was not any sign of danger. Through natives the story of the massacre
has been obtained. It seems that early on the morning of May 3d native
women came running to the mission house and cried that an armed force
was coming to capture the place. The missionaries had no means of
defence; their only hope of safety was in flight; but, unfortunately,
they were too late. When the tribesmen arrived and found that the whites
had left, they started through the bush, and soon captured all of the
unfortunate missionaries. The tortures to which they put these poor men
and women are too terrible to repeat. Death put a welcome end to their
sufferings.

[Illustration: GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT BONTHE ON SHERBO ISLAND, SIERRA
LEONE]

In the mean time, the colony of Americans at Shengeh received news that
the natives had rebelled. A friendly native visited the mission and told
Dr. Burtner that the tribes had declared "pura" against this mission,
and that he had better fly. Immediately the work of getting boats in
readiness was begun, and the missionaries, together with the friendly
natives, finally succeeded in reaching Freetown.

Miss Mullins, whose station was at Momliga, where she was the only white
person, had a very narrow escape. April 29th, a band of natives came
there shouting and singing. Miss Mullins ran to the river in the hope of
finding a boat in which she could escape. The boats had all been taken
by the natives, who had either fled or gone to join the war tribes.
Knowing that there was no chance of her hiding in the bush, the brave
girl decided that if she was to die she would die at her post.

She turned back from the river into the clearing, where the