THE CALVERT EXPEDITION.
DISCOVERY OF HUMANREMAINS. (Per Pres.s A-wioti-.n. —'' <n»jritjht.) A del ah.K, This day. A telegram received from the leader of the relief party searching for \Veils and -Jones, the missing members of the Calvert exploring expedition, have discovered the skeletons of two white men murdered by natives. Thery were too much decomposed to clearly identify them, but it is believed from the information gathered from the captured natives, who took part m the murder, that they were the missing men. There were indications of them having been speared to death after a desperate resistance.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 266, 9 March 1897, Page 3
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96THE CALVERT EXPEDITION. Hastings Standard, Issue 266, 9 March 1897, Page 3
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