Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate

INDEX

• Abel, Rev, Charles, of the L.M.S., 247–249, 258–260
• Acland, L. G. Dyke, at Cape Vogel, 104
• —, —, accompanies the expedition to the Agaiambu and Dobudura, 274–279, 282–293
• Ada, lugger, expeditions of, 32–57
• Adade, of Dopima, 244
• Adaua River, the, 207, 226
• Ade, Private, 154, 157, 300
• Admiralty Islands, the, 62
• Aga tribe, the, 306
• Agaiambu Lake, 275, 282
• — tribe, description of the, 274–281
• Agara, Private, and his wife, 200–203
• Ahgai-ambo tribe, the, 280
• Aia Kapimana, father and son, 127, 128, 130, 131, 136
• Aidio, village of, 244
• Aimaha, village of, 244
• Airamu, village of, 232
• Albert McLaren, schooner, 54, 169–171
• Alligator Jack, 173
• Alligators, stories of, 54, 103–105, 132, 160, 161, 193, 319
• Ambushi, chief, 322, 323
• America, pearls in, 45
• Amphibious tribe, an, 274–281
• Amuke of Dopima, 244
• Anglican Mission, the, 31, 54, 105
• Anson, Captain, of H.M.S. Orlando, 63
• Antoinette, Sister, 136
• Antony, Sergeant, 320
• Ants, 159, 299, 317
• Aparu, village of, 197
• Arabia, 68
• Arau-u of Turotere, 244
• Arbouine, Charles, at Samarai, 28, 59, 75, 111
• —, —, on sponges, 56
• Arifamu tribe, the, 206
• —, —, cannibalism among, 192
• —, —, raid on, 268–270
• Arita, Private, 172, 304, 312, 317
• Armit, R.E., 75, 145, 242
• —, —, appointed to the Northern Division, 143, 147, 172
• —, —, at Samarai, v, 3, 4, 28, 75, 82
• —, —, his advice, 85, 100, 111
• —, —, his snakes, 134
• —, —, murder of, 242
• —, —, on ghosts, 111
• —, —, trades in rubber, 72
• Aru Islands, the, 62
• Australasia, Federation of, 10
• Australasian Parliament, 62
• Australia, bubonic plague in, 64
• —, Commonwealth of, 313
• —, De Molynes, Governor-General of, 193, 312
• —, gold-fields of, 13, 14
• —, Labour Government of, 62
• —, Marine Board, 65
• —, population of Northern, 61, 62
• —, sale of pearls in, 4
• Australian Artillery, Royal, 240
• Awaiama Bay, 53, 55, 56
• Awaiama, murder at, 73
• Bachelors’ Club, 154, 237
• Baiba Bari Island, 243
• Baibi, of Dopima, 244
• Bai-ia, village of, 244
• Ballantine, Treasurer and Collector of Customs, 111–113, 249
• —, at Port Moresby, 136, 161, 163–165
• —, his relief expedition, 154, 162
• Bamu River, the, 239
• Bapapa, 318
• Bare Bare, village of, 226
• Barigi River, the, 104, 268, 272, 274, 305, 306
• Barigi, Sergeant, 201, 269, 278, 284, 287, 295, 296, 308, 309, 318, 322, 323
• Bartle Bay, 153
• Barton, Captain, appointed Administrator, 248, 253
• —, —, as Commandant, 151, 166, 205, 208
• —, —, as private secretary to Sir G. Le Hunte, 149, 150, 153, 157, 162
• —, —, as R.M. of the Central Division, 119, 247, 265, 266
• —, —, at Winiapi, 206
• —, —, cures a snake-bite, 135
• —, —, proceeds against the Doriri, 208–232, 256
• —, —, visits the Agaiambu, 279, 280
• Baruga tribe, the, 219, 269, 276, 279–281, 306–308
• — —, defence of the, 175
• Basilaki, island of, 53, 57
• Basilio of Manilla, 117–124, 135, 250
• Bêche-de-mer, trade in, 4, 41, 56, 191, 204
• Bellamy, 301
• Bert, my clerk, 250–253
• Betel-nut, trading for, 150, 167
• Bia, Corporal, 185, 268, 269, 295, 308
• “Bill the Boozer,” 14, 21
• Billy the Cook, his pub, 73, 75, 83, 94, 95, 100
• — — —. See Wisdell.
