The majority of these were the unfortunate captives Te Kooti had taken at Opape in February but it also included the bulk of the Ringatu.
During the last few days, the prison had been heavy, dark, and lowering, as it were, with all its weight on the unfortunate captive.
It is said that, upon discovery, the knight's body dissolved into dust, which has given rise to varying accounts of how the unfortunate captive met his tragic fate.
His defense in 1841, of the rights of the Africans of the Amistad, is celebrated both on account of its marked ability, and also because of the peculiar interest which was felt in these unfortunate captives.
But popular history holds that Slade ordered Beni tied to a corral fence and spent the better part of a day drinking and shooting the unfortunate captive to death by degrees.
His favorite pastime was dragging unfortunate captives behind his ship until the ropes were pulled in empty after the sharks took them.
At length my wife insisted upon mercy, and the unfortunate captives wore an expression of countenance like prisoners about to be led to execution, and they looked imploringly at our faces, in which they evidently discovered some sympathy with their fate.
It was the supper hour of the unfortunate captives.
It was necessary for me to free de unfortunate captives dis afternoon.
The slug crashed through the spine of the unfortunate captive.