manaias

There is a standing reward of two hundred dollars for every one of them, dead or alive, and about a year ago ten flash young Samoan _manaias_ {*} set out, well armed and well primed with grog, to surprise the escapees, who were known to be living in an almost inaccessible part of the mountains.

The Flemmings And "Flash Harry" Of Savait From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884