• Binandere tribe, the, 172, 173, 217, 274, 298
• Binandere, Bushimai chief of, 132
• —, fearlessness of the, 115, 135, 189
• —, sorcerers, 187, 189
• —, warfare, 175
• Black Maria, 55
• Black-water fever, 135
• Blayney, Dr., R.M. for Central Division, acts as Treasurer and Collector, 113, 117, 126
• Body snatching, 234–236
• Bogege, chief of the Maisina, 191, 192, 199–203
• Bogi, village of, 154, 289, 299, 314, 319–322
• — mining camp, 54
• Boianai, punitive expedition to, 106–108
• Bonarua, village of, 197
• Bouellard, Father, at Makeo, 121, 135, 140–143
• Boure, village of, 222
• Brady, Jim, gold-digger, 23–26, 62, 63
• Bramell, Government Agent, acts as Customs Clerk, 113, 114
• — at Mekeo, 113–116, 118, 129, 140
• —, attempted murder of, 129, 130
• Brisbane, 161
• —, Archdeacon Robinson of, 245
• —, doctor, 234
• —, Royal Australian Artillery, 240
• British Museum, 37, 275, 316
• Bromilow, Rev. William, of the Wesleyan Methodist Mission, 31, 48, 73, 84, 85
• “Brother John,” timber merchant, 60
• Brown, ex-pugilist, at Woodlark, 146–148
• Brown, Lieutenant, R.A.A., 240, 242, 243
• Brown River, 155–161
• Bruce, Commandant of Constabulary, 246–249, 305–322
• Bubonic plague in Australia, 64
• Buhutu, village of, 261
• Bulldog launch, 320
• Bullen, quoted, 12
• Buna Bay, 54, 180, 272, 303
• — River, the, 213
• Burial of the dead, native customs of, 87, 122–127
• Burns, Philp and Co., Messrs., of Sydney, 1, 4, 24, 28, 29, 70, 73, 111, 136, 153
• —, —, —, charter the Nabua, 58, 59
• Burroughs & Wellcome, Messrs., 22, 168
• Burton, Richard, 37
• —, —, accompanies the author, 62–69
• Burupurari, 318
• Bushai valley, gold in, 22
• Bushimai, chief, 189, 270, 286
• —, —, at Cape Nelson, 193–196
• —, —, crime and punishment of, 80, 81, 85, 99, 114
• —, —, his scars, 132
• —, —, joins expedition against the Dobudura, 290, 292
• Butterworth, Captain, Commandant of Constabulary, 143, 168
• —, —, accompanies the author on a punitive expedition, 99, 101–105
• —, —, deals with the Doriri, 176, 207
• Cachalot, the, 33
• Cæsar, Julius, 9
• Cairn Islands, climate of, 61
• Cameron, Chief Government Surveyor, 12, 13
• Campbell, A. M., R.M. of the South-Eastern Division, 143–145, 148, 266
• Campion, miner, 311, 317
• Cannibalism among the Mokuru, 192
• — — the Notu and Dobudura, 282, 284–286, 290
• — at Cape Nelson, 174
• — on board ship, 63
• — on Goodenough Island, 36, 152
• — on the Kumusi, 182, 311, 316, 322
• Cape Blackwood, Chalmers at, 237, 238, 242
• Cape Nelson, 50, 104, 128, 134
• — — Constabulary, 166–168, 180, 189, 201, 229, 236, 251, 292, 294, 316
• — —, Judge Robinson at, 294–296
• — —, raids on tribe of, 173–176
• — —, station at, 165–169, 177, 233, 250
• — —, thunder-storms at, 256, 257
• — —, whaleboat at, 169
• Cape Vogel, 49, 50, 53, 55, 198, 253, 265
• — —, alligator at, 104
• — — Mission Station, 73, 170, 191, 200
• Carl, brig, 248
• Carruth, trial of, 73, 94, 95
• Central Court of New Guinea, 21, 92, 193, 261, 262, 264
• — Division Constabulary, 294
• Ceylon, pearl fisheries of, 44
• Chalmers, Rev. James, murder of, 233, 236–249
• Changsha, China steamer, 62
• Chasseurs d’Afrique, les, 14, 48
• Cheltenham College of Agriculture, 62
• Chester at Port Moresby, 155, 163, 164
• China, 272
• —, pearls in, 44
• —, sandalwood trade with, 60, 61
• China Straits, the, 18, 27
• — —, mother-of-pearl shell in, 44
• — —, Nabua founders in, 59
• Chinese, the, bêche-de-mer soup, 56
• — ineligible as diggers, 17
• Chinese on Rossel Island, 13
• Chinese on Thursday Island, 61
• Clancy, at Nivani, 144, 145, 191, 199
• Clara Ethel, s.s., 75, 136
• Clarence River, the, 67
• Clark, murder of, 9, 78, 81
• Clark, Rev., at Taupota, 105
• Clark, trader, 289
• Close, death of, 82
• Cloudy Bay, gold rush at, 262, 263
• Clunas, Alexander, 319–322
• Clyde, the river, New Guinea, 78
• Cocoanut palms in Samarai, 5
• —, trade in, 56
• Codfish, dreaded by divers, 33
• Collingwood Bay, Maisina tribe, 173, 176, 190, 216, 219, 225
• — — mining expedition, 194
• — —, swamps round, 209, 213, 216, 232
• — —, Uiaku, 210
• Colonial Office, the, 165
• Conflict Islands, 56
• Constabulary, native, at Mekeo, 114–117, 138, 145
• —, —, at Nivani, 144
• —, —, system of, 79, 165, 270
• —, —, their medal, 165
• Cook’s Passage, 69
• Cooktown, Queensland, 1, 3, 65, 67, 75, 242, 243
• —, —, Diamond Jubilee celebrations at, 68, 69
• Copra at Dobu, 48
• — at Iwa, 20
• Coral Island, rats on a, 46
• — mushrooms, 40, 47
• — Sea, the, charts of, 13
• — —, pearl fishing in, 32
• Court mourning, 45
• Cox, Alfred, accompanies the author, 63–66
• Coxen, Walter A., Captain, R.A.A., 240
• Crimean War, the, 101
• Crocodiles, stories of, 188, 272–274, 319
• Cromwell, Oliver, 9
• Crow, Mat, miner, 173
• Curlew, lugger, 32–57
• Curragh of Kildare, 235
