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began a search. On 22 October it located the surviving sailor and hearing of the attack sailed into Rita Bay, opposite
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set fire to numerous islanders houses, cut down fruit trees and destroyed canoes in reprisal for this and other incidents. Approximately 33 villages were destroyed. The
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while he and three crew members were landing to collect copra from the island. The reason for the shooting was unknown but the man who shot Craig had recently been returned to the island by the
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to survey the east coast of Nggela Pile. They camped on
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556:Massacre of the crew of the
291:was tasked with undertaking
657:"How Kalekona Got His Head"
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305:Guadalcanal
281:The Graphic
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1345:Categories
1272:Shipwrecks
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681:Shipping,
510:"untitled"
434:Ugi Island
252:Santa Cruz
204:Royal Navy
175:Complement
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165:Sail plan
1019:Conflict
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609:24 March
520:17 April
460:See also
267:Incident
247:Basilisk
224:paid off
200:schooner
183:Armament
169:Schooner
87:Launched
1005:Sandfly
785:"Tonga"
769:17 July
641:12 July
558:Lapwing
454:Sandfly
419:of the
351:Emerald
342:Emerald
334:Sandfly
329:Sandfly
321:big man
317:Sandfly
311:to the
301:Sandfly
289:Sandfly
277:Sandfly
265:Sandfly
257:Lapwing
236:Sandfly
230:Voyages
202:of the
195:Sandfly
76:Builder
70:Sandfly
48:History
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998:Beagle
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446:Decres
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376:Renard
240:Aurora
216:Sydney
198:was a
141:Length
123:Beagle
472:Notes
429:copra
393:Tonga
369:Alert
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