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demand that the murderer of Lt. Holcombe be surrendered |
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51. One man, Ponghi, of Senua, who had been concerned in the massacre of Lieutenant Holcombe's party last year, had taken refuge in Ninu, and the Ninu men having repeatedly during the past year refused, on our demand and that of Senua, to surrender him, I was instructed to again demand him, should the evidence collected on the spot go to prove that Ponghi was certainly still at Ninu. I therefore directed these chiefs to send messengers to Ninu demanding Ponghi's surrender, adding that I should be away at Joboka two or three days, that if I found Ponghi in my camp on my return, well and good; if not, we should proceed to Ninu ourselves. |