• Curtis, Commander, 137
• —, —, acts as surveyor, 11
• Daiogi, village of, 261
• D’Albertia creeper, the, 282
• Daru, 137
• Daru, Murray at, 238–242
• Dauncey, Rev., 242
• Dawson Straits, 34, 36
• De Lange, Assistant R.M., v
• — — at Daru, 137, 138
• De Molynes, Richard, as Assistant Resident Magistrate, 297, 304
• — —, —, at Cape Nelson, 193–196
• Didina Ranges, the, 215, 216, 222, 226–228
• Dinner Island, 3, 4
• Divers, methods of, 33–35, 40, 47, 51–53
• Divorce, laws on, 204
• Dobu, Island of, 48, 49
• —, Bromilow at, 73, 84
• — carriers, 181
• —, on the Fly River, 151
• Dobuan language, the, 36
• Dobudura tribe, the, their feud with the Notu, 282–293
• Domara River, the, 207, 225, 226
• Dopima Island, implicated in murder of Chalmers, 243–245
• Doriri tribe, the, cannibalism among, 221
• —, —, expeditions against, 185, 208–232, 256, 275
• —, —, procuring a skeleton of, 234–236
• —, —, raids of, 173–176, 198, 207, 280
• “Dove, The,” 14
• Dove village, 230–232
• — Baruga men, 219, 220, 222, 231–232
• Drake, Sir Francis, 9
• Driscoll, miner, 195
• Dubumuba, village of, 243, 244
• Ducie, Earl of, 12
• Duck shooting, 277, 316
• Dudura River and village, 228, 230
• Dugari, village of, 229
• Dumai, of Mambare, 78–81
• Dutch New Guinea, 62
• — — —, Tugere, 165
• Duvira Bay, 78
• — —, the Siai in, 81
• — village, 80
• East Cape, 32, 55, 58, 139, 153
• Eastern Division, 143
• — —, alligators in, 103
• — —, Resident Magistrate of the, 36
• East India Islands, fauna of, 37
• Eboa, s.s., 30
• —, chase of the, 85, 86
• Ede, trader, 14, 19
• Eheubi, village of, 244
• Electris Moncktoni, 275
• Eley Brothers, 168
• Elliott, Alexander, miner, on the Mambare, 78, 81
• Elliott, Assistant R.M., 289, 297–303, 318
• Ema, of Turotere, 244
• Emai, of Dopima, 244
• Enamakala, chief, 149, 152
• —, —, discipline administered to, 88–91
• Endeavour River, 2
• Epidemics, enteric, 122–127
• —, measles, 189, 310–319
• —, small-pox, 152
• Etheridge Gold-field, North Queensland, 317
• Eton College, 13, 62, 237
• Fanshawe, Captain, 101
• Farquhar, at the Golden Fleece, 29, 30
• — sails in the Guinevere, 70, 71
• Fear of heights, 158, 159
• Fellows, Rev. —, on the Trobriands, 43, 73, 85–90
• Ferguson Island, 34, 39, 146, 148
• — —, cannibal raid on, 93
• — —, native shot at, 73
• — —, pearl fishing off, 48
• Fielden, Captain, 164, 165
• Fijian teachers in New Guinea, 124
• Fiji Islands, the, MacGregor representative of, 10
• —, —, Winter, law officer in, 12
• Finn, miner, 134, 135
• Fires, camp, 227
• Fish, Electris Moncktoni, 275
• Fish-bringer, profession of, 184
• Fisherman Island, 69
• Fishing, methods of, 46, 152
• Fly, H.M.S., 238
• Fly River, De Lange drowned in, 137
• —, —, Le Hunte on, 151
• —, —, MacGregor on, 238
• French convicts, escaped, 75
• “French Pete,” 14
• Gabadi, of Dugari, 229, 230
• Gahibai of Dopima, 244
• Galatea, s.s., 23, 92
• Gallagher, miner, 195
• Gamadaudau of Daiogi, 261
• Game, pursuit of, 141–143, 161, 212
• Garopo, village of, 244
• Gebai of Dopima, 245
• German Harry on the Galatea, 23, 73, 92
• — —, stories of, 7, 8
• German New Guinea, 1, 62, 268, 324
• — — —, coal trade with, 111
• — — —, Graham in, 86, 87
• — — —, small-pox in, 74
• German trade in New Guinea, 2
• German trader in the Gulf of Papua, 118
• Gewadura, village of, 230, 231
• Gewari-Bari, village of, 244
• Ghosts at Mekeo, 129
• — at Samarai, 109–111
• Giorgi, ex-private, 97, 103, 106, 109
• Gira River, the, 81
• Gisavia, “boy,” 21
• Giulianetti, Amedeo, at Port Moresby, 155
• —, —, his death at Mekeo, 11, 127–129
• Giwi, chief of the Kaili Kaili, 173–175, 181, 209, 210, 227, 274, 283, 284, 287, 292
• —, his son Toku, 184, 186
• Glasgow, Earl of, Governor of New Zealand, 1
• Goaribi tribe, the, murder of Chalmers by, 238–249
• Goari-ubi, village of, 244
• Gogori tribe, the, 306
• Gold-fields on Sudest Island, 13
• — — on Woodlark Island, 12, 14, 16–26, 62, 76
• — —, runaway carriers from, 181, 192, 206, 251
• — —, Yodda, 172
• Goodenough Island, cannibalism on, 36, 93, 152
• — —, cocoanut plantation on, 73, 94
• — —, natives of, 38
• — —, pearl fishery off, 32–40
• — —, punitive expeditions to, 55, 92, 94–105, 148
• — —, signs of mourning, 139
• — —, sling throwing on, 38, 152
• — Bay, murder at, 105–108
• Goria, murderer, 85, 99
• Gorman, Siebe, Messrs., 23
• Gors at Port Moresby, 111
• Gorupa, the, 33, 289
• Goura pigeons, 141, 212
• Government Stations, composition of, 177, 250
• — Store, feud with, 163, 166–169, 250, 256
• Graham, John, gold digger, 26, 27, 30
• —, —, steals anchor and chain, 73, 85–87
• Gray, Dr., on crocodiles, 272
• “Greasy Bill,” 14
• Great Barrier Reef, 69
• Green, John, R.M., v, 9, 143
• —, —, at Mekeo, 113
• —, —, murder of, 73, 77–82, 181
• Griffin, 301
• Griffiths, Sir Samuel, 10
• Groper. See Gorupa.
