Charles Savage brought muskets to Fiji but claims of siege exaggerated

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The head of this Fijian spear imitates a whaler’s harpoon. The shaft is bound with very fine plaited coir cords (magimagi). Fiji. Collected by Sir A. Gordon, 1875-80. Z 3959 ... From the early 19th century firearms were acquired from traders or exchanged with Tongans.

Given his fluency of the Tongan and Fijian languages and proclivity for violence, Savage easily insinuated himself in the company of the Bau Island chieftain Naulivou. From the wreckage of the Eliza, Savage was able to salvage a number of muskets which he then demonstrated to the Bauan leaders.

Hudson took Veidovi to his personal cabin for interrogation and Veidovi openly conceded to orchestrating the Charles Doggett killings. Veidovi explained that he lured the mate of the ship into a trip and feigned a friendly greeting to the mate of the ship. Then his men seized the mate and clubbed him to death, and then proceeded to kill more of the ship hands. Veidovi added that his motivations were to acquire firearms and that he was only following his culture in that "...he had only followed the Fegee customs and done what his people had often done before.".

The Eliza of Providence, Rhode Island, was in Fiji for Sandalwood until she was wrecked. Among the wreckage washed up was the survivor named Charles Savage, who, ensured his survival by trading salvaged fire arms for his life. Passed from hand to hand by a succession of curious natives, Savage ...

1808: It was a June night when the American Brigantine, Eliza hit Mocea reef near Nairai. The brig Eliza, out from Callao, in South America, was wrecked on a reef off Nairai Island in Lomaiviti in 1808. She was a sandalwood trader and carried firearms as well as 40,000 Spanish dollars, no doubt for trading…

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