280057 |
| 1972? (processed in July 1974) | Inscription on the stela: CAPT. AGOSTINO STALIO WHO WAS SHOT BY THE NATIVES OF THE FAEO ISLANDS, WHILE BRAVELY ASSISTING THE IMPERIAL JUDGE, TO ARREST THE KING AND HIS SON FOR THE MASSACRE OF JOHN COE ––– BORN AT DALMATIA. DEC 1854. KILLED AT FAEO ISLANDS 2ND SEPT 1892 ––– Oh! for the touch of a benished bend. And the sound of a boiee ? that is still –––– THIS STONE IS ERECTED AS A MARK OF ESTEEM BY HIS MANY FRIENDS IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO |
| Bismarck Archipelago (probably New Britain) |
English (eng) |