• Guba, experience of a, 85
• Guinevere, the, expeditions in, 64, 95
• Gulf of Papua, 137, 149, 242, 324
• — —, German trader in, 118
• Haddon, Professor, anthropologist, 37, 136
• Hall Sound, 118, 138, 140, 242
• Hampden, Lord, 164
• Hancock, storekeeper at Tamata, 134, 135
• Hanuabada boys, 130, 154–156
• Harte, Bret, 25
• Harvey, Captain, at Winiapi, 206
• —, —, leads me into crime, 233–236
• Hastings, H.M.S., 101
• Hector, Sir James, 37
• Heinke, Messrs., 23
• Hely, Bingham, 242
• —, —, death of, 137
• Heron, Squire and Francis, Messrs., 168
• Higginsons, Messrs., 301
• Hislop, R.M., 322
• Holmes, Rev, W. J., his alligator story, 104
• Hornet, lugger, 32–57
• Howards’ Sulphate of Quinine, 168
• Hunt, Rev., 242
• Hunter, “The Sandalwood King,” 60
• Hurricanes, wrecks in, 58
• Hydrographer’s Expedition, Robinson’s, 303–323
• Iake of Turotere, 244
• Iasa Iasi, 49, 50
• Ibinamu River, the, 216, 224
• Iguanas, 132, 186
• Ilimo, village of, 226
• Illustrated London News, 71
• India, tiger-hunting in, 274
• Indian Medical Service, the, 257
• — Rajahs, buy pink pearls, 45
• Infanticide at Cape Vogel, 191, 200
• Inman, Captain, 1, 3, 70, 136, 171
• Insect pests, 227
• Ipisia, Nalaki, chief of, 238, 244
• Ivanhoe, schooner, 17, 75, 76
• Iwa, island of, 19–21
• Jade, slabs of, 222
• Japanese on Thursday Island, 61
• Jesuit Mission, French, 23
• Jewell, secretary to C. S. Robinson, 246–248
• Jews, the, sponge trade in hands of, 56
• Jiear, A. H., Subcollector of Customs, 238, 239, 245–247
• “Jimmy from Heaven,” 14
• John Williams, L.M.S. steamer, 64
• Jones, Doctor, health officer in New Guinea, 5
• Jones, Mervyn, Commander of the Merrie England, 12, 13, 137
• Kaili Kaili tribe, the, as carriers, 210–232, 283–292, 305, 310
• — — —, raids on, 173–176
• — — —, signs of mourning, 137
• — — —, sorcerers among, 182
• — — —, work at Cape Nelson, 178, 180, 191, 204, 298
• Kaina tribe, the, 307–311
• Kaiva Kuku, secret society of, 119
• Kanakas, the, 61–64
• Kautiri of Dopima, 244
• Kavitari, exhuming the dead at, 87, 88
• —, trade at, 47
• Keke, Corporal, at Cape Nelson, 166, 179
• —, —, at Mekeo, 116, 138
• —, —, on the relief expedition, 154, 157
• Kemere, his report of massacre, 243–245
• Kikinaua tribe, the, cannibalism among, 194
• — —, expedition against, 197, 198
• Kimai, Sergeant, 129, 165, 235, 236, 285, 309
• King, miner, 311, 317
• Kipling, Rudyard, defines a native, 139
• Kitchener’s Army, 324
• Kiwai Island, 238, 240
• — tribe, the, 179, 189, 235, 236
• — — Mission boys, 243, 247
• Komburua, anecdotes of, 178–181, 299
• Koriva, 318
• Kove, Private, 172
• Kowold, German, v, 11, 12
• — at Mekeo, 113, 117
• Kuku Kuku tribe, the, 119
• Kulamadau mine, the, 22
• Kumusi River, the, 54, 104, 154, 272, 289, 304, 312, 316, 318, 323
• — — carriers, 290
• — —, murder of miners on, 242
• Kuveri district, 199, 209, 210
• — tribe, the, protection of, 194, 197, 198, 200
• Lailai, constable, 261
• Lakekamu River, the, 200
• Laku, the river camp at, 194, 195, 197
• Laloki River, camp at, 155, 156, 160
• Lamington Expedition, 293
• —, Lord, Governor of Queensland, 243
• Land, laws re possession of, 53, 148
• Languages of New Guinea, 78
• Lario, Malay, 250
• —, —, on the relief expedition, 158–161
• Laughlan Isles, the, 14
• Lawyer vines, 190, 231
• Leeches, 227, 231, 316
• Legislative Council of New Guinea, 12, 48
• Le Hunte, Sir George, appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea, 148, 149
• —, —, appointed Governor of South Australia, 245
• —, —, appoints me to the North-Eastern Division, 163–167, 177
• —, —, at Cape Nelson, 208
• —, —, at Winiapi, 205
• —, —, awards medals, 165
• —, —, his appointments, 253, 257, 266
• —, —, his instructions to Russell 162
• —, —, his sentence on Yaldwyn, 266
• —, —, impulsiveness of, 151, 152
• —, —, investigates murder of Chalmers, 241–243, 248
• —, —, on the Fly River, 151
• —, —, on Pusa Pusa, 50
• —, —, on the Trobriands, 149–151
• Lindsay, Robert, miner, 261–263
• Liquor laws of New Guinea, 94, 266
• Lithium, lake containing, 39
• Litter, native, 213
• Livingstone, David, 237
• Lloyds’ underwriters, 58
• Lobb, gold prospector, 14, 19
• Logia Island, cemetery on, 74
• London, 56
• —, money-lender, 64
• London Missionary Society at Mekeo, 139
• — — —, John Williams, 64
• — — —, murder of Chalmers of, 237–249
• — — —, Rev. W. J. Holmes of, 104
• — — —, Samoan teachers of, 81, 124
• Longner Hall, Shrewsbury, 37, 62
• Louis, of the Chasseurs d’Afrique, 14, 48, 49
• Louisade Islands, 6
• Lulubeiai, of Daiogi, 261
• Lumbago, cure for, 184
• Lynch, 82
• Macdonald, head gaoler, 160, 161
• Macdonnell, district surveyor, 254–256, 265, 266
• MacGregor, Lady, 100
• —, Sir William, Governor of New Guinea, v, vi, 1, 162
• —, — —, appoints me as Collector of Customs, 111–113
• —, — —, at Mohu, 133
• —, — —, at Port Moresby, 70
• —, — —, defeats the Okein, 175
• —, — —, determines Mission spheres, 139
• —, — —, forbids cutting cocoanut trees, 139
• —, — —, his map, 304, 305
• —, — —, his native constabulary, 4, 270, 271
• —, — —, his Native Labour Ordinance, 6
• —, — —, his Ordinance re liquor, 94
• —, — —, his qualifications, 10, 11, 126, 13
• —, — —, inspects the gaol, 101
• —, — —, interview with, 9
• —, — —, leaves New Guinea, 140
• —, — —, on the duties of Resident Magistrates, 72, 100, 105
