all who fell into their hands, pausing to
make no prisoners. Atollo, after fighting like a tiger, though almost
alone, succeeded in making his escape with a few of his attendants. The
victors promptly carried the war into the neighbouring islands, both of
which were completely subdued, and afterwards remained under the sway of
Eiulo's grandfather until his death, when the present chief succeeded.
Atollo, after resisting as long as there remained the slightest prospect
of success, had sought refuge among the recesses of the mountains, where
he still lurked with a few outlaw followers, as desperate as himself.
His father had forbidden any search for him, or any efforts for his
capture to be made; and such was the dread inspired by his desperate
courage, ferocity, and cunning, and such the superstitious terror with
which he was generally regarded, that few felt any inclination to
transgress this command, or to meddle in any way with him or his
followers; and he was consequently left unmolested in his favourite
haunts, among the wild and almost inaccessible precipices of the
interior. In seasons of scarcity, his father had even caused supplies
of food to be placed where they would be likely to fall in his way.
Eiulo always shuddered when he spoke of this man. Once, when
accompanied by a young playmate and an attendant, he had strayed a long
way into the wood in search of wild-flowers, and had, without being
aware of it, approached the region frequented by the outlaws, a spear
had suddenly been hurled at him from an adjacent thicket, with so deadly
a purpose, that it whistled past within a few inches of his side. As
they fled in alarm, and were clambering hastily down a steep descent, a
mass of rock was disengaged from the verge of an overhanging precipice,
and came near crushing them all. Looking back, in their flight, they
saw a wild figure, which the attendant recognised at once as that of
Eiulo's uncle, stooping at the edge of the cliff, in the act of
loosening another large stone. Notwithstanding this murderous attempt,
the present chief of Tewa continued to pursue the same forbearing course
which his father had adopted, and Atollo was still permitted to remain
unmolested among his mountain fastnesses.

Eiulo, even before the discovery of the hat, had believed that we were
upon the same island which his father had visited, as above related, and
from which the whites had afterwards come. He was confident that by