Davis County Clipper | 1902-10-03 | Page 2 | Inter-Tribal Fights

intertribal INTER TRIBAL FIGHTS terrible massacre of natives by guterl blead hunters shortly before tile llie steamer moana left led sydney official dispatches arrived from new guinea telling of intertribal inter tribal fl fights ii ts and massacres the augeri bead hunters had attacked the sau san ana villages and killed a largo large number and carried off many leads heads tile the san ana afterward attacked tho the augeri sir P P winter administrator ot of new guinea wires the governor ren gen eral of australia since my arrival in this possession more natives have been ruthlessly massacred by other natives within a radius of thirty miles from the house in which I 1 am now writing than have during such period been killed in this possession by the augeri A village on tile llie larold river distant not more than six hours walk from this house bouse was nearly exterminated