• —, — —, on Enamakala, 91
• —, — —, on flogging, 99–101
• —, — —, on Fly River, 238, 242
• —, — —, on the Mambare River, 77, 78, 81
• —, — —, on the Musa River, 9, 230
• —, — —, on Patten, 94
• —, — —, on the trouble in the Trobriands, 43, 90
• —, — —, recommends medals, 165
• —, — —, sends tobacco to England, 313
• —, — —, stamps out malaria, 5
• —, — —, story of his appointment, 10
• Mackay, C.B., Colonel Kenneth, his “Across Papua,” 5
• Mackenzie, gold digger, 22, 24
• Magi, Private, 196
• Mahikaha of Turotere, 245
• Mahony, Mrs., publican, 266
• Main Ranges, 304
• Maina, village constable, 124
• Maione, Private, 310, 312, 314, 316
• Maisina tribe as carriers, 207, 209, 210–232
• — —, the, expeditions against, 191–203, 207
• —, —, the, raids on, 173–176
• Maiva, epidemic at, 120
• —, Missions at, 140
• Makawa, 287
• Malaria in New Guinea, 5, 16
• Malay Archipelago, 63
• — crews, discipline of, 41, 42
• Malays on Thursday Island, 61
• —, prohibition for, 95
• Mambare, the, 9, 47
• —, Armit on, 143
• —, Bishop Stone-Wigg visits, 169, 171
• — constabulary, 229, 236, 280
• — crocodiles, 273
• — fighting men, 290–292
• — gold-fields, 55, 78
• — miners, 76, 80, 92, 147, 148
• — murderers at Samarai, 73, 77, 85, 114
• —, punitive expedition to, 78, 81
• Mambare, runaway carriers from, 181, 182, 192, 206, 251, 282, 296
• — traders, 233
• — snakes, 134, 135
• Mangrove Isles, the, 289
• — ulcers, 16
• Manigugu, gaoler, 110
• Manning, on the Hydrographer’s Expedition, 305–322
• Marawa, father of Kemere, 243
• Mayne, William, Head Gaoler, 252
• Mbese, village of, 230
• McIlwraith, Sir Thomas, 10
• Medicine, practice of, 184, 185
• Mekco carriers, 156, 158
• — constabulary, 114–117, 138, 145, 166
• —, economic plants at, 117
• —, experiences in the district of, 113–143
• —, ghosts at, 129
• —, Sacred Heart Mission at, 60
• —, sharks at, 104
• —, shooting parties at, 141–143
• —, snakes at, 134
• —, sorcerers at, 114, 120–128, 130
• Melanesians, the, 61
• Meredith, head gaoler, 12
• Merrie England, the, 49, 50, 59
• — — at Cape Nelson, 165–167, 182, 191, 193, 205, 208, 233, 252, 264, 268, 294
• — — at Goaribi, 233, 241–243, 246–248
• — — at Nivani, 144, 148, 149
• — — at Samarai, 99, 105, 111
• — — at the Trobriands, 149, 151
• — — at Woodlark Island, 14
• — —, Komburua on, 180
• — —, Mervyn Jones, Commander of, 12, 13
• — —, on the Musa River, 9
• — —, purser of, 72
• — —, sheep stealing from, 234
• — —, trips to Thursday Island in, 137, 140
• Milne Bay, crime in, 258–267
• — — Mission Station, 258–264
• Miners at Milne Bay, 258–264
• — at Woodlark, 145–148
• — at the Yodda, 172
• Mining Act of New Guinea, 148
• Missions, Foreign, complain of sorcery, 183
• —, —, organization of, 30, 31
• Mizpah, cutter, voyages in, 32–59
• Mohu, discipline of, 132, 133
• Mokuru tribe, the, 204, 209
• — —, cannibalism among, 192
• — — carriers, 210, 211, 218
• Moni River, the, 207
• Monsoons, North-West, 27
• Moratau, Island of, 37
• Moresby, Admiral, 78
• Morley, miner, 261–263
• Moreton, Hon. M. H., Resident Magistrate of the Eastern Division, v, 12, 21, 28, 43, 55, 70, 111, 242
• —, — —, at Samarai, 145, 146
• —, — —, deals with the Doriri, 176, 207
• —, — —, ghostly feet in his house, 109–111
• —, — —, goes on leave, 72–76, 254
• —, — —, goes unarmed, 149, 150
• —, — —, his responsibility for the Milne Bay affair, 258–267
• —, — —, methods of, 84, 93, 96, 98
• —, — —, on the Mambare, 77, 78, 81
• —, — —, on the Siai, 42, 47, 53, 143
• Mosquitoes at Mekeo, 128
• Mother-in-law, murder of a, 73, 105
• Mother-of-pearl, 32
• Motuan boy, 295
• — language, the, v, 78
• — tribe, 189
• Mount Albert Edward, 324
• — Barton, 313, 314, 318
• — Bellamy, 318
• Mount Kembla, pilot of the, 111, 112
• Mount Lamington, tribes of, 296, 297, 306, 313, 314, 318
• — MacGregor, 214, 216, 219, 306, 314
• — Monckton, 318
• — Nisbet, 314
• — Trafalgar, 204
• — Victoria, 304, 314, 317, 318
• — Victory, 232
• — —, eruption of, 173
• — York, Goodenough Island, 37
• Mourning, native signs of, 139
• Mukawa, son of Giwi, 191, 210, 218, 307
• Muroroa, 244
• Murray, Hon. C. G., as R.M. for the Western Division, 237–245
• —, — —, assistant private secretary, 149, 150, 152, 154, 165
• Murua, wreck and repair of the, 144–146, 148
• Musa River, the, cannibals on, 9
• — —, —, Doriri tribe on, 207, 209, 215–219, 228, 231
• — —, flood waters of, 275
• — —, Kowold’s death on, 11, 113
• — —, rape on, 263–267
• — —, rubber on, 257
• — —, Sir William MacGregor on, 175
• Musgrave, Hon. Anthony, Government Secretary, as Acting Administrator, 294–298
• —, — —, at Port Moresby, 112, 113, 136, 163, 184, 186, 237
• —, — —, investigates attempted murder, 129, 130
• —, — —, sends me a clerk, 250
• —, — —, organizes an expedition, 154–162, 298
• Myrtle, mail schooner, 1, 2, 32, 60, 61, 204
• Nabua, wreck of the, 58, 59
• Nalaki, chief of Ipisia, 238, 244
• Napoleon I., Emperor, 9
• Native labour, 61, 62
• — Labour Ordinance, 6, 245
• Naval Reserve, 13
• Navarre, Archbishop of, 31, 140
• Neimbadi, village of, 306
• Nelson, Sir Hugh, 10
• New Britain, 75
• New Caledonia, French convict settlement, 14, 75, 268
• Newcastle, Australia, storm off, 65, 66
• New Guinea, British, Lieutenant-Governors of. See Sir William MacGregor and Sir George Le Hunte.
