Finished coaling by 8am having received 134 tons wash-
ed down & cleaned ship Mr Woodford Royal Commissioner came on board
he sent for Bob the chap saved from the schooner and questioned him
about it, sent Berte Baton (native of Santa cruz we had as Interpreter)
on shore in Charge of the trader Neilson to be sent back to his native place
Showing posts with label Royal Commissioner CM Woodford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Commissioner CM Woodford. Show all posts
Friday, 31 May 2013
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Saturday May 14th 1898 HMS Mohawk
Southern Cross returned from her cruise around the
Islands, our men very busy all day cleaning the ship in the
evening we exercise Fire Quarters and prepared ship
for Sea Commissioner Woodford with wife & son came
on board with him, but during the stay on board rain
came down so heavy that they had to remain till
past 9 o clock we had a yarn with their boats
crew, which consisted of five natives belonging
to different Islands of the Hebrides Group they
seemed a very decent lot of chaps (not chaps written) speaking
English very well and greatly taken up with
their master we took them into the Marines Mess
and gave them some coffee & supper afterwards
the ships company made them presents of tobacco
& old clothing likewise we made up a decent pack-
age of tinned provisions from the canteen we
sent our Mail on shore in charge of the Commis-
sioner as no steamer would call at Gavatu till the 31st
Islands, our men very busy all day cleaning the ship in the
evening we exercise Fire Quarters and prepared ship
for Sea Commissioner Woodford with wife & son came
on board with him, but during the stay on board rain
came down so heavy that they had to remain till
past 9 o clock we had a yarn with their boats
crew, which consisted of five natives belonging
to different Islands of the Hebrides Group they
seemed a very decent lot of chaps (not chaps written) speaking
English very well and greatly taken up with
their master we took them into the Marines Mess
and gave them some coffee & supper afterwards
the ships company made them presents of tobacco
& old clothing likewise we made up a decent pack-
age of tinned provisions from the canteen we
sent our Mail on shore in charge of the Commis-
sioner as no steamer would call at Gavatu till the 31st
Monday, 6 May 2013
Saturday 7th May 1898 HMS Mohawk
Sat 7th May (1898)
The Southern Cross got underway early in
the morning to carry on with her cruise, but
when she had got about 2 miles from us
she went on shore on a coral bank our
boats was called away and sent to her
to render any assistance which she would
require, after working all day long taking
out her stores and all heavy gear, and plac-
ing out anchors we manged to get her off
by the evening tide without any material
damage she then came back into harbour
and dropped anchor, we sent our divers
away to examine her bottom and found
it was all right only a strip of copper off
here and there just where she had touched, dur
-ing the day we were invited by the Royal Com-
issioner C. M. Woodford having his wife
& son with him they stayed on board and
lunched with our Captain and on leaving
he was saluted with 7 guns which greatly
frightened the Natives, the natives seems very
much struck with our figure head, which
is a very good representation of a Mohawk
Indian with a Tomahawk in his right
hand and a scalping knife in his left
all ready to strike out at anything, the
natives collected around the bows, talking &
making alls orts of grimaces at it, mak-
ing great fuss of the ship, they brought a
canoe full of long grass which they kept ty-
ing together till they made a line long enough
to take the measurement of the ship. We are
about the biggest and heaviest Man of War
that has been here, so no doubt they are under the
impression of building a War canoe on the same size.
Source http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/anh.1999.26.3.419
Charles Morris Woodford
First Resident Commissioner of british Solomon islands protectorate and important (forgotten) Collector of Natural specimens
born Gravesend Kent 1852, Died Steyning Essex 1927
Hi s collection of Bats is at The Natural Hisory Museum
The Southern Cross got underway early in
the morning to carry on with her cruise, but
when she had got about 2 miles from us
she went on shore on a coral bank our
boats was called away and sent to her
to render any assistance which she would
require, after working all day long taking
out her stores and all heavy gear, and plac-
ing out anchors we manged to get her off
by the evening tide without any material
damage she then came back into harbour
and dropped anchor, we sent our divers
away to examine her bottom and found
it was all right only a strip of copper off
here and there just where she had touched, dur
-ing the day we were invited by the Royal Com-
issioner C. M. Woodford having his wife
& son with him they stayed on board and
lunched with our Captain and on leaving
he was saluted with 7 guns which greatly
frightened the Natives, the natives seems very
much struck with our figure head, which
is a very good representation of a Mohawk
Indian with a Tomahawk in his right
hand and a scalping knife in his left
all ready to strike out at anything, the
natives collected around the bows, talking &
making alls orts of grimaces at it, mak-
ing great fuss of the ship, they brought a
canoe full of long grass which they kept ty-
ing together till they made a line long enough
to take the measurement of the ship. We are
about the biggest and heaviest Man of War
that has been here, so no doubt they are under the
impression of building a War canoe on the same size.
Source http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/anh.1999.26.3.419
Charles Morris Woodford
First Resident Commissioner of british Solomon islands protectorate and important (forgotten) Collector of Natural specimens
born Gravesend Kent 1852, Died Steyning Essex 1927
Hi s collection of Bats is at The Natural Hisory Museum
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
CM Woodford Journal
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_35/August_1889/Life_in_the_Solomon_Islands
Extract from link mentioning Tomohawk (see diary entry)
From the trading station at Rubiana, which is the center of the head-hunting district, our first visit was to a small island occupied by another trader. This island he is allowed to occupy on sufferance only. It belongs to the natives of Sisieta; they will not sell it, as they use it for their cannibal feasts. I was told that six bodies were eaten here a fortnight before my visit. From here we went to a town called Oneavesi, and thence crossed to the small island of Rubiana proper, where we found nearly all the men away on a head-hunting expedition to the island of Isabel. I here photographed the interior of a tambu house, the post of which was carved to represent a crocodile. Along the rafters was a row of heads. I also took a photograph of a collection of sacred images, near to which was a heap of skulls, upon every one of which I
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_35/August_1889/Life_in_the_Solomon_Islands
Extract from link mentioning Tomohawk (see diary entry)
From the trading station at Rubiana, which is the center of the head-hunting district, our first visit was to a small island occupied by another trader. This island he is allowed to occupy on sufferance only. It belongs to the natives of Sisieta; they will not sell it, as they use it for their cannibal feasts. I was told that six bodies were eaten here a fortnight before my visit. From here we went to a town called Oneavesi, and thence crossed to the small island of Rubiana proper, where we found nearly all the men away on a head-hunting expedition to the island of Isabel. I here photographed the interior of a tambu house, the post of which was carved to represent a crocodile. Along the rafters was a row of heads. I also took a photograph of a collection of sacred images, near to which was a heap of skulls, upon every one of which I
Fig. 1. — Sacred Image at Rubiana.
noticed the mark of the tomahawk.
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