When the natives refused, the Germans imposed fines and confiscated some of the disks.

The natives, adopting a system of denials and evasions, refused to take them to the unlucky place.

The natives refused to trade cloves without permission from the Ternate king.

In some places, immigrants have become the scapegoats for high unemployment, although they often do manual or low-paid jobs that natives refuse.

The natives camped there refused him any sustenance, and Houghton died there of starvation.

The natives refused, denying the expedition entrance to the village.

In other cases, some natives refused vaccination because of suspicion of European Americans.

The natives apparently refused to take the flag down so the Americans eventually resumed their fire on the fort before redirecting it at the blockhouse.

Incited by the Portuguese, who seized two of the English ships, the natives refused to have dealings with the company's representatives.

"No native has refused Scarvan so bluntly for many a year," said Duprey.