• — —, Protectorate of Southern, 57, 68
• — — sores, 16
• — —, steamship communication with, 1
• New Zealand, farming in, 62, 145
• — —, Governor of, Earl of Glasgow, 1
• — —, holiday in, 59, 62
• — —, Sylvester in, 16
• Niagara Falls, 238
• Niccols, Harry, carpenter, 58, 59
• Nicholas the Greek, stories of, 6, 7, 57
• Niue, L.M.S. schooner, 238–245
• Nivani Government Station, 144, 148, 149
• —, wreck of the Murua at, 144
• Nord Deutscher Lloyd, the, 2
• Normanby Island, gold prospecting on, 84
• — —, pearl fishing off, 48
• North-Eastern Division, appointment to, 162, 164–166
• — — —, coast of, 49
• — — — constabulary, 166–168, 271, 323
• — — —, Resident Magistrate of, 50
• — — —, tribes of, 173
• Northern Australia, 296
• — —, population of, 61, 62
• Northern Division constabulary, 271, 290
• — —, dangers of, 38, 82, 143
• North-West Monsoon, the, 27
• Notu, 314
• — tribe, the, 181
• — —, their feud with the Dobudura, 282–293
• Oates, Captain, 53–56
• —, storekeeper, 289
• Oelrichs, A. E., Assistant R.M., 190, 234, 264, 268, 301, 303
• —, —, his body-snatching expedition, 235, 236
• Oia, Private, at Cape Nelson, 193, 257, 294, 296
• —, —, eats shark, 289
• —, —, son of Bushimai, 189, 286
• Oiogoba Sara, chief, 269, 270, 274–278, 294, 305
• Okein tribe, 181
• — —, attacks the Kaili Kaili and Maisina tribes, 173–176
• Omati River, the, 238, 242
• Opi Hill, 315
• — River, 81, 104, 187
• — villages, Bishop Stone-Wigg visits, 171, 172
• Orchid, devil, 235
• O’Regan the Rager, 29, 30, 75, 76
• Orlando, H.M.S., 63
• Oro Bay, Notu of, 282, 283, 290, 304, 313
• Orokolo, 242
• Otto, seaman, 67–69
• Owen Stanley Range, the, 37, 154–162, 314
• Oysters, pearls in, 35
• —, Trobriand Islands, 42, 47
• —, varieties of, 38, 45
• Paitoto, chief of the Mokuru, 192, 209, 210
• Paiwa, epidemic of measles at, 189
• Pakara of Aimaha, 244
• Palmer, crew, 95
• Papangi Station (Papaki), 289, 290, 299, 304, 311, 314, 316–322
• Papuans, the, 13, 61
• — employed by diggers, 17
• Paris, bêche-de-mer in, 56
• Park, Resident Magistrate, 82
• Paru, 318
• Parua, s.s., 240–243
• Pâté de foie gras, curried, 75
• Patten, Ernest, his expeditions with his wife, 204–206
• —, —, punishment of, 73, 92, 94
• Pearl fishery, methods of, 23, 32–39, 47, 49
• — trade in New Guinea, 4, 17
• Pearls, causation of, 35
• —, varieties and values of, 44, 45
• Pelicans, 66
• Persia, 272
• —, British Consul in, 68
• Peuliuli, lugger, 272, 303
• Philp. See Burns, Philp and Co.
• Poisoning, cases of, 178, 187, 189, 255, 306
• Pondicherry Indian cook, 185
• Pope, the, pearls presented to, 44
• Porloch Bay, 304, 305
• Port Macquarie, 66
• Port Moresby, 59, 69–71, 81, 130, 137
• — —, alligators at, 103, 104
• — —, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. of, 1
• — —, carriers, 155
• — — gaol, 191, 193
• — — Government House, 153, 237, 247–249, 298
• — —, Judge Winter in, 262
• — —, measles at, 310
• — —, Murray at, 241, 242
• — —, post of Collector of Customs at, 111–114
• — —, presentation of medals at, 165
• — —, Sir William MacGregor leaves, 140
• — —, snakes at, 135
• Poruma, Moreton’s attendant, 83, 87–89, 93, 96, 100, 106–110
• Poruta at Cape Nelson, 166, 167, 178, 192, 193
• — at Mekeo, 114–116, 120, 127
• Pottery, native, 222
• President, steamer, 169, 170, 210, 252
• Prisons Ordinance, the, 100
• Pumpkin diet, 123, 133
• Pusa Pusa, harbour of, 50, 51
• Queensland, 1, 7, 13
• — aborigines, 61
• —, bêche-de-mer in, 56
• —, crew from, 69, 95, 97
• —, Etheridge Gold-field, 317
• —, Lord Lamington, Governor of, 242, 243
• —, miners from, 78
• — Mining Act, 17, 148
• —, Premier of, 10
• —, sugar planting in, 193
• Radava, murder at, 106
• Rain-makers, 183, 184
• Rape in New Guinea, laws on, 263
• Rats as crab fishers, 46
• Resident Magistrate, attempted conversion of, 298–303
• — —, attempts on the life of, 107, 129, 133, 178
• — —, duties of a, 72–75, 153
• Rhodes, Cecil, 10
• Risk Point, 238
• Road cleaning in New Guinea, 132, 133
• — making in New Guinea, 60, 140, 180, 256, 298–300, 304
• Robinson, Christopher Stansfield, Chief Justice of New Guinea, 79, 237, 245–249
• —, — —, his Hydrographer’s Expedition, 304–323
• —, Venerable Archdeacon, 245
• Rock Lily, cutter, 55
• Rohu, his snakes, 134
• Rossel Island, 13, 149
• Ross-Johnston, as private secretary to Sir William MacGregor, 11, 70, 71
• Rothwell, officer, 13
• Rous, Tommy, proprietor of the Golden Fleece Hotel, 27–32, 74
• Royal Anthropological Institute, 37
• Rubber, New Guinea, 257
• —, first trader in, 72
• Ruby, launch, 81, 242, 272
• Russell. See Stuart-Russell.
