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April 26, 2008
President: Attacked by Natives!
Crew of the President [of Westport] attacked by natives of Easter Island just as they had reached the shore to trade. Mr. Robert Weeks, boatsteerer, was killed by natives, and another of the crew captured, but he afterwards escaped. The Islanders are represented as thieving and deceitful and were probably induced to make the attack from motives of gain and in retaliation for injuries which had been inflicted upon them by seamen; an American ship master having some years ago carried away several of the inhabitants by force to colonize Massafuero.
The Daily Mercury, New Bedford, September 1, 1856
Posted April 26, 2008 6:54 AM