ATTACK ON THE SCHOONER ECLIPSE.
SYDNEY, December. 22.
News from the Islands states that the Solomon Islanders continue to display much hostility to the traders. While the schooner Eclipse was loading at Valla Lavilla the natives tomahawked, stabbed, and severely injured Captain Pratt, who shot the attackers. A large number of hostile natives' canoes were driven off by the use of firearms.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 298, 23 December 1897, Page 9
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