• Russia, pearls in, 45
• Ryan, miner, 195
• —, —, shoots a native, 73, 84, 85
• Sacred Heart Mission, the, 11, 31
• — — — at Mekeo, 60, 113, 116, 120, 124, 132, 136, 139–143
• — — — at Mohu, 133
• St. Aignan, Island of, 5, 45, 149
• St. Paul, s.s., 13
• St. Vincent, Administrator of, 149
• Samarai, 19, 26, 32, 199, 200
• — Court House, 55, 76
• — gaol, 42, 47, 76, 77, 85, 101, 147
• —, Golden Fleece Hotel, 27–32
• —, Government Reserve, 3–6, 74, 101, 109
• —, investigation of outrages at, 262–267
• —, Macdonnell at, 254
• —, medical officer at, 257–264
• —, Merrie England at, 233–236
• —, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. of, 1, 4, 5, 24, 29
• —, official duties at, 70–74
• —, refuse hole in, 18
• —, Tooth at, 303
• Samboga River, the, 291
• Sandalwood, trade in, 60, 61
• Sandhurst, 62
• Sangara tribe, the, 286–288, 293, 310
• San Joseph River, the, 104, 124
• Sara, Corporal, at Cape Nelson, 166, 168
• —, —, at Mekeo, 115–117, 120
• Sariba, Island of, 57
• Satadeai acts as interpreter, 92, 95, 97
• — as police-constable, 37
• — goes pearl fishing, 36–40
• —, sling thrower, 152
• Sawfish, 46
• Scratchley, General Sir Peter, Commissioner of New Guinea, 4
• Scrub itch, 227, 231, 316
• Seaforth Highlanders, the, 12
• Secret societies, danger of, 119, 120
• Sedu, Corporal, 80
• Sefa, Sergeant, 165
• Seligmann, Dr., F.R.S., at Yule Island, 136
• —, —, —, his Melanesians of British New Guinea, 91
• Seradi, 192
• — turns informer, 179, 182
• Seymour Bay, 39
• Shanahan at Tamata, 81
• Shanahan, death of, 143
• Sharks, cowardice of, 33
• —, effects of eating, 289
• —, stories of, 104, 172
• Sheep shearing, 153
• — stealing, 234
• Shrewsbury, 37, 62
• Siai, s.s., 28, 42, 53, 55, 143, 254, 262
• — at Woodlark, 146–148
• —, my imprisonment on, 83
• —, on the Mambare, 81
• —, repairs to, 73, 94
• — runs on a shoal, 101
• Siberia, 274
• Silva, pearl fisher, 50, 51, 53
• Singapore, 268
• Sione, coxswain of the Siai, 21, 81, 83–85, 87
• —, Mrs., 83, 97, 99
• Slocum, “Captain,” 64, 67
• Snakes at Mekeo, 134
• Solitary Isles, the, 66
• Solomon Islands, the, 62, 272
• Sorcerers at Cape Nelson, 178–182, 192
• — at Mekeo, 113, 114, 120–128, 130, 135, 138
• — at Notu, 282, 283, 291
• —, methods of, 183–190
• — on Goodenough Island, 152
• — on the Trobriands, 92
• South Africa, Murray in, 245
• — —, war in, 165
• South Australia, Sir George Le Hunte Governor of, 245
• South-Eastern Division, 127
• — —, constabulary of, 144
• — —, duties of R.M. of, 143
• — —, Moreton R.M. of, 266
• South Seas, slavers in the, 1
• Sponge trade, the, 56
• Spooks in Samarai, 109–111
• Spray, yawl, 64, 67
• Steel, schooner master, 1
• Stinging trees, 227
• Stone-Wigg, Rt. Rev. John Montagu, Bishop of New Guinea, vi, 10 31
• — —, his illness at Cape Nelson, 169
• — —, his sheep, 153
• — —, visits the Opi villages, 171 172
• — —, visits the Yodda Gold-field, 172
• — —, voyages with, 169–171
• Stuart-Russell, Chief Government Surveyor, 11 143, 154, 163, 177
• — —, relief expedition after, 154–161, 187
• Suau tribe, the, beliefs of, 189
• — — carriers, 194
• — —, language of, 205
• — —, signs of mourning among, 139
• Sudest Island, 5, 45, 53, 149
• — —, gold reef on, 13, 14
• — —, pearl fishery of, 17, 32
• Sugar-cane, fire in, 196
• Sugar planting, 193
• Suicide, native methods of, 131
• Suloga Bay, 26, 27
• Sulphur, acres of, 39
• Surgery, cases of, 131, 157
• Sus Barbirusa, 37
• Swordfish, 45, 46
• Sydney, 168
• —, German Harry in, 8
• —, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. of, 1, 4
• —, Oates family of, 53, 54
• —, purchase of a schooner in, 62–64
• Sylvester, F. H., goes to New Zealand, 16, 19
• —, — —, his journey to New Guinea, 1–3
• —, — —, his marriage, 62
• Symons, Subcollector at Samarai, 72–74, 77, 85, 95, 145, 146, 254, 255
• —, implicated in the Milne Bay outrages, 258–267
• Tabe deals with a sorcerer, 188
• Tamanabai, Private, 309, 312
• Tamata, Armit and his snakes at, 134
• —, Elliott, Assistant R.M. at, 289, 290, 298
• — gaol, 193
• — Government Station, 188
• —, murder of John Green, Assistant Resident Magistrate, at, 77–82, 166
• Tambere River, the, 306
• Taro-grower, the profession of, 184
