The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 24, June 16, 1898: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsVarious
History
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 24, June 16, 1898: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
Various
History, Modern -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature -- Periodicals
Miss Mullins, whose station was at Momliga, where she was the only white
person, had a very narrow escape. April 29th, a band of natives came
there shouting and singing. Miss Mullins ran to the river in the hope of
finding a boat in which she could escape. The boats had all been taken
by the natives, who had either fled or gone to join the war tribes.
Knowing that there was no chance of her hiding in the bush, the brave
girl decided that if she was to die she would die at her post.
She turned back from the river into the clearing, where the
superstitious natives stood aside to let her pass. One of them seized
her as she was passing, and asked her what she was going to do. She
said: "I am going inside; I cannot escape you, you are too many for me.
Leave me to myself for a short time." The man brandished a spear in her
face, and said: "See, that is the blood of your friends; yours will soon
cover it." But she did not falter, and the savages probably left her
untouched for this reason. They are very superstitious, and must have
thought that there was something supernatural about her. Shortly after
this she heard the tramp of feet outside, and an English voice calling
to ask if there was anybody inside; running out, she found that the
British commissioner and a large force had arrived. And with them she
made her escape.
When the Americans arrived at Freetown, a large force of volunteers had
been concentrated, and it is hoped that the uprising will soon be at an
end.
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In our previous number we mentioned the name of
one of the missionaries killed at the massacre as
"Kane"; it should have been "Cain."
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