soon as the work of death had been 
completed, the old man took me by the 
hand and hurried me along towards the 
vidage. My feet were very much lac- 
eerated in passing over the causeways 
of sharp coral rock, but my conductor 
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tearing we might be pursued, hurried 
me onward to the village, where we ar¬ 
rived about noon. In a few minutes the 
wigwam or hut of the old man, was sur¬ 
rounded, and all seeming to talk at once, 
and with great excitement, I anticipated 
death every moment. Believing myself 
the sole survivor, the reader must par¬ 
don any attempt to describe my feel- 