• Taupota, 101, 105
• —, Anglican Mission at, 105
• Taylor, officer, 13
• Teste Island, 19
• Thompson, his cocoanut plantation, 73, 94, 98, 102, 103
• —, storekeeper, 24, 25
• Thursday Island, 59, 61, 83, 137, 140
• — —, centre of pearling industry, 61
• — — hospital, 49
• — —, Royal Australian Artillery at, 240–243
• — —, Sacred Heart Mission, 136
• — —, trips to, 137, 151
• Tobacco in New Guinea, 313
• Toku, Giwi’s son, 184–186, 227, 230, 278, 285, 287
• Tomkins, Rev. O. F., murder of, 233, 236–249
• Tomlinson, Rev. Samuel and Mrs., at Cape Vogel, 200, 202
• Tonga Islands, Campbell in the, 145
• Tooth, surveyor, stories of, 293–304
• Torres Straits, 41, 238
• — —, pearl fisheries of, 44
• Totemism, 39
• Traitor’s Bay, 78
• Trautwine’s Pocket Book, 298
• Trobriand Islands, the, 4, 39, 146, 148
• — —, Enamakala, chief of, 88–91
• — —, Mission on, 43, 73, 85
• — —, native weapons, 91
• — —, passage to, 40
• — —, pearl fisheries, 34, 44, 47
• — —, their claims to fame, 42
• Tubi Tubi, island of, 53, 56
• Tugere, battle of, 165
• Turner, assistant surveyor, 254, 255, 266
• Turotere, village of, 244, 245
• Ubu-Oho, village of, 244
• Ufumba, 318
• Uiaku, village of, 198, 200, 209, 210
• Upper Kumusi River, the, murder of miners on, 242
• Utuamu of Dopima, 244
• Vanapa River, the, 272
• Vaughan, medical officer at Samarai, 257–264
• Veipa, village of, 120–123
• Victor, Father, at Mohu, 133
• Victoria, gold rush in, 14
• — Expedition, the, 304
• —, Queen, Diamond Jubilee, 68
• Village constabulary, system of, 270
• Vitali, Father, at Mekeo, 121, 136
• Wagipa, island of, 36, 38, 92
• Wahaga of Turotere, 244
• Wakioki River, the, 211–215
• Walker, R.M., 82, 297, 304, 317
• —, James, murder of, 238
• —, Wilfred, accompanies the expedition to the Agaiambu and Dobudura, 274–279, 282–293
• —, —, at Cape Vogel, 104
• Walsh, A. W., Assistant R.M., 289–291, 297–303, 304, 318
• Wanigela, chief, 174–176
• — tribe, 208
• —, village of, 232, 273
• Warapas, mate of the Siai, 81, 83, 87–92, 106
• —, Mrs., 83, 97, 99
• Ward, Charles, miner, 261
• Wari boys, 19
• War Office, the, 165
• Watson’s Bay, 64
• Weaver, market gardener, 153, 154
• Wedau, 105, 152, 153
• —, Bishop Stone-Wigg at, 169, 173
• —, Holy Week at, 170
• Wesleyan Methodist Mission, the, 31, 43, 48
• West Australia, pearl fisheries of, 44
• Western Division, the murder of Chalmers in, 233, 236, 245
• White Squall, the, 24, 25
• Whitten Brothers, Messrs., their business, 5, 29, 54, 263, 289
• Whitten, Robert, at Cloudy Bay, 263
• —, —, at Samarai, 77
• Whitten, Hon. William, M.L.C., accompanies the author, 67–69
• —, — —, —, his early days in New Guinea, 4, 28
• Wickham purchases the Conflict Islands, 56
• Wilsen, Karl, gold digger, on Woodlark Island, 19, 21
• Winiapi tribe, the expeditions against, 192, 198, 201, 205–207
• — —, the, Patten trades with, 204
• Winter, Sir Francis, Chief Justice of New Guinea, vi, 12, 59, 107, 149, 251
• —, — —, advises re constabulary, 270, 271
• —, — —, as Acting Administrator, 143, 161, 163, 164
• —, — —, at Goodenough, 152
• —, — —, deals with the Doriri, 176, 207–209, 212
• —, — —, goes to Thursday Island, 137
• —, — —, his resignation, 245, 294
• —, — —, on flogging, 100
• —, — —, on the Milne Bay outrages, 261, 262, 264–266
• —, — —, on the North-Eastern Division, 166
• —, — —, on the Siai, 42, 47
• —, — —, on sorcerers, 187
• —, — —, on the Trobriands, 149–151
• —, — —, visits the Agaiambu, 279–281
• Wisdell, William, ship’s cook, 2, 32–42, 47–57
• Witchcraft. See Sorcerers.
• Wolff, Steve, miner, 261–263
• Woodlark Island, 149
• — —, discovery of gold on, 12, 14, 16–26, 62, 76
• — —, Moreton at, 266
• — —, troublesome miners on, 74, 145–148
• Yagisa, village of, 232
• Yaldwyn, Assistant R.M. at Cape Nelson, 253–256
• —, his dismissal and death, 264–266
• Yams, cultivation of, 184
• — on the Trobriand Islands, 42
• Yodda Gold-field, the, 154, 159, 160, 180, 289, 300, 304
• — —, Bishop Stone-Wigg at, 172
• — —, Judge Robinson visits, 304
• — River, the, 304, 305, 318
• Yule Island, 59, 60, 119
• — —, convalescence on, 136
• — —, Sacred Heart Mission, 139
• Zanzibar, Sultan of, his First Minister, 149