CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873 — Page 206

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"Mutiny forward," was raised

The coolies had attacked

the guards: one of the guard went overboard, probably thrown

over

bythe Coolies:

the other guard took to the rigging the coolies had made arush to the Chines " galley" (for cooking) probably

weapons. to try thet knives or The mate & 2nd mate from the bridge that into the - crowd & wounded three of

the Coolies. This checked

the muting. The officers

then rallied fincceeded in

catching

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catching a numbers of ther Cookies & tying them by their long hair to the iron " barricade, or to the iron gratings & driving the rest below. About 150 were put

in vrous.

The next morning

the

Spanish Captain had them hought up .- some

rice were

buy

bags of

placed on deck of the prisoners were laid across the bags, then numercifully flogged t beaten by two men

Keeping time with their whips

sticks. In at a

0

short

time

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